Performance Prediction of Electric Motors via Deep Learning

When designing electric motors, many types of performances (electrical and mechanical characteristics) must be predicted with good accuracy. In general, these performances are determined based on complex theoretical calculations, but theoretical calculations include various assumptions. Therefore, it is difficult to eliminate prediction errors when predicting performance, and it is necessary to improve accuracy by referring actual test data. Recently, with the digitalization of the manufacturing process, a large amount of actual data has been converted into a database, and it is expected to be put to effective use. Here, a neural network that predicts various performances of electric motors using a large amount of actual data as a training dataset, is constructed to achieve uniform and high-precision performance prediction via deep learning. Its practical use for actual design work is verified in this study. © 2022 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.