HTS Wire

American Superconductor (AMSC) is the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. The company has long been the industry leader in both price and performance and continues to provide the product of choice for a variety of applications including power cables, motors, generators and specialty magnets.

Electric power equipment Powered by AMSC® conserves resources - operating more efficiently, carrying greater amounts of power safely and reliably and improving the quality of energy delivered to customers.

AMSC currently has inventory of first generation (1G) HTS wire available for purchase and is scaling manufacturing capacity for its second generation (2G) HTS wire called 344 superconductors.

The HTS wires AMSC manufactures today conduct over 150 times the electrical current of copper wire of the same dimensions, which dramatically reduces the size and weight of electrical equipment and significantly increases the power throughput of power cables. These characteristics offer product developers the ability to design components with HTS wire -- such as coils for industrial and naval motors or generators -- that deliver much higher power density and can offer additional benefits such as reduced manufacturing and maintenance costs. 

By optimizing the electrical and mechanical properties of HTS wire, AMSC is able to customize its wire products to suit a broad range of HTS applications.  

AMSC’s wire is manufactured in the world’s first commercial volume HTS manufacturing plant located in Devens, Massachusetts.