A
hollow core stepping motor (1) comprises a
stator (2) and a rotor (3) for rotation about an axis (A) relative to the
stator (2). The rotor (3) comprises at least one circular permanent
magnet array (4), the
stator (2) comprises a plurality of
circular coil arrays (5, 6, 7, 8), each
circular coil array comprising a plurality of coils (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) for generating a
magnetic field. A change in the
magnetic field produces a step-by-step rotation of the rotor (3). Each
circular coil array (5, 6, 7, 8) is arranged such that a respective coil (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) is offset from a coil (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) in an adjacent circular
coil array (5, 6, 7, 8), the coils (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) being offset in a tangential direction (D1) along the circumference of the circular
coil array (5, 6, 7, 8) and / or in a radial direction (D2) starting from the axis (A).