Parameter design and dynamic stability of controllable damping ferrofluid bearing

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to carry out parameter design and dynamic stability verification experiment of controllable damping ferrofluid bearing. A new type of ferrofluid bearings is designed, and its internal magnetic fields are simulated by the finite element analysis software ANSYS. In this paper, the coefficient of magnetic leakage is taken as the optimization object, and the optimal parameters of ferrofluid bearings are updated. At the same time, the working principle of the ferrofluid bearings test platform is introduced, which includes a servomotor with a controller, an eddy displace sensor, an amplifier and a power supply. Finally, the dynamic stability of ferrofluid bearing is verified by experiments. The experimental results show that when the applied current is less than or equal to 0.08 A, the amplitude of the rotor supported by the ferrofluid bearing decreases with the applied current increment. Besides, the dynamic stability of the rotor is also related to the rotational speed. When the applied current is 0.08 A, the amplitude of the rotor supported by the ferrofluid bearing firstly increases and then decreases with the rotational speed increment. It is proved that the ferrofluid bearings have a strong function of the dynamic stability, which can suppress the vibration of the rotor, and have high accuracy of both position and rotation.