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

[Kent767]

allcanadian, it redirects the field such that they direct back towards itself i believe... so afaik there should be no need to rotate anything... shielding is stypically used in stationary objects to stop a permanent magnet (such as for stereo / sound equipment) from interfering with other electronic parts...

[allcanadian]

yes the shield is "c" shaped in the patent,the north pole lets say enters the inner portion of the C and exits to the south pole through the legs of the "c' shield.

[Kent767]

BTW I don't think the design on steornquest is quite right...

If you rotated the solenoid so it was perpendicular to the rotor , it would probably be better off...

As it is, the magnetic field will still exit from the bottom magnet when the shield is in the 'off' position... the only way that I see is to move down rather than back..

This will even still have a magnetic attraction against the rotor, which is why I had  4 LEMA's in my design, in order to provide a more direct attraction towards the next quarter rotation.

*EDITED* 4 LEMAs

[thevorlon]

Hmm... I am going to re-read the patent. If we are not talking about magnetic shielding but just re-directing the flux then cound't another permanent magnet be positioned somewhere near the stator magnets to allow for the same effect?

I'm just trying to work out something in my mind that allows for the concept of the LEMA (redirecting the flux) to mesh with Sean's statements that the overunity technology has nothing to do with the LEMA.

Of course, even if they have advanced beyond the LEMA and are using another setup with only permanent magnets it would still be a good idea to build and test the LEMA ourselves.

[allcanadian]

I actually tried the actuator setup, three neo magnets 1" round -1/2 " apart on 4" x 2" metal strip-"C" shaped shield over the center magnet-shield attached to wood disc on ball bearings. So Im not making this up, when the magnets are all north or south face up and the right distance apart the shield moves from one magnet to the other with very little force, if however you try to move the shield away from the magnets there is a strong attractive force. that is the secret just as wesly gary said 50years ago, do not remove the switching element from the magnetic field.