摘要:
A method and an apparatus are provided for determining the distance of a probe, particularly a magnetic bearing or a magnetic levitation device, from a conductive reaction rail. The probe comprises at least one sensor having at least two magnetically-coupled coils disposed opposite the reaction rail. The coils generate an alternating magnetic field whose influences (eddy currents) are detected by the sensor and employed for identification of the distance. In order to achieve a high, useful voltage level, insensitivity to external electrical fields and potential fluctuations, as well as a small influence of system-conditioned magnetic fields, the influences of eddy currents induced in the reaction rail by the alternating magnetic field are acquired and utilized for the identification of the distance.
摘要:
For raising and lowering theatre scenery there is a horizontal track in the fly loft of the theatre, and several carriages, slidable along the track, are shiftable to any desired positions along the track, positions being chosen in accordance with possibly uneven or non-uniform weight distribution in the scenery to be handled. A series of cables, one for each carriage, runs from a common winding drum to one end of the track and then to an anchorage at the opposite end of the track. Each cable runs over two pulleys of its own individual carriage, and forms a downwardly extending loop between these two pulleys. A pulley block rides on each loop. All the pulley blocks are ordinarily connected to a scenery batten, from which the scenery is hung, but when specially required, individual pulley blocks may be used separately. Under no-load or minimum load conditions, the carriages may be easily moved along the track to place them in desired position, simply by manually pulling downwardly on one or the other of the two sections or reaches of the cable coming down from the carriage pulleys to the pulley block, the blocks having been lowered, of course, to a convenient working height close to the stage. Under normal load conditions, when the weight of scenery is suspended from the blocks, friction holds the carriages against movement.
摘要:
In magnetic bearings and magnetic suspension devices, sensors (4), as they are used for bearing regulation of support and guide magnets in magnetic transportation technology, continuously measure the distance of a magnet (6) from a reaction rail (7), in order to obtain a signal with which the magnet (6) is controlled with regard to the energizing current in such a way that it remains suspended at the predetermined distance. In known devices, there is no accurate monitoring of the sensor signal, which can result in faulty regulation of the excitation if the sensor signal is faulty, which represents a significant safety risk. Accurate monitoring of the sensor function, in addition to the distance measurement, is acheived by having, in addition to the measurement coil (1) to which alternating voltage is applied, a second reference coil (2), which has only a slight magnetic coupling with the rail (7) and to which the same voltage as the measurement coil is applied, and that the difference current of the two coils is used to measure the distance and the difference current when an additional impedance is periodically switched in is used to check the device.