Design and test of an ironless, three degree-of-freedom, magnetically levitated linear actuator with moving magnets

2005 IEEE International Conference on Electric Machines and Drives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 858-865

  Jansen, J W ^a   Van Essen, J M ^a   Van Lierop, C M M ^a   Lomonova, E A ^a   Vandenput, A J A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC COILS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

DESIGN TOOLS; LINEAR ACTUATORS; PLANAR MOTORS; TRANSLATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33745913528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iemdc.2005.195823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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