Article: Skipper's Challenge. (Dock Talk).

Article: Active magnetic bearings give systems a lift.
Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  July 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Active magnetic bearings are carving out niches in electric-power ... their counterpart, superconducting passive magnetic bearings, are showing promise in development. Active magnetic bearings, which levitate rotating shafts, minimizing ...

Article: Magnetic bearings
Turbomachinery International;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... PERFORMANCE What trends do you see in magnetic bearings? Large turbomachines are moving ... piping, and demand more maintenance. Magnetic bearings improve reliability at lower costs ... where end-users today often specify magnetic bearings as a requirement when approaching ...

Article: APPLYING MAGNETIC BEARINGS
Turbomachinery International;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... situations are machines with magnetic bearings. Hydrodynamic vs. magnetic ... understand why turbomachinery with magnetic bearings is more viable in many present ... characteristics of hydrodynamic versus magnetic bearings are significant. Magnetic ...

Article: Suppression of base excitation of rotors on magnetic ...
International Journal of Rotating Machinery;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... harmonic base excitation when supported on magnetic bearings. Magnetic bearings using conventional control techniques perform ... step towards the successful application of magnetic bearings to systems mounted on moving platforms ...

Article: Comparison of predicted and measured rotor losses in planar ...
Tribology Transactions;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... mechanisms associated with magnetic bearings have yet to be adequately ... the designer and user of magnetic bearings. Accurate calculations of ... associated with the operation of magnetic bearings is particularly important ...

Article: Whatever became of magnetic bearings?
Electrical Apparatus;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... few hundred special machines ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARings have earned industrial recognition ... motors." By 1994, the word was that magnetic bearings "will be common on everyday items ... offering standardized, massproduced magnetic bearings ... Costs should drop to where ...

Article: SatCon sets world record in magnetic bearings test.
Business Wire;  February 23, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... turbine spool entirely suspended by magnetic bearings. The work is part of an overall ... in Ft. Eustis, Va. SatCon's magnetic bearings were installed and tested on a turbine ... to fail. SatCon's non-contact magnetic bearings eliminate the lubrication system ...