Recent content by Irish_

Exactly, I agree. Off the shelf is a best bet. Thanks for the input. I will continue to brainstorm ideas, I like the linkage arm idea outside the tank reaching in. This device will be working with a magnetorheological fluid application.

thanks for the help guys, I probably should have mentioned that this will be immersed for the most part in oil also size of the mechanism needs to be as small as possible.

Ahh, to the millimeter would be great. If we could go to the tenths of millimeter that'd be even better and more desired.

The actual mass is around 1 to 2 lbs-force, but this may be submerged in oil so it will have some buoyancy force. It's a cylindrical shape with 1.25 inch height and .75 inch diameter. Not sure on what you mean by resolution?

Hey guys, I'm brainstorming some ideas for a mechanism that will be able to move an object in the vertical plane up and down, as well as left to right. Essentially I'm looking at controlling the X and Y coordinates of this moving mass. I want to be able to move in the vertical plane, lock it...

Okay, thanks for the input Carl, I will look towards acquiring different materials with higher saturation values. We want to keep power usage also at a low.

The biggest limiter to the flux is the air gap along with the actual encasement of the rotating disk. I need to optimize this.

We would like it to be more uniform SirAskalot throughout the entire radius of the disk. I will calculate some information and get back to you a little later, thanks.

Thanks for the reply man, and yeah I have checked the permeability of the material. The biggest problem is due to the mechanisms' thickness. The water cooling is a new concept to me, do you have a link to more information on the idea/how to make one? Thanks again.

Hello all, long time follower, first time poster. (Also feel free to move this if it's not in the right section.) Basically I have this mechanism pictured here: You can imagine that the drawing is of a top view of a section cut of the total mechanism. This is the radius view, the full diameter...