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Seems like the tough part of this is access to the magnetizing machine. I wonder if the same effect could be achieved by placing tiny off the shelf magnets[0] i
by alnwlsn 2y ago
Seems like the tough part of this is access to the magnetizing machine. I wonder if the same effect could be achieved by placing tiny off the shelf magnets[0] in the molded part instead?
[0]https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D101-N52 https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D101-N52
- raunaqmb 2y agoWhile this is possible, it would create stress concentrations within the elastomer and could significantly affect its durability. We saw this effect even when using larger magnetic particles as with ReSkin, https://reskin.dev https://reskin.dev. If instead we make the elastomer more rigid, it would worsen grasp stability.
- kaibee 2y agoI think you could 3d print TPU half shells w/ some reasonable infill (i'm sure there's one with good force transmission characteristics for this?), and then seal the magnet array inside of the two halves.