A conveyor device aimed at moving objects placed on a translating chain is studied. Losses, friction and noise reduction are the main objectives, which are obtained by magnetically levitating the chain with the aid of a system of permanent mag-nets placed on the chain and on the beam. A stable vertical levita-tion was obtained, while the horizontal instability was managed reducing the allowed gap between the chain and the beam. A cus-tomized three-phase drive unit was also realized in order to re-duce the size and the inertia of the conveyor. A prototype was built and tested in order to verify the outcomes of the design.
Massimo Fabbri, Pier Luigi Ribani, Davide Zuffa (2013). Design and Testing of a Magnetically Levitated Conveyor. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 49(1), 577-585 [10.1109/TMAG.2012.2207401].
Design and Testing of a Magnetically Levitated Conveyor
FABBRI, MASSIMO;RIBANI, PIER LUIGI;
2013
Abstract
A conveyor device aimed at moving objects placed on a translating chain is studied. Losses, friction and noise reduction are the main objectives, which are obtained by magnetically levitating the chain with the aid of a system of permanent mag-nets placed on the chain and on the beam. A stable vertical levita-tion was obtained, while the horizontal instability was managed reducing the allowed gap between the chain and the beam. A cus-tomized three-phase drive unit was also realized in order to re-duce the size and the inertia of the conveyor. A prototype was built and tested in order to verify the outcomes of the design.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
