Safety and Reliability Aspects for Active Magnetic Bearing
Applications - A Survey
PALESTRA
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schweitzer
Professor for Robotics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Data: 28/10/2010 (5a-feira)
Local: CT - Auditorio do prédio anexo ao Bloco-H (ao lado do IMA e do Grêmio da COPPE)
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The application of magnetic bearings for rotating machinery has become state
of the art, and spans from research prototypes to industrial series. Users are
aware that beyond functionality the aspects of safety and related areas
become increasingly important. This survey addresses the issues of safety and
reliability, being a part of dependability. It gives a review on existing
approaches, and it shows numerous examples of problems and solutions.
Review topics are safety-orientated design methods, software tools,
redundancy, robust control, and retainer bearings. Finally, the concept of
smart machines is introduced as a way for further improving safety and
dependability of machinery with active magnetic bearings.
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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schweitzer (Curriculum Vitae)
2009
Publication of textbook on "Magnetic Bearings" as main editor and author
2003
Chair Professor at the Institute of Nuclear and Novel Energy Technology (INET), Tsing
Hua University, Beijing, 2003/2004
2002
Mechatronics Consulting, founded in 2002, home office in Switzerland and in Brazil
2002
Retirement from official duties at the ETH Zurich
1989 - 2002
Professor for Robotics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Head of the Institute of Robotics and of the International Center for Magnetic
Bearings at the ETH
Areas of interest: Mechatronics, Magnetic Bearings, Rotor Dynamics, Robotics
Founding member of the Mechatronics Group (1985)
Founding member of the Neuro-Informatics Group (1988)
Founding the International Center for Magnetic Bearings (1989)
Founding member of the Nano-Robotics Group (1993)
Visiting Professor at Stanford University, at the Universities Campinas (UniCamp) and
Florianópolis (UFSC), Brazil, and at the Zentrum fuer interdisziplinaere Forschung
(ZiF) of the University Bielefeld, Germany.
Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)
Member of professional societies: IEEE (SM), VDI, SGA
1989 - 1992
Head of the Departement of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
President of the Professors' Association of the ETH Zurich
1978 - 1989
Professor for Mechanics at the ETH Zurich,
1974
Habilitation in Mechanics at the Technical University Munich
1964 - 1978
Research and teaching on dynamics and control at the University Stuttgart and the
Technical University Munich
1970 - 1971
Postdoctoral Research at the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, Alabama,
USA.
Areas: inertial navigation and satellite dynamics
1967
Ph.D. from the University of Stuttgart in Germany
1962 - 1964
Research Assistant at the Guidance and Control Lab of the DLR (German Aerospace
Establishment) in Oberpaffenhofen
1962
Graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany
23.03.1937
Born in Freiburg/Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany