Affiliations: [a] College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China | [b] College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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Corresponding author: Sumei Gao, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Jiangning, Nanjing 211169, China. Tel.: +86 18913805699; E-mail: gsm@jit.edu.cn
Abstract: In this paper, a kind of permanent magnet (PM) suspension active mass drive mechanism is proposed, and its structure is designed. It has the advantages of non-contact, almost zero friction, small volume, and so on. Aiming at the active driving mass mechanism of PM suspension, the unidirectional PM suspension system and bi-directional PM suspension system are designed respectively, and their analytical models are established. By analyzing and calculating the magnetic force of the unidirectional and bi-directional PM suspension system, the support coefficient of the suspension system is deduced. After theoretical analysis, the structure is simulated and verified by ANSYS MAXWELL 3D in order to determine the correctness of the analytical calculation of the model. Finally, a test device is made and experiments are carried out in the constant temperature laboratory. The experimental results show that the Nd-Fe-B PMs used in the unidirectional suspension system can provide a maximum force of 260 N, which verify the feasibility of the PM suspension active mass drive system.
Keywords: Permanent magnet (PM), magnetic suspension, AMD, support characteristics
