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Steve Wilcken's Replication of the MXLO Magnetic Motor
My Correspondence with MXLO
From: Steve Wilcken
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: Pure Energy Systems -- Director of Operations
Dear Sterling,
My name is Steve Wilcken. I am on the technical advisory board of SEAS (http://www.seaspower.com/swilcken.htm).
I have been following with great interest the developments with the MXLO magnetic motor. I
appreciate all the work you are doing regarding this subject. Let me just say before going
further that you really do have an excellent alternative energy web site. I know it must
be very time consuming to keep your website up to date. Keep up the great work!
I wanted to provide some feedback on my own contact with MXLO. I paid
the fee and downloaded the plans a couple of weeks ago. It became immediately obvious that
not a lot of effort was expended in providing a consistent, workable set of plans. So,
apparently like many others, I began communicating with MXLO to get answers to the various
questions that came up in my mind as I studied the plans I have attached the e-mail
correspondence between myself and MXLO. Feel free to glean and post on your website whatever
useful information you might find in this correspondence.
I have over 30 years experience in aerospace engineering. My specialty is
optical, electro-optical (laser), and opto-mechanical design and engineering. I have worked
on various classified DoD programs. In addition to my professional work in engineering, as
an avocation I have made a concerted study of alternative energy, dating back many years. I
have been in communication with most of the major players in the alternative energy field. I
have reviewed many submissions to SEAS for practicality and producibility. Unfortunately,
not much in my experience bears a direct relation to the MXLO device. However, I have had a
few thoughts that you might want to pass on.
First, I raised a question to MXLO about the necessity of the
central hole in the NIB magnets. I received a rather terse reply (like maybe a hit a nerve)
that I should build per the plans if I wanted to do a faithful replication. Based
on that response, I began looking for a supplier of ring magnets. (I'm still looking.)
The hole in the magnets may originally have had something to do with mechanical
fixturing of the magnets, e.g., as to a bulkhead with a bolt and nut. It's hard for me
to envision any feature of the magnetic field that is crucially dependent on the presence of a
hole in the magnet.
Second, none of the purely magnetic motors that I am aware of (Gary, Johnson, Cole,
etc.) use an arrangement wherein the field of the rotor magnets is directed at right angles to the
field of the stator magnets. This just doesn't make much sense. My first inclination
would be to up-end the rotor so that the pole faces of the rotor magnets lie in a vertical plane,
just like the pole faces of the stator magnets. That obviously makes for some difficulty
with mounting the rotor, per the MXLO mechanical design. People will need to figure out how
to mount the rotor so that the rotation shaft lies within the plane of the rotor, rather than
perpendicular to it.
Third, it is apparent that the arrangement of 5 magnets in a group leaves one with
an "unresolved" field, or at least a field that is forced to traverse more distance
while wrapping around from one pole to the other. That observation, whether true or not,
reminded me of an interesting patent, wherein a set of five magnets arranged in a cluster are held
together in a face-centered cubic arrangement, with one missing face. These magnets are held
together with a set of bolts which pass through central holes in each magnet and thread into
a small sphere located at the center of the cube. The effect of this arrangement is to
cause the unresolved field component to project a great distance out from the empty face of the
cube. You should take a look at US Patent #5,929,732, issued July 27, 1999 and assigned to
Lockheed Martin by inventor Boyd B. Bushman. I am actually quite surprised that this patent
escaped sequestration. This invention certainly provides the means to project a
magnetic force at an unusual distance, which may be the key to operation of the MXLO device, as
well as a multitude of other possible devices that one might envision, given this interesting
capability.
I hope this information might prove useful to someone. Please feel free to
post any or all of the content of this e-mail on your website. Given the demands on my time,
it is unlikely that I will be able to personally test any of these conjectures, let alone attempt
to build the original MXLO device.
In parting, let me commend you for your optimism. I see this reflected in
your kind treatment of individuals who express negative feelings. There is too much
unkindness in the world. To foster feelings of love and kindness is greatly to be
desired in the world we live in.
Best regards,
Steve Wilcken
MXLO Q/A 1
From: <support1@mxlo.com>
To: "Steve Wilcken" <s.wilcken@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: Magnetic motor questions
The diode is soldered to one copper lead out. Only one is required. The diodes we use are 50PIV. The copper is not attached to the aluminum strip. The strip is present to retard the magnetic field when in rotation. The bearing is a 1-1/2 inch bearing with 5/8 inch inside diameter. You can solder with chemalloy but, you do not need to solder the bearing. You can glue or epoxy it to the aluminum strip. Quoting Steve Wilcken <s.wilcken@comcast.net>: > Dear Sirs: > > I paid for and received (downloaded) the magnetic motor instructions. > Unfortunately, I was not able to read the Microsoft Works document file > format, but I can read the html document. As a suggestion, you might > consider putting the document in Microsoft Word format. > > I have studied the documentation, and I have a couple of questions: > > 1.) What do you do with the ends of the copper electrical leads? Are they > just hanging out in the air? Is one end of the copper wire attached to the > aluminum strip, or are both ends of the copper wire attached to the aluminum > strip (an obvious electrical "short circuit"), or is nothing connected to the > aluminum strip? > > 2.) What is the peak inverse volts rating for the 6-amp diode? Or what is > the part number for the diode? > > 3.) How is the diode connected to the copper electrical leads? > > 4.) What is the part number for the bearing? > > 5.) How is it possible to solder a bearing (typically steel) to an aluminum > strip? Is a solder connection required for some electrical reason? Or is > the purpose simply to hold the bearing in place so the rotor shaft and rotor > don't fall over? How about the use of a structural epoxy instead of solder? > > Please respond as soon as possible. > > Best regards, > > Stephen K. Wilcken > s.wilcken@comcast.net
MXLO Q/A 2
From: <support1@mxlo.com>
To: "Steve Wilcken" <s.wilcken@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Magnetic motor questions
The copper sheet is no longer used as it was part of an old design that was not as effective. The only copper that is required is the wire which is wrapped around the stator two times and the diode is soldered to one lead out. Only one diode is required. The bearing can be affixed with glue or epoxy instead of solder. The ground is created in the magnetic field during rotation. Quoting Steve Wilcken <s.wilcken@comcast.net>: > On your Internet site, you state the following: > > "A strip of aluminum is soldered to the bottom of the rotor shaft and > connected to ground. > > A sheet of copper cut in the same geometric shape as the stator is glued in > place under the stator of the device, and a diode is soldered to the copper > for direction of current. A cardboard isolator is placed between the section > of copper that overlaps aluminum connected to rotor shaft." > > The download instructions talk about a copper wire wound around the stator, > with one lead of a diode connected to one end of the copper wire. > > So, what is the correct electrical configuration? Triangular copper sheet > under stator, or copper wire loop wound around stator, or both? > > Regards, > > Stephen K. Wilcken
MXLO Q/A 3
From: <support1@mxlo.com>
To: "Steve Wilcken" <s.wilcken@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Magnetic motor questions
Quoting Steve Wilcken <s.wilcken@comcast.net>: > I am TRYING to build to specs, but nowhere in your documentation do you > specify the diameter of the central hole in the NIB magnet. Please provide > either the magnet part number and supplier, or the diameter of the central > hole so that I can try and locate a similar part. > > Regards, > > Steve Wilcken
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