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DonsDiscountGastoday at 12:12 PM4 repliesview on HN

Only slightly related but does anyone know anything about motors with magnetic bearings? As in, no contact or friction. I'm looking for a hardware project


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msandfordtoday at 1:31 PM

Closest I can think of is flywheel "battery" storage tech many of which do have magnetic bearings and also some way to get power in and out of the flywheel so basically a motor. It's not exactly what you're looking for but there's prior art out there.

superxpro12today at 1:29 PM

I think air bearings exist? Maybe some prior art to consider

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andrubytoday at 12:47 PM

maglev but those do linear acceleration instead of rotational. seems tricky though for cars with such uneven surfaces.

deadeyetoday at 12:23 PM

I wonder if that is even possible since the whole point of the motor is an imbalance of magnetic forces.

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