PRESENTED BY : BISWAJIT

SWAIN
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
REGD. NO. : 1121367047
7th SEMESTER
RADHAKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY,BHUBANESWAR.
 CONTENTS:
 BEARING
 MAGNETIC BEARING
 DESCRIPTION
 BASIC OPERATION
 CLASSIFICATION
 MAGNETIC BEARING PERFORM
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES
 APPLICATION
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCE
BEARING
 A Bearing is a machine
element which support
another moving
element.
 It permits relative
motion between the
contact surfaces of the
members while carrying
a load.
 Most bearings support
rotating shafts against
either radial or axial
MAGNETIC BEARING
 A Magnetic bearing is a
bearing which supports
a load a load using
magnetic levitation.

 A Magnetic bearing
support moving
machinery without
physical contact,for
example,they can
levitate a rotating shaft
and linear moving
machinery
elements,without contact
with rotor,this is
accomplished by electro
magnet(bearing) which
attracts a ferromagnetic
material(rotor),using this
principle rotor can be
suspended in magnetic
field which is generated
by bearing.
DESCRIPTION
 It is difficult to build a
magnetic bearing using
permanent magnets due
to the limitation imposed
and techniques using
diamagnetic materials
are relatively
undeveloped.
 As a result, most
magnetic bearing require
continuous power input
and an active control
system to hold the load
stable. Because of this
BASIC OPERATION
 An active magnetic
bearing (AMB) works on
the principle
of electromagnetic
suspension and consists
of
an electromagnet assembl
y, a set of power
amplifiers which supply
current to the
electromagnets, a controll
er, and gap sensors with
•The power amplifier supplies equal bias
current to two pairs of electromagnets on
opposite sides of a rotor. This constant
tug-of-war is mediated by the controller
which offsets the bias current by equal and
•opposite perturbations
The gap sensors of current
are usually as thein
inductive
rotor deviates
nature from
and sense in its center position.
a differential mode.
The power amplifiers in a modern
commercial application are solid state
devices which operate in a pulse width
modulation (PWM) configuration. The
 Classification
 According to Control action
– Active
– Passive
– Hybrid
 According to Forcing action
– Repulsive
– Attractive
 According to Sensing action
– Sensor sensing
– Self sensing
•According to Load support
– Axial or Thrust
– Radial or Journal
– Conical
•According to Magnetic effect
– Electro magnetic
– Electro dynamic
MAGNETIC BEARING PERFORM
 Lubrication Free
 Clean & Contamination Free
 Reliability
 High Surface Speed
 Low Vibration
 Low Energy Consumption
 Non-Contacting
 Submerged Operation
 aDVANTAGES
 Highest speeds are possible even till the
ultimate strength of the rotor.
 Absence of lubrication seals allows the
larger and stiffer rotor shafts.
 Absence of mechanical wear results in
lower maintenance costs and longer life
of the system.
 Adaptable stiffness can be used in
vibration isolation,passing critical
speeds, robust to external disturbances
 DISADVANTAGES

 Include High Cost.

 Large in Size.
 APPLICATIONS

 Magnetic bearings are increasingly

used in industrial machines such as
compressors, turbines, pumps, motors
and generators.
 Magnetic bearings are commonly used
in watt-hour meters by electric utilities
to measure home power consumption.
 A new application of magnetic bearings
is their use in artificial hearts.
 CONCLUSION

 Magnetic bearings advantages and

applications have been discussed .
 Electromagnetism and Control system
technologies have been introduced .
 Design of thrust and radial magnetic
bearings have been studied .
 Control of a rotor by rigid rotor and
flexible rotor models have been studied
.
 REFERENCES

 Schweitzer, G., Bleuler, H. and

Traxler, “Basic Properties and
Applications of Active Magnetic
Bearings.
 Chiba, A., Fukao, T., Ichikawa, O., Oshi
ma, M., Takemoto, “Magnetic Bearings
& Bearingless Drives.
 Maslen, E., “Magnetic
Bearings”, University of Virginia.