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How does this motor work?
I have been on a bit of a quest to find some sort of linear motion device to compress a spring with 15kg of force 80mm at 1600mm/s, with continuous duty cycle, ideally under $40. So I was digging for ...
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Linear Motor Design
I previously uploaded a question on trying to make a solenoid attract a magnet 80mm away, however this ended up being an impossible ask due to solenoid's having a max effective attraction distance of ...
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Should I use a permanent magnet inside a solenoid for an electromagnet shuttle?
I'd like to make some kind of actuator/vibrator but much stronger. I thought of using a static, tubular solenoid, driven with AC current. Inside it would be a mobile permanent magnet cylinder (...
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Solenoid Fail - No Force
I have designed and built a small solenoid and... it doesn't exert any force on the steel bolt I am using as a plunger. I could freely move the plunger back and forth without any resistance.
I am ...
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