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Default Anybody here make a magnetic brake?
On 1/31/2013 3:32 PM, wrote:
I have been thinking about the pads mounted on flexures but then
started to think about magnetics since I already will have power going
to the 5th axis servo.
Eric

You could have both: pads on flexures that were actuated by
electromagnets mounted on the pads, behind them. Could be quite tight,
depending upon the thicknesses & materials of the pads & disk.

Bob

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