Linear Motors | How do they work?
A motor called a linear motor is making quite an impact in packaging industries and CNC machines. When someone says "motor," the image that comes to mind is usually something spinning, right? However, packaging and CNC machines require motors with linear movement. In this video, we are going to learn about the working of these beautiful motors by understanding a crucial concept about linearly travelling magnetic fields.
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@juliano_marmaruca
2 жыл бұрын
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@organicfarm5524
2 жыл бұрын
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@brodriguez11000
2 жыл бұрын
There are others.
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2 жыл бұрын
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@Servotronix_motion_driver
2 ай бұрын
good job!
Technics CD players used a linear motor to drive the laser assembly which allowed extremely quick tracking. You could jump from track 1 to track 10 in about 1/10 of a second. Phillips used a similar motor that was curved instead of straight rotating around a pivot point. This video only talked about how a linear motor moves, and not how it is controlled to be held in a still position when the motion is stopped. (hint: it's not allowed to just rest.)
In order to change the direction of the movement, you need to switch only 2 phases. The phase change at 4:54 only adds 120 degree phase. It does not change the direction. Apart from that, great video for beginners. Congrats!!
@giovannibianchessi1578
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Darkbob-ew1lk
Жыл бұрын
Can this type of motor achive an static position? For the applications explained in the video I looks like they can but considering that the secondary works with eddy currents I'm not so sure
@delle12
11 ай бұрын
I came to the comments to say the exact same thing :D
Love it even though it seems a bit confusing but knowing how it works counts and it's simply made and has low noise and stuff.
Radius motors are usually used for high power density applications because a spinning armature or stator preserves momentum.
These are great for pick and place applications where considerable torque is not required. I am a PLC technician, and I use these often. Easy to setup, and programming is a breeze using Ethernet IP. For higher torque applications, I use servos or steppers. The beauty of linear motors is the minimal amount of moving parts. Servos and steppers require actuators and drive systems (lead screws, belts, chains, etc.), therefore there is more maintenance, and potential failures. It's a balancing act of choice, depending on the application. Really love linear motors though!
Interesting. This is the first I’ve seen a linear motor. Any equipment I’ve had exposure to used axial stepper motors with a cogged belt drive and track. This seems like a much better design.
@alberttyong
2 жыл бұрын
I'd say from first glance, the older cog belt drive and track is easier to replace parts, transport and maintain. It's also easier to adjust designs for than a rod that needs to be straight.
@bobbyb9718
2 жыл бұрын
@@alberttyong Those are good points.
@Brunleffe
2 жыл бұрын
I've also heard they often require liquid cooling and can be quite bulky. Requiring the form factor to be considered early in development. None the less, i can see a lot of future applications
@PowerScissor
2 жыл бұрын
They aren't all that useful for DIY stuff. You need to know exactly what it will be used for, as you will never change it's dimensions or gearing later.
@Panzerabwehr
6 ай бұрын
Depends how much money you want to spend on parts and repairs…
Great video as always. Axial and lateral loads are very useful as well depending on surface tensions and other factors.
Very informative! Most machines that require linear motion use a "linear actuator" to achieve this motion, which has a rotary motor and a screw or belt mechanism to translate rotary motion to linear motion. I think the majority of linear motion uses the "linear actuator" and not the linear motor due to a cheaper upfront cost and ease of control for most applications. Would be cool to get my hands on one of these linear motors to try out.
@GeoffCostanza
2 жыл бұрын
I came to say the same thing!
@chunhaijiao2865
2 жыл бұрын
是的!
@escain
2 жыл бұрын
Also a question of power: an stepper-motor on a balls-screw allows for forces that would be impossible to achieve on a linear motor.
@johnlepkowski3831
2 жыл бұрын
Linear motors are becoming less expensive and more common place. Easy to use like a stepper motor because it’s a stepper motor.
Excellent explanation sir Thankyou❤️
Ah. This little guy beat me in the electrical engineer test! (Almost make my test fail cause there 4 questions about linear motors) And you explain to me!
