TRAINS that float on air may be the most famous objects borne by magnetic fields. But magnetic forces can also support other, less visible objects: the spinning shafts, for example, hidden at the ...

Magnetic-bearings, which support shafts with magnetic levitation rather than mechanical contact, have been in industrial use for decades. Magnetic bearings offer a host of advantages to users, ...

You might have heard of magnetic-levitation (maglev) transportation vehicles that use magnetic fields to suspend a vehicle and in some cases propel it. In collaboration with the Technical University ...

Magnetic Bearing Chiller Technology is now available on chillers up to 1,500 ton in capacity through an expansion of its popular Magnitude centrifugal chiller line. With more than 3,000 installations ...

• Magnetic bearings support rotating shafts in five axes without solid or fluid lubricants. • Advances in electronics allow previously bulky controllers to mount on or near rotating machinery. • ...

Contractors familiar with oil-lubricated compressors may want to start thinking magnetically. Turbocor, from Montreal, PQ, Canada, is introducing a compact centrifugal compressor that uses magnetic ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has inaugurated its new factory in Tangier, Morocco, which initially will employ around 60 people. The factory will manufacture components for ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 7, 2003 — Kingsbury Inc. announced the creation of its Magnetic Bearings Division. The new division was formed through a strategic alliance with the French company The Société ...

Calnetix Technologies, LLC announces the commercial availability of its latest technology development, the Insight™ 3600 magnetic bearing controller. These state-of-the-art, compact, panel-mounted ...

Trane - by Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, announced the launch of the HSWE magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller, developed specifically for the Asia Pacific market.

Can you run an electric motor for two years on a single lithium coin cell? [IamWe] figured out how to do it, and even though his donut motor doesn’t look like any motor we’ve ever seen before, it’s a ...