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    Eddy current brakes use magnetic fields to induce eddy currents in a conductive surface, like a metal disc, which creates drag and slows the object's movement. They have advantages over traditional brakes like being abrasion-free and producing no harmful debris. An eddy current brake consists of a stationary magnetic field source like an electromagnet and a solid metal disc rotor. As the rotor spins, eddy currents in the metal oppose the magnetic field and generate a braking torque without direct contact. Applications include motor test stands, trains, rowing machines, roller coasters, and more. Further research is being done to address issues around using them in trains to allow more widespread adoption.

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    Eddy current brakes use magnetic fields to induce eddy currents in a conductive surface, like a metal disc, which creates drag and slows the object's movement. They have advantages over traditional brakes like being abrasion-free and producing no harmful debris. An eddy current brake consists of a stationary magnetic field source like an electromagnet and a solid metal disc rotor. As the rotor spins, eddy currents in the metal oppose the magnetic field and generate a braking torque without direct contact. Applications include motor test stands, trains, rowing machines, roller coasters, and more. Further research is being done to address issues around using them in trains to allow more widespread adoption.

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    Eddy current brakes use magnetic fields to induce eddy currents in a conductive surface, like a metal disc, which creates drag and slows the object's movement. They have advantages over traditional brakes like being abrasion-free and producing no harmful debris. An eddy current brake consists of a stationary magnetic field source like an electromagnet and a solid metal disc rotor. As the rotor spins, eddy currents in the metal oppose the magnetic field and generate a braking torque without direct contact. Applications include motor test stands, trains, rowing machines, roller coasters, and more. Further research is being done to address issues around using them in trains to allow more widespread adoption.

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    Eddy current brakes use magnetic fields to induce eddy currents in a conductive surface, like a metal disc, which creates drag and slows the object's movement. They have advantages over traditional brakes like being abrasion-free and producing no harmful debris. An eddy current brake consists of a stationary magnetic field source like an electromagnet and a solid metal disc rotor. As the rotor spins, eddy currents in the metal oppose the magnetic field and generate a braking torque without direct contact. Applications include motor test stands, trains, rowing machines, roller coasters, and more. Further research is being done to address issues around using them in trains to allow more widespread adoption.

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    Delhi Technological University

    Term Paper – 1
    Presentation
    On

    Prepared By
    • Shubham Singh
    Contents
    • What are brakes ?
    • Need for a braking system.
    • What are eddy currents ?
    • What are eddy current brakes ?
    • How are eddy current brakes different from electromagnetic brakes ?
    • Principle
    • Construction
    • Working
    • Applications
    • Research
    What are brakes ?

    • An inevitable component of most of the mechanical systems.


    • It is a way to control and inhibit motion.
    • Conventional braking system uses mechanical blocking but has various
    short comings.
    • One of the solution is Eddy Current Brakes.
    Need for a braking system.
    Abrasion Free
    • The conventional brakes used mechanical blocking which led to high levels of wear
    and tear of the system especially in automobiles reducing the life of those systems.
    Eco friendly
    • Use of brake pad produces debris which are potential hazards to the environment
    as
     these may interact with DNA of living organisms
     Be carcinogenic.
     copper in braking pads often enter into the water bodies leading to mass death of algae and
    other invertebrates as occurred in San Francisco Bay.

    High Braking Force


    • The ordinary braking system cannot produce high braking forces to inhibit systems
    moving in high speed which gave rise to a need for an effective braking of high
    speed machines.
    What are Eddy Currents ?

    • Eddy currents are swirling reverse


    currents induced on the surface of metal
    conductors by a changing magnetic field.
    • They can be attractive as well as
    repulsive.
    What are Eddy Current Brakes ?

    • Eddy current braking system is an


    unseen braking system which makes
    use of the opposing tendency of eddy
    currents to inhibit the motion of a
    mechanical system.
    Simplified circuit diagram showing connections
    for an eddy current brake
    A demo of eddy current brakes
    How are eddy current brakes different from
    electromagnetic brakes ?

    Electromagnetic brakes Eddy Current Brakes


    • Electromagnetic brakes use • Eddy current brakes use
    electromagnetic circuit to implement magnetic force directly for
    mechanical blocking and hence inhibiting the motion of the
    ultimately use frictional force. system.
    • There is a mechanical linkage to • There is an air gap present to
    transmit torque. prevent mechanical transmission
    of torque.
    Principle involved
    Principle involved

    •
    Principle involved

    •
    Construction
    An eddy current brake basically consists of two members:

    • A stationary magnetic field


    • A solid rotatory disc
    Construction
    • Stator consists of pole core, pole shoe, and field winding.
    • The field winding is wounded on the pole core.
    • Pole core and pole shoes are made of east steel laminations and fixed to the
    state of frames by means of screw or bolts.
    • Copper and aluminium is used for winding material in the arrangement.
    • Rotor generally composed of mild steel.
    • sometimes also referred to as the secondary because the eddy currents are
    induced in it.
    • Stator and rotor are separated by a short air gap; there being no contact
    between the two for the purpose of torque transmission.
    • Consequently there is no wear as in friction brake.
    Stator And Rotor
    Parameters of Construction
    Current
    induced

    Disc
    Air gap PARAMETERS material &
    thickness

    EM
    turns
    Working
    To explain the magnetic function of an electromagnetic retarder, the Maxwell
    principles may be applied to the following physical arrangement:

    • a ferro-magnetic disc with a permeability, m , and an electric conductivity, r


    • rotates at the face of a ring of magnetic poles of alternate polarity.
    • Each pole produces a magnetic excitation flux, N which is proportional to
    O

    the excitation current within the coil as long as the core is not saturated.
    • The lines of magnetic flux, N, form loops within the disc through the very
    small air gap which is arranged between the discs and the poles
    •
    • Alternating eddy currents are created within the disc with a strength
    proportional to the flux, N
    • These currents wind themselves around the lines of flux.
    • The electric conductivity, D, of the disc material causes these eddy currents
    to produce heat within the disc.
    • Ifa magnetic system is rotated about an axis normal to a conducting
    sheet, the field of induced eddy currents will set up a retarding torque on the
    system which is proportional to its angular speed.
    • The braking torque is generally also a function of the flux and the excitation
    current.
    Applications
    Motor test
    stands Trains

    Rowing
    Applications machines

    Free fall Roller


    tower rides coaster
    Research
    • In ICE-V test train in the 1980s, it discovered that one of the biggest
    obstacles to commercial application would be electromagnetic
    compatibility with signalling and train control systems. This could result in
    inter-ference or potentially even irrep-arable damage to the signalling
    system by the electro-magnetic forces generated when the eddy-current
    brake was activated.
    • Even when not in use, there is a risk of physical interference between the
    brake and signalling equipment when the brake assembly was in the
    lowered position.
    • incorrect solenoid coils or pole sequence errors.
    • risks associated with having too small an air gap between the lowered eddy-
    current brake and the track.
    • even with the brake inactive, the magnetic field strength was only just
    below the maximum permitted level which could result in incorrect
    wheelset detection by the axle-counters.
    • heating of the rails as a result of repeated brake applications, and the effect
    that this might have on the track structure, turnouts and other critical
    elements such as bridges.
    • Till date the use of eddy current brakes for train is being done in few places
    of Germany and it is aimed that over the next seven years it would be spread
    out more. In Japan, these brakes are in use since 1980s. Tests are being
    conducted in South Korea, Japan and in many countries of Europe to judge
    the efficiency of the system to allow eddy current brakes in respective
    countries. Present day progress conveys that the generation to come will
    see widespread utilization of such brakes.

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