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Preliminary Investigations on a Diamagnetically Levitated Linear Conveyor
Diamagnetic levitation is the only passive levitation at room temperature. It is interesting to use this principle for a contactless conveyor in applications where friction and wear-particle contamination should be avoided such as in a microfactory. Using planar arrangements of permanent magnets, it is indeed possible to levitate a conveyor made of diamagnetic materials. In this article the authors are investigating the use of diamagnetic levitation in conjunction with various contact-less drive concepts to design a totally contact-free conveyor to carry small components in microfactories.
Type
research article
Authors
Barrot, Francois
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Bosgiraud, Thomas
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Loehr, Bernhard Loehr
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Sache, Laurent
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Publication date
2006
Published in
Volume
126-A
Issue
10
Start page
1341
End page
1344
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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November 21, 2006
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