Design and Optimization of a Contactless Magnetically Levitated Actuator for 4-Axis-Machining

Author

Banucu, Remus ; Albert, Jan ; Scheiblich, Christian ; Reinauer, Veronika ; Rucker, Wolfgang M. ; Hafla, Alexander ; Huf, Alexander

Author_Institution

Inst. for Theor. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Volume

47

Issue

5

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1050

Lastpage

1053

Abstract

A new design of a machine has been developed which performs contactless actuation in four axis-three translational and one rotational-with high accuracy and controllability in 6-DOF. Remarkable on this concept is the contactless moving part, which enables completely free rotations on the z-axis. The components of the device are optimized especially regarding to the characteristics for micromachining. The optimization algorithm is based on the response surface approximation (RSA) combined with an evolution strategy (ES). The design and optimization process is supported by 3-D numerical simulations using the volume integral equation method (VIEM) coupled with the fast multipole method (FMM) for a fast and efficient computation.

Keywords

integral equations; magnetic devices; magnetic levitation; microactuators; micromachining; optimisation; response surface methodology; 3D numerical simulations; 4-axis-machining; contactless actuation; controllability; evolution strategy; fast multipole method; free rotations; magnetic levitation; micromachining; optimization; response surface approximation; rotational axis; translational axis; volume integral equation method; Acceleration; Algorithm design and analysis; Coils; Machine tools; Magnetic levitation; Optimization; Permanent magnets; Actuators; boundary element methods; machine tools; magnetic levitation; optimization methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2010.2096461

Filename

5754660