@batman1169
2 жыл бұрын
That's too bad. Keep trying! I'm not even in engineering and found this so amazing to watch.
@ammoniahuffers
2 жыл бұрын
@@batman1169 I'm an electrician with 5 years in analog and 2 years in digital electronics now ;). That test was when I was 19 and started to learn expeerrrt electricity.
@organicfarm5524
2 жыл бұрын
@@ammoniahuffers I don't have a formal education/training/work experience in anything Electric except some stuffs related to installation of power and telecommunications lines/cables as I work in constructions. But pandemic has allowed me to learn almost all of electrical/mechanical engineering discipline covering areas of power, control, manufacturing, production, conditioning, instrumentation, telecommunications, computing, transportations, etc :)
Grat video with great explanations! But I think you should've also said that this is a linear induction motor (LIM) because it works with induction and that there's also another method of building a linear motor: the linear synchronous motor (LSM). This type of motor uses a different method, it has permanent magnets on the secondary (the moving part of the motor) and those magnets are attracted and repelled by the magnetic fields of the primary (the non-moving part of the motor). This LSM concept has some important advantages to the LIM: it's way more efficient (uses way less power and produces less heat), it can go to a specific position way more accurately, in case of an E-Stop the coils can be shorted and the LSM acts as a brake (LIMs can't do this), and lastly, it can achieve way bigger accelerations, speeds and forces than the LIM.
@NoosaHeads
2 жыл бұрын
Can this LSM's secondary be a series of electromagnets (to permit high current and therefore high torque) and could the LSM also be a generator if an external reciprocating force were applied to the same equipment?
@HiAnonym
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoosaHeads I guess first would be technically possible, but is currently as far as I know not used (LSMs are mainly used for rollercoasters and there secondary can't really have any power electronics in it). However, your second idea is already in used on some rollercoasters as a brake which also gets the kinetic energy of the train back to electric energy and so it saves some electricity
@NoosaHeads
2 жыл бұрын
@@HiAnonym Thanks for getting back to me.
@HiAnonym
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoosaHeads No problem
@aicram62
2 жыл бұрын
So I'll ask here can this be used without a "track" can this propel a vehicle down the street?
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Nice idea it describes concretely the the phenomenon inside the linear motor . basic for this technology is the regulating movement central magnetic field generator .to be mentioned,many ways to set such linear movement not only using repultion and attraction electromagnetics theories .
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Linear Motor are also used on subway trains in China
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As a cnc operator i can say with confidence we do not use linear motors in cnc machines. 😂 There is a stepper motor with high torque and a screw attached.
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Can the rod be held at an arbitrary position within the motion range?
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so in order to change the direction of the moment, always we have to change the terminals......is this done manually or automatically
Nice video
it's a good information, but this cnc machine needs, a 3D axes geographic map sensor to move exactly to any point of the projects like inkjet printers.
@organicfarm5524
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's all about transducers, sensors, actuators, processors, etc in automation after all. Electrical Engineering 101;)
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Nice........I would also like to make educational videos like this..So please tell me which editing software should I use....
It is my understanding that aluminum will conduct electrical power but is not attracted by magnetics. Now if the block and rods were a specific carbon steel composition, I can see this working and be able to be tweaked based on mag field strength and the steel rod composition.
@shooter7a
2 жыл бұрын
It is an induction motor. The force does not come from magnetic field directly acting on a ferrous body. Go watch a video on how an induction motor works.
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Is this linear motor suitable for making two legged robot? Robots are mostly built with servo motors today.
I always assumed it was just a rotary motor gearing configuration.
0:12 sec in I really liked the rotating stator! ;) A question: - Is there a linear stepper motor? If not how would it work? Like an unrolled stepper motor? I really learn a lot from your lessons 👌
@jaihind9043
2 жыл бұрын
There are linear stepper motors and just as you mentioned... it is literally an unrolled stepper motor. These are usually used in places where high precision and fast motion is required as it can be microstepped like a stepper motor and... It does not have any backlash! even when changing directions!
@GeoffCostanza
2 жыл бұрын
You can also have linear position transducers (sensors) give feedback to your PLC
@4:27 - Doesn't the rapidly changing eddy current field in the aluminum block cause it to heat up?
