The subject matter described herein includes a magnetic bearing assembly and an arrangement of position sensors for the magnetic bearing assembly. In one example the magnetic bearing assembly includes a rotor for fixedly coupling to a shaft for rotating with the shaft. The assembly further includes at least one stator assembly located adjacent to the rotor and circumferentially surrounding the shaft. The stator assembly includes a control coil for magnetically supporting the rotor. The stator assembly further includes a plurality of position sensors that are circumferentially spaced from each other and that extend radially from the stator assembly for measuring an indication of axial displacement of the rotor.

This disclosure relates to an axial magnetic bearing for a centrifugal refrigerant compressor, and a corresponding system and method. A centrifugal refrigerant compressor system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an impeller connected to a shaft, and a magnetic bearing system supporting the shaft. The magnetic bearing system includes an axial magnetic bearing, which itself includes a first permanent magnet configured to generate a first bias flux, a second permanent magnet axially spaced-apart from the first permanent magnet and configured to generate a second bias flux, and an electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a coil arranged radially outward of the first and second permanent magnets, and the electromagnet is configured to selectively generate either a first control flux or a second control flux to apply a force to the shaft in a first axial direction or second axial direction opposite the first axial direction, respectively.

A bearing arrangement includes a shaft, at least one contact bearing and at least one non-contact bearing and a controller. The controller is configured to control a magnitude of a restoring force applied to the shaft by the non-contact bearing in accordance with a sensed parameter such that a stiffness of the shaft is modified such that one or more resonance frequencies of the shaft are moved away from one or more external forcing frequencies.

A magnetic bearing assembly for a rotary machine having a rotor shaft, comprising a stator magnetic circuit secured to a stationary support element and comprising at least one body of ferromagnetic material and at least one coil, both being fitted in a protective annular housing leaving uncovered a surface of revolution of said ferromagnetic body and a surface of revolution of said one coil, the magnetic bearing assembly comprising an annular thrust collar secured to the rotor shaft and radially extending towards the stator magnetic circuit by a radial portion, said radial portion facing the uncovered surfaces of said ferromagnetic body and said one coil. The annular thrust collar comprises at least one flow channel.

A hub for partially muscle-powered vehicles, including a hollow hub axle with a cylindrical inner through hole for the passage of a clamping axle, a hub shell rotatably supported relative to the hub axle by two hub bearings, a rotor rotatably supported relative to the hub axle, and a freewheel device with a hub-side freewheel component and a rotor-side freewheel component, each having axial engagement components for engagement with one another. The hub shell is rotatably supported relative to the hub axle in a rotor-side end region by a rotor-side hub bearing, and in an opposite end region of the hub shell by another hub bearing. The hub-side freewheel component is non-rotatably connected with the hub shell. The rotor-side freewheel component is non-rotatably connected with the rotor and is movable in the axial direction relative to the rotor and the hub shell between a freewheel position and an engagement position.

Axial magnetic bearings that include a primary winding(s) and one or more compensation windings that provide compensation such that operation of the first and/or second primary windings and the compensation windings results in a net magneto-motive force of around zero ampere turns. Current can selectively flow through one or both of the primary windings of an opposing pair of axial magnetic bearings, while current flows through the compensation windings in manner that compensates for the magneto-motive force generated by the primary winding(s). In at least situations in which the number of turns for at least one pair of compensation windings is generally equal to the number of turns of each primary winding, the net magneto-motive force generated by current flowing through a primary winding of one axial magnetic bearing and through the compensation windings of both axial magnetic bearings can generally be zero.

A bearing arrangement (100) for a spinning rotor shaft (200) of an open-end spinning device, a spinning rotor shaft (200) for such a bearing arrangement (100) and a spinning rotor drive device comprising such a bearing arrangement (100) and such a spinning rotor shaft (200). The bearing arrangement (100) comprises at least one active magnetic radial bearing (110) for the spinning rotor shaft (200) which can be influenced by means of an electronic control system (300). The bearing arrangement is characterized in that the bearing arrangement (100) comprises an active magnetic axial bearing (130) for the spinning rotor shaft (200) which can be influenced by means of the or another electronic control system (300).

A thrust magnetic bearing includes a stator having a coil, and a rotor. The stator includes main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. The rotor includes main and auxiliary rotor magnetic-pole surfaces facing the main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. When an electric current flows in the coil, an electromagnetic force in an axial direction is generated between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces, and an electromagnetic force in a radial direction is generated between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces. When the rotor is displaced in the radial direction, a radial force that acts on the rotor between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction of the displacement, and a radial force that acts on the rotor between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction opposite to the direction of the displacement.

A compressor assembly is provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to compressors used in chiller air conditioning systems for indoor spaces. The disclosed compressors have magnetic bearings that support rotating components. In one embodiment, the compressor comprises a partially segmented thrust bearing stator core. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

A flywheel system includes a rotor and a fixture. The rotor forms an aperture. The fixture includes a bottom support, a top support, and a shaft connecting the bottom support to the top support. The shaft passes through the aperture. The bottom support and the top support are outside opposite ends of the aperture. The rotor is configured to rotate about the shaft. A method for operating a flywheel system includes converting between rotational energy of a rotor and electrical energy in windings of a generator stator that is implemented in a stationary shaft passing through an aperture of the rotor, while the rotor is rotating about the shaft.