A magnetoelectric machine comprising a rotor made in two disks (102/103), the teeth (105/106) of which on the outer or inner circumference make up rotor poles and an axially magnetized cylindrical magnet (104) placed between the disks. In a multi-sectional embodiment, the rotor disks (118/119) and (121/122) have a plate-like shape with poles of one disk located between the poles of another disk in one plane, and plural magnets (120/125) oriented towards one another with like poles. The stator comprises coils (107) distributed over the circumference and installed predominately in the space between the rotor poles. Because the rotor poles are located in the planes perpendicular to the device axis and the stator poles are located for end face interaction with the rotor poles, the radial size of the device is reduced.
