PM Bias, Homopolar Magnetic Bearings

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Calnetix has pioneered commercial use and holds several key patents on another type of radial active magnetic bearing – the homopolar, PM-biased active magnetic bearing. The basic structure of such a radial active magnetic bearing is shown in Fig. 9, a 3D illustration in Fig. 10 and the operational principle is explained in Fig. 11.                                                                                                       FIG. 9