Fundamental Characteristics of the Transport • Switch System with Levitation Using X-YLIM

Abstract

This paper proposes a new transportation and switching system based on an electric non-contact switching method utilizing the X-YLIM. The characteristics of this new concept were determined based on trail production of the system. This system employs a magnetic-levitation system for the straight sections, and an air-levitation system for the switching part. Thus, it ensures non-contact transportation of a bogie-truck until switching is complete. The degree of freedom of switching has been extended to enable the selection of a wider switching angle range. Based on the test methods employed for the current systems. This experiment has attempted to determine the basic traveling characteristics of bogie-trucks in this new system. The theoretical performance of the system is compared against the experimental values based on the switching orbit equation. Furthermore, this paper discusses the total evaluation of the system utilizing branching performance as the criteria.