Excellent,
Thank you everyone for your help, i'm very grateful, with the advice given i've made several design changes and saved myself a lot of head-aches.
Thank you MRJ2...
so the heat generated from eddy currents could effect the strenght of magnetism possibly causing a loss in consistancy of the operation?
The force that moves magnet 2 is pressurised air, so the air flow may offset any heating of brass and alluminium. The other option would...
Thank you electric pete and IRstuff for you reply.
I have now incorporated a mechanical stop into the design so that the magnets never actually touch also practical as i have chosen Neodymium magnets which are quite brittle. Would this stop any demagnetising from them slamming together?
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http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=185401&page=7
The above page answers question 1, i beleive.
Consistancy is the key, though... can my above operation move at the same speed given the same force applied each time?
Im an amatuer designer/inventor and have a question about the nature of magnets. I am currently working on a machine which may incorporate magnets into the design...
OK... i hope this makes sense.
Represented bellow are 3 disc magnets in a tube. Magnet 1 (|1NS|) and magnet 3 (|3SN|) are...
