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SpinDrive Levitation technology

Magnetic bearings are levitating the rotational part of the machine, totally eliminating friction. No lubricant is needed, and efficiency is higher.

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Our mission

Our passion is to push energy efficiency to the maximum level and promote oil-free solutions in various industries. We provide design and prototyping of the high-speed electrical drivetrains supported by frictionless magnetic bearings. In a serial production, we provide active magnetic bearing systems. SpinDrive’s solution lowers the customer’s lifecycle costs by 35%.

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High initial investments

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High maintenance costs

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Limited and non-customized solution

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Risk of oil contamination

Industrial challenges

Around 40% of the electricity worldwide is consumed by rotating electrical machines. However, most of the electrical machines are not working at the optimum point from a process efficiency perspective. Original Equipment Manufacturers require reliable, energy efficient and completely containment-free prime movers. However, the drivetrain industry is lacking innovation. The typical problems are the absence of the machine operational data, the need for a gearbox and lubrication. It leads to frequent equipment breakdowns and high maintenance costs. Spindrive magnetic bearings addresses all these challenges

Industrial challenges

Around 40% of the electricity worldwide is consumed by rotating electrical machines. However, most of the electrical machines are not working at the optimum point from a process efficiency perspective. Original Equipment Manufacturers require reliable, energy efficient and completely containment-free prime movers. However, the drivetrain industry is lacking innovation. The typical problems are the absence of the machine operational data, the need for a gearbox and lubrication. It leads to frequent equipment breakdowns and high maintenance costs. SpinDrive solution addresses all these challenges.

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High initial investments

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High maintenance costs

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Limited and non-customized solution

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Risk of oil contamination

SpinDrive solution


1. Design and prototyping of the high-speed drivetrains.
2. Serial production of active magnetic bearing packages.

Our typical range is from 30 kW to 2 MW, 10 000 rpm to 100 000 rpm.

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Magnetic Bearings benefits

Higher system
efficiency

Energy Efficiency

End-user payback time is 2 years.

Maintenance-free system

Maintenance Free

Saves at least 50% on the maintenance costs.

Oil-free
operation

Oil Free

Brings an opportunity to enter new markets.

Condition
monitoring

Monitoring

Prevents customer’s equipment breakdown.

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Application fields

These industrial processes can benefit from higher rotation speed

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Turbocompressors

AMBs eliminate metal-to-metal contact. It means that there are no moving parts to lubricate, waste energy or maintain.

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Electric Aircrafts

High-speed machines increase power density and reduce the size and weight to carry onboard.

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Turbo blowers & Pumps

Magnetic bearing is the solution to overcome the limits of high-speed and high axial load.

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Marine Turbocharger

AMBs enable safe operation off-shore, system compactness and typical cycle load tolerance.

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Small & microturbines

AMBs provide fast start and excellent partial load efficiency.

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Flywheels

Magnetic bearings make the system more dynamically controllable and can operate in vacuum.

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Electric Vehicles

High-speed machines are used in energy recovery systems to increase power density.

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CNC Machines

Magnetic bearings allow high-speed drilling and improve operation efficiency.

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Oil & Gas turbomachinery

Magnetic bearings enable reliable offshore and subsea operation with predictive maintenance.

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ORC powerplants

Organic Rankine Cycle powerplant can achieve soft-starting and use highly integrated packages with AMBs.

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Testimonials

Jussi Heinimö
Managing director

“SpinDrive team was involved in collaboration with Visorc team members and mutual potential benefits of the future cooperation were clearly identified. Among SpinDrive advantages is the ability to design the drivetrain according to specific operation conditions of Visorc system.”

Ian Denton
Chief Engineer

“SpinDrive demonstrated a deep understanding of the fundamental concepts of AMB technology, which allowed them to provide solutions for the unique Teraloop bearing configuration.”

Juha Saari
Engineering Director

“SpinDrive has fulfilled well the Ingersoll Rand expectations. The company is easy to work with, the results have been delivered as agreed and the work has been well documented.”

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Janne Heikkinen

CEO Janne Heikkinen is responsible for business management and strategic company development. He holds a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering and was a project manager in a project that was the kick-off for the university spinoff company SpinDrive. Janne is a specialist in rotordynamics and high-speed drivetrain manufacturing methods.

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Alexander Smirnov

CTO Alexander Smirnov has a European-level project management experience. He was involved as a key designer in many projects, which included AMB design. He holds a doctoral degree in control engineering. Alexander is a specialist in electromagnetic design, control, and commissioning of AMBs. He is the main developer of the SpinDrive software tools.

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Nikita Uzhegov

COO Nikita Uzhegov is responsible for customer relationships, supply chain management, and business development. He holds a doctoral degree in electrical engineering and he was a key electromagnetic designer of five different successfully tested high-speed electrical machines. He was a project manager in a SpinDrive project aimed at HVAC market exploration.

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Teemu Sillanpää

Chief Product Officer (CPO) Teemu Sillanpää is heading towards a doctoral degree in electrical engineering. He is a specialist in the control and power electronics design, sensor technology and system testing. He is working on the SpinDrive’s controller and sensor development.

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Harri Rahikainen

Lead Software Architect Harri Rahikainen is leading the magnetic bearing controller software development by specifying the overall software architecture and implementing the functionality. Harri is heading towards a Master's degree in electrical engineering focusing on embedded software engineering, control engineering and automation.

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Tuukka Nurminen

Design Engineer Tuukka Nurminen is responsible for refining and performing design processes for the electromagnetic actuators within the company. Tuukka is currently doing his master’s thesis with SpinDrive and his master’s studies have been focusing on electrical machines, electrical drive systems and power electronics.

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