Magnetic Levitation Transfer System for Curved Flexible Steel Plates

(Fundamental Consideration on the Effect of Tension Position on Vibration Characteristics)

Abstract

In the manufacture of thin steel plate, which are widely used in industrial products such as automobiles, contact transportation by rollers is performed. However, deterioration of surface quality due to contact with rollers has become a problem in steel sheet production lines. Therefore, a non-contact magnetic levitation transfer of thin steel plates using the attractive force of an electromagnet has been proposed. So far, we have investigated the levitation performance of a magnetic levitation system that uses both a horizontal positioning control system and a curved magnetic levitation system. In this report, we conducted a basic study on the non-contact transfer of thin steel plates from the shape analysis by the finite difference method on the effect of the tension application position in the magnetic field of the magnetic levitation transfer system on the vibration characteristics of the steel plate.