Magnet Motor from Argentina, part2

[FredWalter]

Torbay's motor does a LOT of work just turning the rotor, topcap, and lifting ramp. Also, the lever style lifting mechanism seems to be a bit bulky, seems to me something far smaller could do the job, further reducing the weight the rotor has to carry.

When you are thinking about all that weight, think "flywheel".

[FredWalter]

I realize that the base is too big. The person who was supposed to be fabricating this model for me would be sectioning the base up into four chunks to machine and then put them together.

How big is the rotor? The base can be made in pieces, but the rotor has to be one piece.

That looks like a lot of work, to make this model. About how many hours did it take to make it?

[Jdo300]

Hi FredWalter,

I'm not sure how long it will take to make because the guy doing the work hasn't had the time to start fabricating it yet. But I can say that I made the cuts on most of the parts so that they could be cut almost all at once. The 3D model itself took me about 7 hours to draft up from start to finish.

The rotor cap in my drawing is 8" in diameter and the smaller hub pieces are 4" in diameter. How big of a cutting area can your CNC machine handle?

[jake]

What do you want to make the base out of?  Send me the material and I'll machine it for you for nothing.  If I have the material as surplus I'll donate it as well.

How about 1/2" aluminum for the base?  Could you possibly fit the design into 10.75" stock?  I have 1/2" mic-6 aluminum plate 10.75x15 that I will donate to the cause if you can make 10.75" fit.

[gn0stik]

Torbay's motor does a LOT of work just turning the rotor, topcap, and lifting ramp. Also, the lever style lifting mechanism seems to be a bit bulky, seems to me something far smaller could do the job, further reducing the weight the rotor has to carry.

When you are thinking about all that weight, think "flywheel".

Flywheels are perfectly balanced, which the torbay parts are obviously not. Not to mention, they take a long time to spin up.

At any rate, I like Jason's design a lot. Very nice. One question; Jason, do you think the angle of the cut on your stator magnets is enough to prevent interaction? Also I was looking at them, and I noticed you had what looked like a ceramic mag sandwiched between two neos, is that correct? What's the purpose of that?

Also a small wheel on top of your stator magnets might reduce friction on the topcap.