Re: [ATM] Voice coil actuators

["Don Clement" <don_clement@charter.net>]

Another thought would be to use magnetic induction to directly vibrate a
magnetic polishing agent in suspension such as red or black rouge.



Don Clement

Running Springs, California





 Dominic-Luc Webb wrote:
> One thought I could contribute is that if the coil can generate
> vibration and there is force behind this, then the coil itself
> could maybe drive the polishing by forcing particles against
> the glass surface. In other words, the polishing agent would be
> directed against the surface by same physical principles as
> Brownian motion. In this case, molecular volume (V) and its
> relation to particle rotation and motion are defined by the
> Stokes and Perrin equations, etc. Adding vibration to the system
> should increase particle motion. I have not thought much on
> this, but I think the underlying physics is pretty obvious to a
> lot of people here. I guess the voice coil could serve as a kind
> of sandblaster replacement. On the other hand, I have toyed
> around with more conventional techniques to blast particles onto
> the glass, so my voice coil proposal is little more than a
> high-tech modification of a technique most of us already grasp.
>
>
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