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1. 26/08/97 Issue A 1 Magnetic fields Pump should not be operated in magnetic fields
Rotors cutting a magnetic field produces eddy current heating
Heating thus produced causes rotor and bearing heating and premature failure
COULD FAIL WITHIN 1 HOUR !
2. 26/08/97 Issue A 2 Maximum fields Axial 7 mTesla
Radial 3 mTesla
3. 26/08/97 Issue A 3 Sources of magnetic fields Magnets from standard Penning / AIM heads
Do not fit head within 100mmof turbo pump
Low field AIM can be fitted at any distance
Magnets used in the application
Example : beam bending as in mass spectrometer heads
Superconducting magnets in Sector MS machines
4. 26/08/97 Issue A 4 Symptom of magnetic field heating Heating is produced internally - in the rotor
Casing is still at an acceptable temperature
Not dealt with by external cooling
Power drawn increases when field is applied
a few watts increase is a indication of trouble
Worst case causes rapid bearing failure and/or rotor stator crash