A magnetic bearing is a bearing which supports a load using magnetic levitation. Magnetic bearings support moving machinery without physical contact, for example, they can levitate a rotating shaft and permit relative motion without friction or wear. In active magnetic bearings (AMB) a stable equilibrium is achieved by means of one or more control loops. The use of control loop for maintaining ...

Ap/Bp stars are magnetic chemically peculiar early A and late B type stars of the main sequence. They exhibit peculiar surface abundance anomalies that are thought to be the result of gravitational settling and radiative levitation. The physics of diffusion in these stars are reviewed briefly and some model predictions are discussed. While models reproduce some observations reasonably well, mor...

In this paper a particle-base model is used to visualize results of the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) phenomena related to electromagnetic levitation (EML) and magnetic stirring. Using the theoretical model presented in Part I, a numerical algorithm for fluid flow simulation has been described. To struggle out the local dynamics, the position and velocity of each particle is visualized and the int...

In this paper, we present a high-precision magnetic levitation (maglev) stage for photolithography in semiconductor manufacturing. This stage is the world’s first maglev stage that provides fine six-degree-of-freedom motion controls and realizes large (50 mm 3 50 mm) planar motions with only a single magnetically levitated moving part. The key element of this stage is a linear motor capable of ...

Magnetic levitation is a technique to suspend an object without any support other than that of a magnetic field. The technique finds application in various fields where friction or abrasion between metallic surfaces (like bearings) or products of friction are detrimental to the environment or to the rubbing surfaces themselves. In a simple configuration, an electromagnet is used to lift up a fe...

Abstract—This study proposes the transformation of nonlinear Magnetic Levitation System into linear one, via state and feedback transformations using explicit algorithm. This algorithm allows computing explicitly the linearizing state coordinates and feedback for any nonlinear control system, which is feedback linearizable, without solving the Partial Differential Equations. The algorithm is pe...

In this paper we present an analysis of a new configuration for achieving spin stabilized magnetic levitation. In the classical configuration, the rotor spins about a vertical axis; and the spin stabilizes the lateral instability of the top in the magnetic field. In this new configuration the rotor spins about a horizontal axis; and the spin stabilizes the axial instability of the top in the ma...

This chapter presents an application of zero-power controlled magnetic levitation for active vibration control. Vibration isolation are strongly required in the field of high-resolution measurement and micromanufacturing, for instance, in the submicron semiconductor chip manufacturing, scanning probe microscopy, holographic interferometry, cofocal optical imaging, etc. to obtain precise and rep...