The effect of magnetic shaking on nonoriented silicon steel rings
The effect of magnetic shaking on the incremental permeability of nonoriented silicon steel rings was studied. 50H470 silicon steel is a very popular and cheap material, but does not have a high incremental permeability. However, we achieved a value of 27 000 for the target field of 10 Hz, 0.05 A/m, which is comparable to commercial PC permalloy. We also measured the target field, which ranged from 0.05-5 A/m, 1 Hz-1 kHz. Magnetic shaking was effective at 60 Hz is effective at shaking field amplitudes 40-60 A/m, corresponding to a flux density of 0.2-0.6 B/sub s/. We also made ring samples from 50H470 steel plates produced by a nibbling machine and evaluated the effect of stress on their magnetic properties.
Enhancement of Ferromagnetic Shielding against Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields
Experimental data are given to show that the impression of an alternating magnetic field of constant amplitude on a ferromagnetic shield, called shaking, enhances the shielding factor against alternating external magnetic fields. Contrary to expectation the shielding is enhanced against disturbing frequencies both below and above the shaking frequency. It is shown that this effect cannot be explained by a simple model using the harmonics of the shaking induction.
Economics of General-Purpose Assembly Robots
Summary A study of the comparative economics of various automatic assembly systems using general-purpose assembly robots is described. In the study, use is made of a “typical” candidate assembly whose profile is obtained from statistical analysis of actual products submitted by interested companies. It is shown that the choice of assembly system and the various parts presentation methods depends on three main factors, namely: the annual production volume per shift, the number of parts in the product and the equipment payback period.