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发卡电机技术,又称扁线或矩形线电机,是电动汽车行业中一项重大电机设计进步。其名称源于铜导体独特的U形,状似发卡,在插入定子槽前呈现此形态。该创新绕组技术以矩形截面导体取代传统圆铜线,从根本上改变了电机制造结构与性能。此技术的核心区别在于制造方式:与传统通过定子槽口绕线的圆线电机不同,发卡绕组预制成型后直接自定子端面插入,使得同一定子体积内的铜填充率显著提升。传统圆线电机槽满率通常约为45%,而发卡电机则可达到70%或更高。增加的铜密度直接带来实际性能好处:定子中更多铜可降低电阻,减少铜损并提升整体电机效率;且矩形导体紧密排列,改善热接触,增强散热,不仅进一步降低电阻,还延长电机寿命与可靠性。该技术主要受汽车行业对更强大、高效、紧凑电机需求的推动,丰田、雪佛兰、保时捷、宝马和大众等主要制造商均将其应用于电动汽车。例如,保时捷Taycan采用发卡绕组技术,铜填充率接近70%,远高于传统电机的45–50%,从而在相同物理尺寸内实现更高功率输出和扭矩。随着全球电动汽车市场持续扩张,发卡电机技术已成为提升牵引电机功率密度和效率的关键因素,其代表的不只是渐进式改进,更是电机设计理念的根本性转变。

Hairpin Motor Technology Overview

Hairpin motors, also known as flat-wire motors or rectangular-wire motors, represent a significant breakthrough in the field of motor design and have become increasingly prevalent in the electric vehicle industry in recent years. The name "hairpin" derives from the distinctive U-shaped structure of its copper conductors, which resemble hairpins before being inserted into the stator slots. This innovative winding technology replaces traditional round copper wire with rectangular cross-section conductors, fundamentally transforming how motors are constructed and how they perform.

The core differentiating advantage of hairpin motor technology lies in its manufacturing process. Unlike traditional round-wire motors, which wind wire through the openings of stator slots, hairpin winding conductors are pre-formed and inserted directly from the stator end face. This approach enables a significantly higher copper fill rate within the same stator volume. While conventional round-wire motors typically achieve a slot fill rate of approximately 45%, hairpin motors can exceed 70%. The higher copper density translates directly into visible performance gains. Increased copper content in the stator means reduced electrical resistance, which in turn lowers copper losses and enhances overall motor efficiency. Furthermore, the rectangular shape of the conductors allows for tighter packing, improving thermal contact and enhancing heat dissipation. Better cooling not only further reduces resistance but also extends the motor's operational lifespan and improves reliability.

The proliferation of hairpin technology has been primarily driven by the automotive industry's demand for more powerful, efficient, and compact motors. Major manufacturers, including Toyota, Chevrolet, Porsche, BMW, and Volkswagen, have adopted hairpin motors in their electric vehicles. Taking the Porsche Taycan as an example, this model employs hairpin winding technology, achieving a copper fill rate of nearly 70%, compared to just 45% to 50% for conventional motors. This enables greater power output and higher torque within the same physical dimensions. As the global electric vehicle market continues to expand, hairpin motor technology has become a key driver in enhancing the power density and efficiency of traction motors. This technology is not merely an incremental improvement; it represents a fundamental shift in motor design philosophy.

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The main characteristics of Hairpin AC asynchronous motors are:

1. Slot filling rate:

The effective copper area of the hairpin motor can be increased by more than 30%6while the traditional motor's effective copper slot filling rate is only about 60%, and the hairpin motor can achieve about 90%. Among, them, the copper loss ofthe winding accountsfor about 5096, and the size of the copper loss is directly proportional to the windingresistance. Reducing, the winding, resistance can directly reduce the copper loss, improve theefficiency and power density of the motor, and increase the doubling, power of the motor, whichcan reach 2.5 times the rated power.

2.Heat dissipation

The winding has a large surface area and a large heat dissipation area; The contact areabetween turns of the winding is larger, resulting in better heat conduction; The gap betweeneach turn of the winding, is small, resulting in better heat conduction; The contact betweenthe winding and the iron core groove is good, resulting in better heat conduction; Throughtemperature field simulation, the winding, temperature rise of a flat copper wire motor withthe same design is 20%6 lower than that of a round copper wire motor.

3. End of winding

The end structure of the coil is more compact, and compared to the scattered embeddedwinding,the height of the end is much lower.

4.Volume

The diameter of the hairpin motor is reduced by 10-159 compared to the circular wiremotor, and the axial length is reduced by 15%. The power density has significantly increasedThe disadvantage of hairpin motors is that they use more copper than circular wiremotors, making them suitable for low voltage and high current motors.

5.Craftsmanship

The manufacturing process of the hairpin stator: wire forming of the hairpin winding – inserting paper into the stator slot -inserting, the hairpin winding – twistingthe tail end of the hairpin winding – flat end of the tail end of the hairpin winding -welding the tail end of the hairpin winding- insulation treatment of the hairpin- lead out treatment.

There are many processes, specialized equipment, and fixtures, with high precisionrequirements for each step of processing, low fault tolerance, high scrap rate, and highcomprehensive production costs.

6,Characteristics

Compared with circular wire motors, the same power series pin issuance has extremely low failure rate, fast output power burst response speed, more stable performance, smaller size,lower motor temperature, and lower low-temperature starting temperature, making it suitablefor low voltage and high current applications.

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