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High Speed Connection | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: High Speed Connection (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by TomW on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 03:19:59 PM MST
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WXYZ;

I feel foolish saying this but couldn't you use some method of magnetic coupling in the driveline? Seems that might mitigate both shaft breakage and misalignment?

Not a mechanical sort myself, but just seemed obvious in a group so involved with magnets.

Cheers.

TomW.

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain

Re: High Speed Connection (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by jimjjnn (jimjjnn at yahoo dot com) on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 03:51:54 PM MST
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A lot of small pumps are magnetically connected. I can't think of any reason that it can't be done with a whacker
Jim Denver,CO
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Re: High Speed Connection (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by willib (willibur at comcast dot net) on Sun Jun 24th, 2007 at 07:58:23 PM MST
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Nice idea Tom , and the allignment problem is solved because if its a little off it dosnt matter..
its good to see you posting again Joe & Oztules
how about a lever system to bring both halves of the coupler together and apart.
on second thought , joe is probably saying to himself , you guys are killin me here!
with magnetic couplers...i'm just trying to spin this baby up..?
lol
but it might get pretty violent if the alt caused the mags to decouple.
Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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