MONTON, a leading domestic developer of magnetic levitation technologies, announced the successful delivery of its independently developed MT71930 and MT16036 Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings to its first batch of customers. This milestone marks a critical transition in China’s high-end magnetic bearing sector—from technological breakthrough to commercial deployment—providing reliable, domestically manufactured solutions for high-end industries such as semiconductors and precision manufacturing.

As a critical safety component in magnetic bearing systems, Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings play a vital role in protecting equipment by ensuring safe rotor support and controlled shutdown in the event of magnetic bearing failure. The successful development of these products not only fills a long-standing domestic technology gap, but also breaks foreign technological monopolies, injecting strong momentum into China’s high-end equipment manufacturing industry.

The MT71930 and MT16036 series delivered by MONTON have been specifically optimized for different application scenarios. The MT71930 series features a compact structural design, making it ideal for space-constrained, high-speed rotating equipment such as semiconductor wafer processing machines. The MT16036 series, on the other hand, emphasizes high load capacity and is designed to meet the stringent operating conditions of heavy industrial equipment. Both product series have successfully passed on-site customer testing, demonstrating excellent performance in terms of stability, response speed, and durability, and have received high recognition from customers.

The delivered Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings will initially be applied in customers’ high-end semiconductor equipment, effectively mitigating yield losses caused by vibration during wafer processing. Beyond semiconductors, the MT series also shows significant potential in biopharmaceuticals and new energy sectors. Its non-contact operational characteristics help prevent pharmaceutical fluid contamination, ensuring production safety, while in wind power and energy storage systems, the technology improves energy conversion efficiency and supports the development of green energy. With the acceleration of localization, the MT series is expected to gradually replace imported products and reduce supply chain costs.

MONTON maintains close collaboration with universities and research institutions, integrating advanced technologies such as electromagnetic analysis and high-speed rotor dynamics to enable rapid transformation from laboratory research to mass production. The company stated that it will continue to increase R&D investment and expand applications into emerging fields such as robotics and aerospace, further strengthening the global competitiveness of China’s magnetic levitation technologies.

The newly developed Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings integrate multidisciplinary cutting-edge technologies, including electromagnetic analysis, power electronics, control systems, high-precision sensor technology, and high-speed rotor dynamic analysis. Through three years of intensive R&D efforts, the research team successfully overcame key challenges related to rapid response and safe shutdown under magnetic bearing failure conditions, achieving full independent control of core technologies.

By utilizing electromagnetic forces to realize non-contact rotor suspension, the system offers significant advantages such as high precision, zero mechanical wear, and maintenance-free operation. Compared with traditional mechanical bearings, it delivers substantially higher operational efficiency and significantly lower energy consumption, providing an innovative solution for the green and efficient operation of high-end equipment.

The successful development of Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings removes a critical barrier to the widespread application of magnetic levitation technology in high-speed rotating machinery, semiconductor manufacturing, and biophar maceuticals. In semiconductor manufacturing, the technology ensures stable equipment operation under extreme conditions; in the biopharmaceutical industry, its non-contact characteristics effectively prevent fluid contamination and safeguard drug production quality.

In addition, this technology can be extended to key sectors such as energy, transportation, and industrial equipment, driving industry upgrades toward high-end, green, and intelligent development. According to industry experts, as the technology continues to mature and costs are optimized, Touchdown Auxiliary Bearings are expected to achieve large-scale industrial adoption within the next five years.