The invention discloses a modular 
primary permanent magnet bilateral switched reluctance 
linear motor. The primary side of the motor is modularized. Each primary module is composed of a magnetically permeable material, an armature winding and permanent magnets distributed in the vertical direction between two magnetic conducting blocks. The 
secondary side is composed of a magnetically permeable material. The permanent magnets are magnetized in parallel. The permanent magnets corresponding to the adjacent primary modules have the same 
magnetization direction. The upper and lower corresponding permanent magnets belonging to the same primary module have opposite 
magnetization directions. In a no-load state, a permanent 
magnet magnetic circuit is short-circuited by the primary magnetic conducting blocks, and the magnetic 
force lines hardly pass through an air gap and the 
secondary side, which reduces the positioning force. In a loaded state, a series 
magnetic circuit is formed between theprimary magnetic conducting blocks and the bilateral 
secondary side to generate electromagnetic force. In addition, the modular 
primary permanent magnet bilateral switched reluctance 
linear motor hasa simple secondary-side structure and large thrust density, and the permanent magnets are placed in the short primary side to reduce the cost of the motor. The modular 
primary permanent magnet bilateral switched reluctance 
linear motor can be applied to long secondary-side occasions such as an 
elevator driving 
system.