On Wednesday 16 July 2003 09:04 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:59, Lorne wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 12:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > The Areoflows have bearingless fans which are some of the quietest in > > > the industry, and ultimately reliable because they are, well, > > > bearingless. > > > > If you are referring to the old bushing fans, there is no way they are > > more "reliable". They simply do not last. A sealed bearing will last for > > years and years. A bushing fan might last 3, but usually 18-24 months is > > all they can handle. > > > > I'm currently running some sealed bearing fans that are actually much > > quieter than the old "bearingless" fans by a factor of 3. > > This is not the same thing. This is new bearingless technology. It > utilizes something called a magnetic tip. My understanding is that the > fan blade is suspended by a magnetic field. > Really. Interesting. Must be one heck of a magnet to handle the torque and thrust of the fan eh?
> In addition to being super quiet, it of course means their reliability > is much higher. > > > LX
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