The Steorn Permanent Magnet Motor Replication Project: It's FLUX time.

[Kent767]

I've read the patent as well, and I don't doubt that it has been developed before...

there's nothing specifically wrong with using a solenoid or linear motor, but there's also no reason it couldn't be driven mechanically, that I know of.. unless speed is paramount to the operation of the motor (I don't know I haven't built one)


Vorlorn, I can't seem to draw very well, so I also suggest looking at the patent...

what you need to look for is the fact that in any position of the actuator, the shield is going to cover the equivalent of 1 magnet.

I hope that makes sense, because that is the basic idea behind why its 'low energy',

[allcanadian]

I think you have it explained pretty well kent, what I would like to know is does the actuators magnet field (1)repel another magnet (2) attract another magnet or (3) attract an aron core on a rotor?

[allcanadian]

I have the actuator built and it works,now the hard part anyone want to take a guess 1,2,3?

[Kent767]

Depends on what you put on te other side of the actuator

In my design, it would attract another magnet...

if it was designed to repel another magnet, it'd simply spin the other way.. (but the shields would also have to work backwards to my design)



3rd option is not good IMO, you risk magnetising a piece of iron, and the thing would not work after a while..


The crux of the issue here is timing... when to turn on and off the shield... and how quickly must it be done?

[thevorlon]

I'm basically understanding this partially a little better now. So since the shield only covers one magnet the that magnet's flux is not really blocked, but just re-directed since the three magnets together form one big field there is no attraction between the shield and the magnet it's covering?

Ok. I *think* that I understand that part. Please correct me if I'm incorrect or add anything that I should know.

Now, what I need to understand in my head is the pattern of moving the shield related to the magnets on a rotor. Could someone explain this concept to me? I'm re-reading the patents again as we speak.