@AwestrikeFearofGods
2 жыл бұрын
Any resistive non-superconductor will exhibit induction heating. However, the temperature increase will be negligible, assuming that a highly conductive metal is used, and time-averaged slip is low enough that induction heating from eddy currents is low.
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Are linear motors efficient, or do they still waste 80 to 90% of the energy into heat?
@DudeBoerGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Not just waste to heat but not all the coils produce work during the operation; so it is inefficient
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I am seeing and thinking why i found this explanation in late and also thinking about Japan railway technology..
@mize_yir_bizz
Жыл бұрын
Look up Prof. Eric Laithwaite, he invented the Linear induction motor (LIM) back in 1950's. He's also considered the father of Maglev. I'll leave a link to one of his lectures "The Circle of Magnetism" (1968) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqh-yNOGiavHgdo.html
So this linear motor seems to work with a track can work without a track? Can it move a vehicle down the road?
Why the shaft is not getting extremaly hot? Is the shaft working also, as a electromagnet?
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Nice! However for CNC router, only the best had linear motor. The standard one uses step motor.
Excellent video! But is it possible a two or just one phase coils building? I’ll google it..
@fikunmiajayi
2 жыл бұрын
2 phase - Yes Single Phase - Possibly but highly unlikely. I doubt Ferrari's principle works linearly
Anyone studying the basics of Traveling Wave Induction heater---The first place to come is this video
@mize_yir_bizz
Жыл бұрын
Look up Prof. Eric Laithwaite, he invented the Linear induction motor (LIM) back in 1950's. He's also considered the father of Maglev. I'll leave a link to one of his lectures "The Circle of Magnetism" (1968) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqh-yNOGiavHgdo.html
How can I learn to use the software you use for this videos?
Can you do a video on how an image dissector works for a television tube & LCD television?
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So, is 3-phase power and switching the ONLY way to control directional changes with linear motors or is it just the most desirable because of 3-phase efficiency?
Great video as honey:-)
@cabdifitaaxxuseenmuuse323
2 жыл бұрын
Will you make us lathe machine operation/ machine operation series? Please
This was good, but unfortunately how the windings are arranged in the final thing was wrapped up in about half a second! Are there any diagrams etc that would show how to make one (assuming I have a 3-phase supply)?
@mize_yir_bizz
Жыл бұрын
Look up Prof. Eric Laithwaite, he invented the Linear induction motor (LIM) back in 1950's. He's also considered the father of Maglev. I'll leave a link to one of his lectures "The Circle of Magnetism" (1968) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqh-yNOGiavHgdo.html
Hmm. CNC motors must be pretty interesting with a lot of strength and acceleration/deceleration of heavy parts with 0,001mm precision despite long travel distances and the environment without controlled temperature, so I expected threaded rods with a stepper motor and some sensors reading accurate position. Actually, it's quite an interesting topic to cover. And by the way piezoelectric linear motors are interesting too.
What differs a solenoid from a linear motor
Hello, Is not a good idea to make the linear movement circular and have a sort of electrical rotational engine...??
@jingmhouze
2 жыл бұрын
Yes we call that an electric motor.
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@Epintus06
2 жыл бұрын
It strongly depends on your country. What do you want to know exactly ?
@mize_yir_bizz
Жыл бұрын
Look up Prof. Eric Laithwaite, he invented the Linear induction motor (LIM) back in 1950's. He's also considered the father of Maglev. I'll leave a link to one of his lectures "The Circle of Magnetism" (1968) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqh-yNOGiavHgdo.html
Could you tell me the name of software can made those video.
With the electronic nowdays is more sophisticated, but same principle.
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Are signals 90 degree 135 deg and 135 deg spaced out?
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But a CNC machine must also maintain a fixed position under load, how does it accomplish that if there is no torque at rest?
@mehmettemel8725
2 жыл бұрын
OKUMA cnc machine manufacturer has a machining centre with linear motors and I've been asking the same question to myself.Wish someone could explain.