New Designs of Centrifugal Magnetic Fluid Seals for Rotating Shafts in Marine Technology

The centrifugal magnetic fluid seals have important advantage over the conventional centrifugal seals. They maintain very good sealing capacity at static, medium and high speeds of shaft rotation, with the increased seal lifetime, and minimum torque and static friction. These seals are particularly...

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Main Author: Matuszewski Leszek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Polish Maritime Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2019-0023
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Summary:The centrifugal magnetic fluid seals have important advantage over the conventional centrifugal seals. They maintain very good sealing capacity at static, medium and high speeds of shaft rotation, with the increased seal lifetime, and minimum torque and static friction. These seals are particularly useful in cases when the angular shaft velocity varies and sometimes decreases to nearly or exactly zero, such as in flywheel applications, ship propeller main shafts, etc. Unique properties of the magnetic fluid give rare opportunities for application in marine design, where perfect sealing together with reliable lubrication are required.
ISSN:2083-7429