Thanks, Bill

    I found a few sources and they indicate that the seals stand up to at
least 2 bars of pressure without any problem.  That would, of course, be
more than I need.
Appreicate the additional sources of information in the URLS

Ed Anderson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Schertz" <wschertz@ispwest.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Magnetic seals


My exposure to magnetic seals is for rotational feed throughs for high
vacuum systems. You don't get the iron filings ingested into the engine, if
properly designed.

here are some links for those interested.

http://www.liquidsresearch.com/products/magnet_applics.asp

http://www.a-f-s.com/news/industrialphysicist.html

http://www.ferrotec.com.sg/category.asp?catid=9

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045


>
> > I don't think ingesting iron filings is the way to go, and I don't think
> magnets
> > will prevent ingestion.  I further don't think any of us can develop a
> reliable
> > ... SNIP



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