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Rotor Sails Bring Windpower Propulsion Back to Maritime Vessels 

April 10, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Rotor Sails Bring Windpower Propulsion Back to Maritime Vessels 

Adapting a century-old concept to modern technology and green energy demands, Finnish company Norsepower is bringing its novel rotor sails onboard a variety of marine vessels to help propel them through ocean waters. The company recently scored a number of contracts to place its auxiliary wind propulsion systems with leading fleet operators as demand mounts for greener shipping in the world’s seas. Separately, a Korean research group is investigating the use of magnetically levitated bearings to adapt rotor sails for use in coastal waters where wind is more variable. […]

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SKF and Wolong Expand Magnetic Bearing & Levitation Motors Businesses 

May 22, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on SKF and Wolong Expand Magnetic Bearing & Levitation Motors Businesses 

SKF and Wolong Electric Group are expanding their lines of business in the growing market for magnetic bearings and high-speed levitation motors. SKF is opening a new plant in Morocco to ramp up production of its magnetic bearings and, jointly, the two companies are cooperating to apply the bearings to more high-speed motor and drive products.  […]

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Goudsmit Develops Steel Sheet Separator with Fail-Safe Magnet & Assists Hyperloop Project in Netherlands

April 14, 2020 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Goudsmit Develops Steel Sheet Separator with Fail-Safe Magnet & Assists Hyperloop Project in Netherlands

Goudsmit Magnetics, a producer of magnetic systems based in The Netherlands, has recently developed an innovative fail-safe neodymium magnetic sheet separator and, in another project, is providing magnetics expertise to developers of a visionary hyperloop transportation project for Europe.  Equipped with powerful neodymium magnets that […]

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MAGLEV 2020 Announced

July 22, 2019 Editorial Staff Comments Off on MAGLEV 2020 Announced

The 25th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives, MAGLEV 2020, will be held in Changsha, PR China, from October 12 – 14, 2020. The MAGLEV 2020 conference invites experts, public officials, decision-makers, planners, […]