In standard motor applications, rotor suspension with traditional mechanical bearings represents the most economical solution. However, in certain high performance applications, rotor suspension without contacting bearings is either required or highly beneficial. Examples include applications requiring very high speed or extreme environment operation, or with limited access for maintenance. This paper expands upon a novel bearingless motor concept, in which two motors with opposing conical air-gaps are used to achieve full five-axis levitation and rotation of the rotor. Force in this motor is created by deliberately leaving the motor s pole-pairs unconnected, which allows the creation of different d-axis flux in each pole pair. This flux imbalance is used to create lateral force. This approach is different than previous bearingless motor designs, which require separate windings for levitation and rotation. This paper examines the predicted and achieved suspension performance of a fully levitated prototype bearingless system.


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    Title :

    Levitation Performance of Two Opposed Permanent Magnet Pole-Pair Separated Conical Bearingless Motors


    Contributors:
    P. Kascak (author) / R. Jansen (author) / T. Dever (author) / A. Nagorny (author) / K. Loparo (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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