Eddy current braking systems utilise the generation of induced currents within a conductor, created by changes in magnetic fields, to provide smooth and contactless deceleration in various transport ...

Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, Kan., has designed and created a new Eddy Current Separator (ECS) as part of its expanding Material Handling product line. The ECS features what the company calls an ...

Waalre, Netherlands-based Goudsmit Magnetic Systems BV says it has redesigned its line of eccentric eddy current separators to include technical improvements while also reducing the cost. The goal of ...

Lenz’s Law is one of those physics tricks that look like magic if you don’t understand what’s happening. [Seth Robinson] was inspired by the way eddy currents cause a cylindrical neodymium magnet to ...

At some point during our primary school careers, most of us probably constructed a simple compass, often by floating a magnetized needle on a cork in a cup of water. The water in such a configuration ...

A magnet sliding down a copper ramp is slowed by magnetic fields from eddy currents induced in the tube. A magnet sliding down a Plexiglas ramp is unaffected. A magnet sliding down a brass ramp goes ...

Hold your copper pipe in a vertical position. Insert your magnets into the top opening of the pipe and let them go. They should drop slowly through the pipe as if they were going in slow motion. By ...

Over the last 40 years, permanent-magnet couplings have come into the manufacturing forefront. This technology can operate at high speeds without contact or wear of active components, and at ...