Energy technology company, Synchropulse, has exited from the LIFE accelerator in Rotherham having successfully secured investment with LIFE's assistance. Based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, LIFE has a track record of picking early-stage clean technology companies and helping them on the road to success. Synchropulse has patented a new brushless electric motor concept, designed to be a more efficient and longer lasting replacement for conventional induction, universal and brushed DC motors, but cheaper to produce than other high efficiency motors.
Electric motors consume over 65% of the world's electricity, yet a large proportion of smaller motors are inefficient, wasting much of the energy they consume (US Department of Energy estimates that some 500 million of these motors are only 20% efficient). A new European Directive is introducing mandatory efficiencies for motors from 2011, increasing the pressure on manufacturers to find cost effective high efficiency technologies. Synchropulse motors use much less energy than conventional motors for a given load, and can be controlled so as to only deliver the exact amount of power required at any particular time. Applications include high run time, variable speed processes such as ventilation, refrigeration and air-conditioning. LIFE helped Synchropulse secure investment from Marubeni Europe, a move that could see the motors enter the massive Asian markets.
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Energy technology company, Synchropulse, has exited from the LIFE accelerator in Rotherham having successfully secured investment with LIFE's assistance. Based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, LIFE has a track record of picking early-stage clean technology companies and helping them on the road to success. Synchropulse has patented a new brushless electric motor concept, designed to be a more efficient and longer lasting replacement for conventional induction, universal and brushed DC motors, but cheaper to produce than other high efficiency motors. Electric motors consume over 65% of the world's electricity, yet a large proportion of smaller motors are inefficient, wasting much of the energy they consume (US Department of Energy estimates that some 500 million of these motors are only 20% efficient). A new European Directive is introducing mandatory efficiencies for motors from 2011, increasing the pressure on manufacturers to find cost effective high efficiency technologies. Synchropulse motors use much less energy than conventional motors for a given load, and can be controlled so as to only deliver the exact amount of power required at any particular time. Applications include high run time, variable speed processes such as ventilation, refrigeration and air-conditioning. LIFE helped Synchropulse secure investment from Marubeni Europe, a move that could see the motors enter the massive Asian markets.
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