From PESWiki.com: After building a working prototype, "Archie" is now open sourcing the
design here at PESWiki. He claims that his prototype (now broken)
reached upwards of 1500 rpm for 45 minutes, and ran continuously at a
lower speed for 48 hours. (PESWiki; Sept. 29, 2008)
American-Grecian inventor, Achilles ("Archie") Ligeras, who resides in
New York, claims to have built a working prototype that demonstrate his
original concept of a motor driven by magnets only, with no other
input. An animation of his design is shown to the right.
This is another in a long stream of claims to working magnet motors, none of which have yet emerged with a clear public demonstration.
If this one can be proven and refined for commercial
application, this technology could revolutionize the energy industry,
providing a clean energy source that is everywhere present and
constant, replacing the need for any kind of fuel, and allowing a pure
"distributed energy" paradigm -- to the point of each appliance having
its own power source. Smaller versions may be limited, such as for a
cell phone, but the repowering station for the batteries could be
portable.
Achilles claims that his working prototype achieved a rotation
speed of 1500 rpm for fifteen minutes, and ran continuously at a slower
speed for about 48 hours. At the end of that run, the motor box housing
was hot to the touch, but not too hot to touch. The heat was most
likely a function of friction from the various rollers and bearings. He
applied a Schwinn bike generator to generate a few watts of
electricity. He also tried stopping the shaft wearing leather garden
gloves, and that it was quite hard to stop the rotation.
In the process of removing the housing from the motor in
preparation for its photographing and videotaping, the device broke. A
second, more professionally-machined prototype is in process of being
built.
As Achilles' time in Greece expired (mid-Sept. 2008), he then
returned to the U.S. and now wishes to give this idea away to the world
for open source development. He has chosen this site, PESWiki.com, to
be the official location for this project development by the world
community. This site is a publicly editable site, like Wikipedia. You
are welcome to log in and join in the development of this material as
new information becomes available.
CAVEAT
In open sourcing this idea, Achilles only
asks that he receive a 6% royalty on any commercial development of the
technology, which royalty he will share with PES Network, Inc.,
which is coordinating this project. Also, as complete plans are
developed, those will be available in finished format for a small fee,
though the more rough information will be available for free on this
site.
Project Status
This concept is being presented for
replication by others. A clear set of plans has not yet been worked up.
Only one working prototype is claimed, which has broken...
Link: http://peswiki.com/Magnetic_Engine_(ALME)