Open AccessPerformance of Cableless Magnetic In-Piping Actuator Capable of High-Speed Movement by Means of Inertial Force
Author(s) -
Hirohisa Yaguchi,
Tomohiro Izumikawa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering/advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1687-8140
pISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1155/2011/485138
Subject(s) - actuator , spring (device) , magnet , inverter , rotary actuator , propulsion , piping , mechanical energy , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , control theory (sociology) , physics , computer science , aerospace engineering , voltage , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , control (management) , artificial intelligence
The present paper proposes a novel cableless magnetic actuator with a new propulsion module that exhibits a very high thrusting force. This actuator contains an electrical inverter that directly transforms DC from button batteries into AC. The electrical DC-AC inverter incorporates a mass-spring system, a reed switch, and a curved permanent magnet that switches under an electromagnetic force. The actuator is moved by the inertial force of the mass-spring system due to mechanical resonance energy. The experimental results show that the actuator is able to move upward at a speed of 19.7 mm/s when using 10 button batteries when pulling a 20 g load mass. This cableless magnetic actuator has several possible applications, including narrow pipe inspection and maintenance