Applications - Experimental
[228] Swirling sphere
Author: Jaime Iglesias Garre, Barcelona, Spain, peonzamagnetica@gmail.com
For this rotor and stator no special equipment is necessary
For my experiment I needed a roll of adhesive tape with a diameter of 75 mm. On the inside of the roll I attached 20 disc magnets S-08-05-N in regular intervals with an isolating tape. As you can see, I needed tons of tape, so the magnets would not attach to each other. All magnets are arranged in the same way, with the north pole towards the inside.
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Here you can see in detail how I proceeded with the tape. In this version you cannot see the magnets. Maybe you like this version better - spectators might be even more impressed if they don't get the principle right away.
The rotor consists of a non-magnetic steel sphere and 4 disc magnets S-03-03-N. The individual disc magnets are staggered on the sphere by 90 degrees.
On the picture you see 8 magnets, but you only need 4.
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