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If they can vary the spring distance by current and not design they could make for interesting valve replacement in ICEs.
by Already__Taken 11y ago
If they can vary the spring distance by current and not design they could make for interesting valve replacement in ICEs.
- Natanael_L 11y agoWith a mix of permamagnetic polymagnets, electropermanent magnet arrays plus classical electromagnets, you could definitely do that. You could have certain static guiding patterns, switchable EPM arrays for creating modifiable sub-patterns (and strengths) within the static ones, and the electromagnets for finely adjusting strengths and for pulling objects around. For one, EPM:s could be used for programmable attachment/removal to a magnetic guiding system by either attracting an object with the polymagnet spring mechanism and then letting it into a magnetic rail, or by pushing it off by mirroring its magnetic field.