Re: [ATM] Voice coil actuators

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

One more thought: If a polishing compound such as rouge had a magnetic
orientation, then it might be possible to impart a "bias" to the polishing
compound embedded in pitch using a static magnetic field.



-Don



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> Another thought would be to use magnetic induction to directly vibrate a
> magnetic polishing agent in suspension such as red or black rouge.
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> Don Clement
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> Running Springs, California
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>  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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