The traffic of tomorrow.

When we discuss the transportation of tomorrow, we always talk about electric cars, e-fuels or fuel cells. An inventor from Starnberg: He is working on a magnetic drive without moving parts and without a rail system like the Transrapid.

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The model-sized catamaran is still sailing through a 2 x 2 m test basin in the Tomorrow’s Motion office. But soon the full-size ship will be transporting visitors and locals on Lake Starnberg just a few meters away – powered by a magnetic field. “In six months, we want to test the ‘Poseidon’ project on the lake for the first time with a 1.2-meter boat,” says Lutz May, founder of the company.

Press release Starnberger Merkur 03.11.2022

The drive technologies that TOMO is developing “have the potential to completely change the world of mobility”

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Tomorrow’s Motion, based in Starnberg, develops and produces advanced electromagnetic drive solutions for applications in space (maneuvering and recovery of satellites), on water (self-propelled objects, intelligent buoys) and other areas.

Lutz May, Managing Director of Tomorrows’s Motion GmbH, gave us an insight into the potential applications of the company’s own maintenance-free drive technology and its use in the space and maritime sectors.

The demonstration of autonomous buoys, which are able to maintain the specified position with the help of their own drive technology, was very exciting.

We look forward to continuing to accompany the exciting electromagnetic drive technologies and to supporting Tomorrow’s Motion GmbH with the possibilities of the TechHUB SVI.

The TechHUB SVI thus enables an effective exchange of know-how and resources between the players involved, which strengthens the innovative power of the entire industry.

“Welcome to the Future” is the motto of Tomorrow’s Motion GmbH, which is setting new standards for drive technologies with its innovations.

The transformation experts Dirk Maaß and Dr. Marcel Kaspar were able to see this for themselves during their recent visit. This is because the patented technology is a drive system with no moving parts that requires neither mechanics nor generates waste products. Lutz May, CEO of Tomorrow’s Motion GmbH: “Bayern Innovativ can be a driving force for us to make our patented technology better known, to provide new access to interested partners and to drive development even further by arranging suitable funding programs.”

The SSP (Solid State Pump) Ventilation Systems has a surprisingly low profile of a few millimetres only and generates a high airflow of up to several cubic metres per minutes. The SSP Ventilation Systems are based on a newly developed Bucket Brigade principle and do not use any rotating parts of any kind.

Inside of an SSP Unit the airducts are built in a straight-line (from the air-inlet to the air-outlet) and the inner space is not obstructed by any object (no motor, no propeller). Therefore, foreign objects have little chance of getting jammed inside the airduct, which greatly reduces the risk of unintended system damages.

The SSP Ventilation System is powered with electricity and can be manufactured in almost any size (length). The size defines the air throughput. The user can adjust the system settings to specify the air-throughput, power consumption limits, and the start-up profile.

Bildunterschrift: SSP Ventilation System

The magnetic propulsion technologies developed at TOMO are called: MCA (for Magnetic Cloud acceleration) and GMP (Generic Magnetic Propulsion). In comparison to the GMP propulsion technology, the MCA technology can be used for deep-space exploration.

The magnetic propulsion drives from TOMO can be used to move objects on water (floating vessels), in space (satellites), and in other mediums. There is no rotating mechanics involved which makes these drives maintenance free (no wear and tear). The propulsion drive can be placed inside the object that has to be moved or can be mounted from the outside onto the object (retrofitted).

These drives are powered with electricity only and they don’t produce any waste products (no CO² or other harmful waste).

Besides the generated forward- and backwards propulsion force, the magnetic propulsion drives can also user controllable steering forces (into the left or right direction).

A magnetic propulsion drive can be manufactured in almost any formfactor (size) from tissue-box size to industrial shipping-container size. And its size defines the propulsion force generated.

Key Features of the MCA Propulsion Technology

• No moving mechanics (maintenance free)
• Does not produce any waste (environmentally friendly)
• Easy to apply / integrate (small in size)
• Operates completely silent (no audible noise)
• Functions in all mediums (space, water, air, on land)
• Scalable Technology (can be built in any size)
• Powered with low voltage electricity (no fossil fuel)
  

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The main objective of the joint project is to develop a comprehensive understanding and a mathematical description of the MCA. The research focus of TOMO lies in the area of test system construction, design and manufacture, as well as the provision of the measuring environment. With the co-operation of our partners EWT and TUM it will be possible to optimise design improvements in the shortest possible time.

The Professorship of Energy Conversion Technology (EWT, https://www.ei.tum.de/ewt/; head: Prof. Herzog) is a teaching and research unit in the School of Engineering and Design (until 30.09.2021: Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

The EWT has been researching solutions for methodical support of the design and optimization process of electromagnetic components in mechatronic systems for years. One of the main research areas is the numerical calculation of two- or three-dimensional field problems (boundary value problems), in particular via the finite element analysis, and their connection with dynamic system simulations (initial value problems). The knowledge gained in this way at a very early stage of the project about the behavior of individual components in interaction with the overall system allows targeted extensions of the solution space. The knowledge gained with the aid of simulation is tested in a dedicated drive laboratory.

Further research areas include reliability and fault tolerance of electric drive trains, stationary inductive power transfer, and energy and power management in mobile and stationary applications.

Read the full interview here:
https://easyengineering.eu/the-future-of-our-mobility-interview-with-tomorrows-motion/