Effect of Tension from Edge Direction on Levitated Transport Thin Steel Plate

(Experimental Consideration on Suspension Position)

Abstract

Thin steel plates are widely used in various industrial products. However, there are problems where deterioration of surface quality and metal plating occurred by transporting. As a solution to these problems, a noncontact transport of steel plate using electromagnetic force has been proposed. However, there is a risk that side slipping or the dropping of the plate may occur. In this study, we carried out experiments that thin steel plate (0.24 mm thickness) was magnetically levitated to discuss the effect of a magnetic field. From the results of the experiments, it can be confirmed that the displacement standard deviation was the lowest at the horizontal electromagnet center distance of 550 mm when the distance between the centers of the horizontal electromagnets was changed and we can obtain the levitation stability.