LARM2025 – Linear and Rotating Machines 2025

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LARM2025

Jun 24th 2025 - Jun 25th 2025

Newcastle, United Kingdom

Updated 17.04.25

LARM Strikes Back

Linear and Rotating Machines event returns in 2025

Following last year’s successful LARM2024, the UK Magnetics Society is running a very similar event this year, only bigger.

Nearly 100 specialists in electrical machine design and manufacturing gathered in the AMRC, Sheffield, UK, for two days in June 2024. The programme of talks covered applications in automotive, aerospace, power generation, and logistics, looking at materials, additive manufacturing, motor topologies, gearing, and more.

A fascinating tour of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre showcased the sheer variety of work being done there, from robotic control to flexible flooring, with many different machine designs being investigated. The dinner at The Mowbray was memorable for its quality, and also for accommodating the England / Netherlands Euros semi-final. Not all delegates were delighted with the result – apologies to our Dutch participants.

Delegates praised 2024’s “really brilliant event”, saying “presentations were great”, in a “super friendly community” which “encourages honest collaboration, working towards research without barriers”. Taking note of feedback though, 2025 will have a more diverse speaker programme, and will attempt to better control the room temperature!

Join us in 2025 for a bigger event – more delegates, more exhibitors, more networking, more of the same quality talks.

PROGRAMME

The draft programme is in development, but it will include a full programme of technical talks, informal networking, a reception and dinner, and visits to labs at Newcastle University.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

To be confirmed
Please contact us if you’re interested in speaking

VENUE

G.006 Stephenson Building,

Newcastle University,

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU

PARKING

The campus cannot offer parking, however they do have a limited number of spaces for visitors with mobility issues.

If you have reserved on-campus parking (via a member of staff) or are arriving by taxi, use the entrance on Claremont Road. The taxi drop-off point is on King’s Road.

There are many car parks in walking distance of campus. The nearest NCP car parks are:

New Bridge Street (NE1 8AB)
Carliol Square (NE1 6UL)

TRAVEL

You will need to organise your own travel arrangements. Below is some useful information for getting around Newcastle.

By Train:

Newcastle Central Station is on the East Coast Mainline and just a 15 minute walk to campus. Reach the venue from London in under 3 hours, and regular direct rail services run from many UK cities.

Below are some of the websites you might visit when planning on coming to Newcastle by train:

National Rail and Trainline – journey planning, live arrival and departure boards for UK stations
Eurostar – helps you plan your journey to us from Europe

By Metro:

Newcastle University is connected to the city’s suburbs, airport, the coast, and a range of museums and sight-seeing opportunities by the Tyne and Wear Metro light rail service.

Haymarket is the closest station to the University campus and trains run frequently during the day, starting at around 5.45 and ending at around 23.30. Travel is quick and inexpensive. Visit the Nexus website to find maps of the Metro system and Metro timetables.

By Plane:

Newcastle Airport is located about seven miles north west of University campus and hosts regular flights to domestic and international airports. Domestic flights are quick and affordable. The University is connected to the airport by Metro line, and it’s just a cheap, quick, and fuss-free 25 minute journey from the airport to campus. Buses from the airport entrance run to Newcastle city centre regularly, and you can plan this in advance through the Traveline website.

By Car:

It’s easy to reach us by car, particularly if you’re travelling along the A1 (M). Park and ride is the best option for drivers.

DINNER VENUE

The Biscuit Factory

16 Stoddart Street,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE2 1AN

Parking is available at the front of the building but it is limited. You can reach the venue by metro with the nearest stop (Manors) which is a 10 minute walk from the dinner venue.

ACCOMMODATION

Details to be confirmed.

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

Please let us know as you register if you have any dietary requirements we need to be aware of.

DRESS CODE

The dress code for the event is business attire / smart casual.

CONTINUING CONTACT / GDPR

Please note, by providing contact details during registration, you authorise us to

use these contact details to let you know details of this event, and
add your contact details to our contact database to let you know about future events that may be of interest.

Please let us know at enquiries@ukmagsoc.org at any time if you do not wish to be contacted in this way. Also, we can remove you from our contact schedule at any point in the future.

We will also be taking photos at the event. If you do not wish to have your photo taken during the event, please contact events@ukmagsoc.org

EXHIBITORS INCLUDE

SPONSOR PACKAGES

Sponsor packages are available – an excellent way to promote your organisation!

Note sponsorship does not guarantee a speaking slot.

