Barrot, FrancoisChapuis, DominiqueBosgiraud, ThomasLoehr, Bernhard LoehrSache, LaurentMoser, RolandBleuler, Hannes2006-11-212006-11-212006-11-21200610.1541/ieejias.126.1341https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/235801Diamagnetic 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.[MICRO]diamagneticlevitationconveyorlinear drivemicrofactorytext::journal::journal article::research article