Services
SpinDrive’s expert services provide complete lifecycle support – delivered by the same team that designs and develops the technology.
Comprehensive AMB capabilities – from feasibility to lifecycle support
SpinDrive delivers everything you need for a fully functioning AMB system. From initial feasibility assessment through in-house design, high-quality manufacturing, rigorous testing, commissioning and lifecycle support – every step is covered.
With SpinDrive, you get a single, trusted partner that combines deep AMB expertise with a focused approach to your specific application. This helps you move faster from early evaluation to validated machine performance while reducing project complexity and implementation risk. The result is accelerated deployment and greater long-term value.
AMB feasibility study
If you are considering whether AMBs are a viable option, SpinDrive’s feasibility study provides a fast, structured way to evaluate AMBs for your specific application – both technically and commercially.
Simply share your application’s key parameters, including rotational speed, loads, dimensions and clearances. Based on this, our experts will deliver a tailored evaluation outlining the most suitable AMB configuration and integration approach.
You will receive:
- One to two recommended bearing topologies
- A clear AMB integration concept for your unit
- Optional rotordynamic analysis for deeper validation
- Pricing estimate for the AMB system
This study gives your team a solid foundation to assess feasibility, compare options and understand how AMBs can create a competitive advantage for your machines.
AMB system design
Once you are ready to move forward, SpinDrive begins the detailed selection of your AMB system, ranging from standard solutions to fully tailored options for your machine and application requirements. Our in-house engineering team takes complete ownership of the selection process, ensuring seamless integration and full accountability. From rotor dynamics to electromagnetic performance and mechanical integration, every element is checked as part of a cohesive system.
You receive:
- Rotor dynamic design and analysis report
- Electromagnetic design report of actuators and sensors
- Mechanical design outlook for system integration
This integrated approach ensures optimal system performance, reduced risk, and efficient implementation into your machinery.
Conversion to AMB (Retrofit)
AMBs remove the limitations of conventional bearing systems. Especially for machines operating in demanding environments, converting to AMB technology enables higher performance and reliability while significantly reducing maintenance requirements and lifecycle costs.
SpinDrive offers a cost-efficient way to upgrade existing machinery to AMB technology without the need for a complete redesign.
Our engineering team specifies or develops AMB solutions that fit your current machine design. By replacing ball, air or fluid-film bearings with a fully integrated AMB system, you can bring your machines to the next level of performance and efficiency.
You receive:
- Drop-in replacement with minimal modifications
- AMB system tailored to fit the existing machine design
- Full engineering, integration and commissioning support
AMB conversion with an experienced specialist minimizes disruption while delivering a clear upgrade path to next-generation machine performance.
Condition monitoring
SpinDrive’s Magma controllers measure rotor position thousands of times per second, providing continuous visibility into rotor behavior, vibration, runout and load. This data is transformed into an integrated condition monitoring capability, giving your team real-time insight into the rotating machine’s health – along with predictive alerts when operating patterns begin to shift.
SpinDrive builds predictive maintenance into your system with seamless SCADA integration and no need for additional sensors. This eliminates reliance on third-party systems and keeps you fully in control of your data and operations.
Our controllers provide:
- Continuous monitoring of rotor data
- Predictive alerts based on real-time trend analysis
- SCADA integration for industrial control
Integrated condition monitoring is key to operational reliability of the whole rotating system, reduced downtime and smarter, data-driven maintenance.
Engineering and commissioning support
The same senior engineering team supports your project end-to-end, ensuring continuity and deep knowledge of your specific application – from engineering through commissioning and beyond. This approach eliminates information gaps and enables more effective support throughout the lifecycle of your system.
When needed, our experts can travel to your facility to provide hands-on assistance or direct troubleshooting in real operating conditions.
We provide:
- Continuous support from the same team
- On-site visits for commissioning and hands-on assistance
- Responsive on-call engineering support
The result is faster issue resolution, reduced risk and improved system performance through targeted intervention.
Lifetime service support
SpinDrive’s lifecycle support includes a structured multi-year service agreement (LTSA) with clearly defined response times – designed for OEMs and operators who want a predictable, streamlined support model without negotiating services case by case.
