An electromechanical device, comprising: a rotor having a rotational axis ; and a stator disposed about the rotor , characterised in that the stator comprises: a circumferentially laminated section comprising a first plurality of circumferential segments disposed one after another in a circumferential direction relative to the rotational axis ; a radially laminated section comprising a plurality of radial segments disposed one after another in a radial direction relative to the rotational axis ; and an axially laminated section comprising a first plurality of axial segments disposed one after another in an axial direction relative to the rotational axis , the circumferentially laminated section and the axially laminated section being concentric and adjacent with one another and the circumferentially laminated section and the radially laminated section being axially adjacent one another, the device providing a path for radially-peripherally directing magnetic flux from the rotor into the stator along a radial-peripheral path through the first plurality of axially laminated stator segments of the stator ; radially-axially directing the magnetic flux from the first plurality of axially laminated stator segments along a radial-axial path through the first plurality of circumferentially laminated stator segments of the stator ; and peripherally-axially directing the magnetic flux from the first plurality of circumferentially laminated stator segments along a peripheral-axial path through the plurality of radially laminated stator segments of the stator . a rotor having a rotational axis ; and a stator disposed about the rotor , characterised in that the stator comprises: a circumferentially laminated section comprising a first plurality of circumferential segments disposed one after another in a circumferential direction relative to the rotational axis ; a radially laminated section comprising a plurality of radial segments disposed one after another in a radial direction relative to the rotational axis ; and an axially laminated section comprising a first plurality of axial segments disposed one after another in an axial direction relative to the rotational axis , the circumferentially laminated section and the axially laminated section being concentric and adjacent with one another and the circumferentially laminated section and the radially laminated section being axially adjacent one another, a circumferentially laminated section comprising a first plurality of circumferential segments disposed one after another in a circumferential direction relative to the rotational axis ; a radially laminated section comprising a plurality of radial segments disposed one after another in a radial direction relative to the rotational axis ; and an axially laminated section comprising a first plurality of axial segments disposed one after another in an axial direction relative to the rotational axis , the circumferentially laminated section and the axially laminated section being concentric and adjacent with one another and the circumferentially laminated section and the radially laminated section being axially adjacent one another, the device providing a path for radially-peripherally directing magnetic flux from the rotor into the stator along a radial-peripheral path through the first plurality of axially laminated stator segments of the stator ; radially-axially directing the magnetic flux from the first plurality of axially laminated stator segments along a radial-axial path through the first plurality of circumferentially laminated stator segments of the stator ; and peripherally-axially directing the magnetic flux from the first plurality of circumferentially laminated stator segments along a peripheral-axial path through the plurality of radially laminated stator segments of the stator . <EOS>