Jackson Research originated the first "Slotless/Wide Airgap" motors. The US Navy retro-fitted their entire submarine fleet for silent running within twelve months of patent issue. Lawrence Livermore Resarch Laboratories incorporated Slotless motors in Diamond Tooled milling machines for machining mirrors due to the absence of vibration, cogging, and ripple torque. Kodak DataTape (now Sypris) uses them in military tape transports due to the absence of vibration, cogging, and ripple torque which results in almost unmeasureable flutter. The absence of cogging means a tape transport can operate at very low tape speeds with high accuracy.

High speed spindels are known for their heat generation. Some systems use water cooling jackets with elaborate heat exchangers to maintain continuous speed. The Jackson Slotless Motors operate without any special equipment because they run "Cool".