This agreement brings software updates, diagnostics and spare parts planning into a single service framework. You benefit from consistent support, transparent costs and dedicated SpinDrive contacts who understand your system.
Your benefit:
- Comprehensive multi-year support via LTSA
- Proactive spare parts planning
- Direct access to named technical contacts
This approach provides cost predictability, simplifies service management and ensures long-term reliability for your AMB system.
Voices from our customers
“We really appreciate the flexible business model and the world-class expertise from SpinDrive. We look forward to deepening our cooperation and continuing the application of the Magma X800 AMB controller in other machine models.”
“Active magnetic bearings are up to five times more energy efficient than mechanical bearings and require less maintenance. Due to our unique hubless flywheel design, it is important for us that SpinDrive provides tailored active magnetic bearing solutions.”
“We are very pleased with SpinDrive’s expertise and professional work. We appreciated their flexibility and fast execution. On the technical side, SpinDrive provided a bearing solution that can operate without maintenance for years in harsh, high-temperature environments.”
Questions before you start
The best way to start is to arrange a discussion with us about your application and machine requirements. You can also fill out our requirement list. Our team will review your operating conditions, performance targets and system architecture to determine whether active magnetic bearings (AMBs) are a good fit and recommend the most suitable solution.
Both. While AMBs are often integrated into new machine designs, SpinDrive can also support retrofit projects when the existing machine architecture and operating conditions are suitable. Each retrofit opportunity is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
We offer a flexible scope tailored to each project. In most cases, we provide the magnetic bearing system and the controller to ensure system quality. Some customers also request that we take responsibility for the integration of the AMB system with the motor and variable frequency drive (VFD).
Project timelines vary depending on the application, level of customization, and customer requirements. A typical development and integration project usually lasts 5–6 months, while standard controller deployments can often be completed more quickly.
SpinDrive provides support throughout the entire lifecycle of the AMB system. This includes commissioning assistance, technical support, diagnostics, software updates, troubleshooting, training and long-term service agreements to ensure reliable operation and maximum uptime.
Magnetic bearings excel across a vast operating range, from low-speed applications where maximum reliability and zero contamination are vital, to ultra-high-speed systems reaching over 100,000 rpm. The contactless design of AMBs ensures that mechanical wear is completely eliminated, whether the motor is stationary or rotating at extreme velocities.
AMBs are highly compatible with harsh and diverse ambient environments due to their lubricant-free, non-contact design. We have project experience with AMBs operating directly in process gases where traditional bearings could fail. These gases include hydrocarbons, HFOs, CO2, overheated steam, H2, helium and more, all without any risk of oil contamination or chemical degradation. It is also possible to use our active magnetic bearings in liquid environments.
Both temperature and pressure need to be confirmed during the feasibility study, but we have cases where the temperature in the bearing cavity has ranged from cryogenic conditions up to 150 °C and beyond. This enables the use of active magnetic bearings in demanding turbomachinery processes where the compressor or turbine wheel is exposed to temperatures of hundreds of degrees.
AMBs can typically operate across a pressure range from vacuum conditions up to approximately 60 bar.
A hard landing event is defined as sustained mechanical contact of more than 1 second between the rotor and auxiliary bearing during turbomachinery operation at speeds above 30% of the maximum continuous speed (MCS). The requirement for the number of hard landings is mutually agreed upon with the customer. Heavy machines (rotors > 500 kg) are typically designed to withstand at least 10 hard landings. Smaller rotors can tolerate a higher number of hard landings.
The AMB control system can measure rotor displacement with an accuracy of approximately 0.1 µm at a frequency of 10, 000 Hz. The typical rotor runout we measure is on the order of ~0.2 µm.
There is no mechanical contact in bearing electromechanics, and their expected lifetime is over 20 years. Accelerated aging tests of the Magma X800 controller at the SGS laboratory indicate up to 40 years of expected component lifetime under defined conditions. Under real operating conditions with varying loads and conditions, this corresponds to an estimated service life of 20 years with minimum maintenance.
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