A High-Precision, Magnetically Levitated Positioning Stage: Toward Contactless Actuation for Industrial Manufacturing

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 82-95

  Owen, Robert Brydon ^a   Maggiore, Manfredi ^a   Apkarian, Jacob ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS ACTUATION; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; LINEAR GUIDES; PERMANENT MAGNET LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS (PMLSMS);

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

EID: 33744787381     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2006.1636312     Document Type: Article

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