Research Article

Applications of Permanent Maglev Bearing in Heart Pumps and Turbine Machine

Figure 1

The available passive magnetic Bearing A (a) and the novel passive magnetic bearing B (b) Comparatively, the bearing B needs smaller axial occupation but has bigger axial bearing force; more importantly, the bearing B has better stability than bearing A. The arrows indicate the direction of the magnetic field.
896463.fig.001a
(a)
896463.fig.001b
(b)