made to spin on its axis with very little resistance for essentially any orientation of the magnetic axis except parallel to the plane of the surface of the disk 22 in addition the magnet 20 exhibits a resistance to both axial and radial applied forces the low resistance to rotation and relatively high axial and radial force resistance is attributed to flux exclusion and flux pinning within the superconductor composite disk 22 and the orientation of the magnetic field of the magnet 20 with respect to the superconductor composite disk 22 when the magnetic pole of the cylindrical magnet 20 is angled toward the surface of the disk 22 the magnetic field which penetrates and is pinned in the disk 22 is symmetrical and constant for any angular position of the magnet 20 about its magnetic axis thus rotation of the magnet 20 about its magnetic axis does not alter the magnetic flux which is pinned in the superconducting material of the disk 22 however translation of the magnet 20 in either the radial or axial direction with respect to the disk 22 will result in a change in the magnetic flux distribution which is pinned in the superconducting material of the disk 22 the pinned magnetic flux will also resist a change in the orientation of the magnetic axis since the type ii superconductor resists any change in a.