Miniature spherical motor using iron-gallium alloy (Galfenol)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6929, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ueno, Toshiyuki ^a   Saito, Chihiro ^b   Imaizumi, Nobuo ^b   Higuchi, Toshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Adamant Namiki Precision Jewel Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galfenol; Magnetostrictive effect; Smooth impact drive mechanism; Spherical motor

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSTRICTION; MAGNETS; MECHANICS; PIGMENTS; ROTATION; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SHRINKAGE;

ATTRACTIVE FORCES; GALFENOL; IRON-GALLIUM ALLOYS; LOW-VOLTAGE (LV); MAGNETO-MOTIVE FORCE (MMF); MICRO ACTUATORS; PHASE DIFFERENCES; SINGLE-AXIS; SPHERICAL MOTORS; SPHERICAL ROTORS;

MOTORS;

EID: 44949261272     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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