Ferrite Sponsor: 2 attendees, exhibiting, Logo and link on our marketing material, Listed on our presentations – Unlimited
Samarium Sponsor: as Ferrite + 3 attendees in total, 1 item of promotional material or USB or advert included in delegate pack and available at Registration, Thanked during session introduction and closing comments, Pop-up banner displayed at Registration – Only 2 available
Neodymium Sponsor: as Samarium + 4 attendees in total, Pop-up banner displayed near speakers, Advert shown during breaks, Logo on delegate badges, Sponsorship of LARM2025 Dinner, LARM2025 title sponsorship – Only 1 available

Speakers

“Faster, Better, Smarter, Greener”. Communicating the advantages of maglev and hyperloop systems.
by Alan James of Expert Alliance

Distilling his experience leading a number of maglev and hyperloop projects, Dr Alan James will illustrate how the technical and engineering proposition must be communicated as part of a comprehensive policy, commercial, economic and environmental case, and must be ‘packaged’ suitably for legislative and project finance purposes. Alan will reflect on his experience of one-on-ones at Heads Of Government and corporate C-Suite level, and upon how to ‘translate’ a fundamentally technology-based proposition into a ‘story which has legs’ for lay policymaker, business and public audiences. Alan’s presentation will focus in particular on how the UK came very close to building a 500 km/h maglev route in 2008-2010, and how a coordinated EU programme is currently developing, demonstrating and derisking key electromagnetic technologies required for 1,000 km ultrafast ground transport.

Magnetic levitation for high-speed motor-generators
by Leigh Stanger of NEMA ltd

NEMA are developing active magnetic bearings for high-speed aerospace applications in collaboration with the University of Nottingham. Active magnetic bearings are not a new technology, advances in magnetic materials, power electronics, high speed processing architecture and control theory mean that there is significant scope for innovation and improvement in performance. An actuator design validation results are presented, our rotordynamics validation and control development rig is described.

Funding landscape from UK Government
by Sven Knowles of Innovate UK

Glynn Atkinson of Newcastle University

Materials Nexus

Alloy development of a new family of high performing and processible electrical steels for high frequency applications.
by Carl Slater of WMG, University of Warwick

WMG have developed a new family of alloy specifically with the aim of reducing loss at high frequencies as well as improved strength. This has been achieved whilst allowing conventional processing routes the same, compared to siliconisation and other techniques currently used. Whilst already having a >30% reduction in the loss compared to a conventional M250-35A steel, this new family of alloys tailoring of strength amongst other parameter which in turn allows for new laminate design to give further reduction in overall losses of the motor.

Radial Force Control in Electrical Drives: Advances in Bearingless Technologies
by Chris Gerada of University of Nottingham

This presentation offers a comprehensive overview of radial force control in electrical drives, with a focus on the advancements in bearingless drive technologies. The discussion begins with an introduction to the background and motivation behind the transition from traditional mechanical bearings to bearingless systems, emphasizing the benefits of reduced friction, enhanced reliability, and extended operational lifespan, particularly in high-speed and precision applications. The presentation then delves into the key challenges associated with bearingless drives, including the need for precise radial force control, minimizing losses, and addressing electromagnetic and thermal constraints. A detailed exploration of various bearingless drive architectures is provided, covering both passive and active levitation techniques, as well as advanced multi-phase control strategies. Example research projects and case studies are presented, highlighting experimental results and performance evaluations that demonstrate significant improvements in efficiency, dynamic response, and overall system robustness. Finally, the talk outlines future research directions and potential industrial applications, emphasizing the critical role of advanced control methodologies and power electronics in the continued optimization of bearingless drive technologies.

Novel permanent magnet-based levitation actuators
by Gerlof Zuidema of Eindhoven University of Technology

A multiple-input, multiple-output planar actuator is proposed, utilizing mechanically driven stator magnet arrays to levitate a permanent magnet mover. A state of levitation and actuation is obtained by mechanically altering the orientation of the stator magnets to control the forces and torques on the mover. A challenge in the actuator is to deal with the incapability of magnetic-field amplitude control, which inherently follows from utilizing PMs in both the stator and mover. This leads to increased sensitivity and limits actuator controllability. To address this issue, a data-driven approach is introduced to mitigate peak sensitivities within the system. The problem is simplified into a two-body interaction model between a cylindrical stator magnet and a spherical mover magnet. The magnetic potential energy interaction is calculated with the equivalent surface charge model, after which a feedforward neural network is applied to approximate the magnetic potential energy to accelerate the model.

Graham Whiteley of Wavedrives

Turntide

Expert in magnetic levitation machines, latest developments
by of Linz Centre for Mechatronics

Natalia Narozanska of Eovlito

Nick Simpson of Bristol University

Registration

Type	Standard Fee	Group Discount (3+ delegates)	Early Discount (Register before 01/05/2025)
Early Registration Discount - Member	£345.00	20%	%
Early Registration Discount - Non-Member	£495.00	20%	%
Early Registration Discount - Student	£195.00	20%	%
Member	£455.00	20%	%
Non-Member	£595.00	20%	%
Student	£295.00	20%	%
Speaker	£245.00	20%	%

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