Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings

This paper proposes a novel permanent magnet planar motor with moving multilayer orthogonal overlapping windings. This novel motor topology can achieve a five-degrees-of-freedom drive using two sets of x-direction windings and two sets of y-direction windings in a coreless configuration. The orthogo...

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Main Authors: Guo, Liang, Zhang, He, Galea, Michael, Lin, Jing, Lu, Wenqi, Gerada, C.
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Published: IEEE 2015
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author Guo, Liang
Zhang, He
Galea, Michael
Lin, Jing
Lu, Wenqi
Gerada, C.
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Zhang, He
Galea, Michael
Lin, Jing
Lu, Wenqi
Gerada, C.
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description This paper proposes a novel permanent magnet planar motor with moving multilayer orthogonal overlapping windings. This novel motor topology can achieve a five-degrees-of-freedom drive using two sets of x-direction windings and two sets of y-direction windings in a coreless configuration. The orthogonal multilayer construction guarantees a high utilization of the magnetic field and realizes decoupling between the x-direction thrust and the y-direction thrust. The topology and operating principle of the planar motor are introduced in this paper. The analytical modeling of the motor is established based on the equivalent current method, and the expressions of forces are derived. The force characteristics of the two-layer and three-layer winding topologies are compared, and the design guidelines of a planar motor are proposed. The analytical and 3-D finite-element model results are validated with the experimental results of a tested prototype.
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spelling nottingham-338442020-05-04T17:07:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33844/ Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings Guo, Liang Zhang, He Galea, Michael Lin, Jing Lu, Wenqi Gerada, C. This paper proposes a novel permanent magnet planar motor with moving multilayer orthogonal overlapping windings. This novel motor topology can achieve a five-degrees-of-freedom drive using two sets of x-direction windings and two sets of y-direction windings in a coreless configuration. The orthogonal multilayer construction guarantees a high utilization of the magnetic field and realizes decoupling between the x-direction thrust and the y-direction thrust. The topology and operating principle of the planar motor are introduced in this paper. The analytical modeling of the motor is established based on the equivalent current method, and the expressions of forces are derived. The force characteristics of the two-layer and three-layer winding topologies are compared, and the design guidelines of a planar motor are proposed. The analytical and 3-D finite-element model results are validated with the experimental results of a tested prototype. IEEE 2015-04-08 Article PeerReviewed Guo, Liang, Zhang, He, Galea, Michael, Lin, Jing, Lu, Wenqi and Gerada, C. (2015) Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51 (8). ISSN 0018-9464 Analytical models; Degrees of freedom (mechanics); Electric machine theory; Finite element method; Linear motors; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Multilayers; Permanent magnets; Topology; Winding 3D finite element model; Equivalent current methods; Force characteristics; High utilizations; Multilayer construction; Multilayer winding; Operating principles; Planar motors ; Machine windings http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7081764 doi:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2421281 doi:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2421281
spellingShingle Analytical models; Degrees of freedom (mechanics); Electric machine theory; Finite element method; Linear motors; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Multilayers; Permanent magnets; Topology; Winding 3D finite element model; Equivalent current methods; Force characteristics; High utilizations; Multilayer construction; Multilayer winding; Operating principles; Planar motors ; Machine windings
Guo, Liang
Zhang, He
Galea, Michael
Lin, Jing
Lu, Wenqi
Gerada, C.
Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title_full Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title_fullStr Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title_full_unstemmed Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title_short Analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
title_sort analysis and design of a magnetically levitated planar motor with novel multilayer windings
topic Analytical models; Degrees of freedom (mechanics); Electric machine theory; Finite element method; Linear motors; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Multilayers; Permanent magnets; Topology; Winding 3D finite element model; Equivalent current methods; Force characteristics; High utilizations; Multilayer construction; Multilayer winding; Operating principles; Planar motors ; Machine windings
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