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With the objective of developing a small blood pump with a levitated rotor, we propose a design scheme for an axial-type self-bearing motor. The axial type motor, which is basically composed of a disc motor and an axial magnetic bearing, controls both the rotation and the axial translation of the rotor. The proposed motor is similar to the bidirectional disc motor, except for changing the magnitudes of both sides of the flux to control the axial attractive force. However, the radial and tilt directions rely on passive stability, and, therefore, the rotor has poor damping which might cause damage to blood constituents. The design includes a hydrodynamic bearing for improving radial support properties. Finally, to confirm its functionality, an experimental prototype of the proposed motor has been constructed and incorporated into a mixed flow blood pump. The results indicated that the bidirectional axial-type self-bearing motor had high efficiency as a small continuous flow blood pump, delivering sufficient flow rate and pressure head. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper describes magnetically levitated micro permanent magnet (PM) motors by two types of active magnetic bearings. The micro PM motors consist of a cylindrical rotor (φ2.0 mm×10 mm), a pair of electromagnets, a pair of photodiodes, and an analog PD controller. The motors are characterized by the small rotor levitated without any mechanical contacts and one-axis controlled active magnetic bearing. Horseshoe-shaped and cylindrical electromagnets are applied to the active magnetic bearing. The rotor successfully rotates, levitating in the center of the electromagnets. In this paper, dynamic characteristics of the two types of micro PM motors, such as relationships between rotation speed and driving current, rotation speed and time, and acceleration and driving current, are discussed. As a result, it is found that the magnetically levitated micro PM motors by two types of active magnetic bearings are very different from each other and very promising [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents information on a study which investigated a prototype of a levitation-type permanent magnet motor with a millimeter-sized cylindrical rotor. Factors which affect the motions of micro electro mechanical system; Illustration of the levitator-type permanent magnet motor; Characteristics of the rotor; Conclusions.