Abstract:
A heat sink element for an adjustable speed magnetic drive unit operable by relative rotation of a conductor rotor assembly and a magnet rotor assembly includes a base portion and a plurality of groupings of fins. The base portion includes a mounting face that is sized and dimensioned to be coupled to the conductor rotor assembly, and an opposing convective heat transfer face. The plurality of groupings of fins extend from the convective heat transfer face of the base portion. Adjacent fins in each grouping of fins are separated by a channel that extends along a longitudinal direction of the fins. The plurality of groupings of fins are separated by at least one slot that extends substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction.
Abstract:
A system to continuously and redundantly monitor a magnetic drive system includes temperature sensors coupled to the magnetic drive system. The temperature sensors are coupled to a transmitter, which generates output signals representing the temperatures of the temperature sensors. The system includes a transreceiver and a controller, where the transreceiver is coupled to the transmitter and configured to receive the output signals of the transmitter. The controller is communicatively coupled to the transreceiver and the magnetic drive system and is configured to control operation of the magnetic drive system based on one or more signals received from the transreceiver.