Active Magnetic Bearing Short Course Training
October 3-5, 2017
Charlottesville, Virginia USA
17 PDHs available for successful completion of the training
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Early Registration: $1000
On-site Registration: $1100
Note: Early Registration discount applied at check-out
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Lectures Start at 9 am on October 3
Topics
- Introduction to Magnetic Bearings
- Basic Magnetic Bearing Concepts and Design
- Control of Magnetic Bearings and Applicable Standards
- Magnetic Bearing Materials and Load Capacity
- Auxiliary Bearings
- Low-cost Permanent Magnet Bias Magnetic Bearings
- Understanding your AMB System
- Applications – Flywheels, Compressors, Pumps, Test Rigs
- Surge Control
- Overview of Classical (PID) and Modern Control Theory
Lecturers
- Paul Allaire, Chief Technical Officer, Rotor Bearing Solutions International. Professor, University of Virginia, Retired – Long Time Director of Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory, Ph. D. Northwestern University, ASME Fellow
- Brad Nicholas, Senior Engineer, M. S. University of Virginia, Ph.D. August, 2017, University of Virginia
- Jianming Cao, Director of Rotor Dynamics and Manager of China Region, Rotor Bearing Solutions International, Ph. D. University of Virginia
- Tim Dimond, PE, President, Rotor Bearing Solutions International, Ph. D. University of Virginia, Formerly – Principal Scientist, Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory, University of Virginia
- Saeid Dousti, RBSI Senior Fellow, Ph. D. University of Virginia
The course lecturers and contributors have the combined experience and ability to explain rotor-AMB systems making this short course unlike any other short course found in today’s world.
Paul Allaire has 48 years of experience in research and teaching rotor dynamics and magnetic bearings. He has taught more short courses on magnetic bearings to engineers in industry than anyone else. He has refined the basic lectures on magnetic bearings over the past 30 years as well as built the largest academic AMB laboratory in existence.
Brad Nichols is a Senior Engineer for RBSI carrying out magnetic bearing design and field installation and on site testing for industrial firms. He will also complete his Ph. D. on magnetic bearing testing of rotor- fluid film bearing systems at the University of Virginia in August, 2017.
Jianming Cao is the Director of Rotor Dynamics as well as Manager of the China Region. He has worked on nonlinear transient rotor dynamics for the past 10 years, including rotor drop modeling of AMB systems. He also designs auxiliary bearings for industrial magnetic bearing systems. He does on site work with magnetic bearing systems for industrial firms. Previously, he received his BS and MS degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology. Also, he has worded in the nuclear industry.
Tim Dimond is the President of RBSI and formerly was the Principal Scientist of the ROMAC Laboratory. He also worked for 9 years as a design engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding. He has now been in magnetic bearings research over the past 10 years and participated in numerous AMB short courses.
Saeid Dousti is an expert on water and other low viscosity lubricated bearings, squeeze film dampers, turbocharger bearing designs, bearing software and magnetic bearing design software. He got his Ph. D. from the University of Virginia.
Additional Training Program Talk Contributors
- Simon Mushi, Director of Magnetic Bearings and Controls, Rotor Bearing Solutions International, Ph. D. University of Virginia
- Pablo Yoon, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, Ph. D. University of Virginia
- Arun Kailasan, Magnetic Bearing Specialist, Gardner Denver, Ph. D. University of Virginia
- Christian Klatt, Business Development Specialist, CEROBEAR GmbH
Course Objectives
This magnetic bearing systems short course is intended for engineering staff of companies interested in understanding or using magnetic bearings, and for company employees whose companies use magnetic bearings but do not understand them well. The use of magnetic bearings is increasing in industrial applications but they are often not well understood by mechanical engineers. This course will provide the basic background in electro-magnetic systems and controls. Details of industrial applications of magnetic bearing industrial machines are presented in the course. A number of basic and advanced topics on magnetic bearing design and feedback control are provided but it is not expected that attendees are experts in control theory. New permanent magnet bias bearing designs, recently developed by Rotor Bearing Solutions International, for lowering both the costs and operational power losses of magnetic bearings are presented. Finally, a few additional topics on modern control for flexible shaft-AMB machines such as high pressure compressors and surge control in compressors using magnetic bearings are presented. API/ISO specifications for magnetic bearing supported rotating machines are presented. The details of rotor dynamic analysis of rotor drops on auxiliary bearings are presented for various examples. The use of mathematics in this short course is minimized and, when discussed, is used primarily to indicate technical points of use in the solution.