I'm trying to get a handle on a mechanism.
It's a pair of solid core electromagnets, sitting side by side, attracting an armature bar.
(I hear it's the latest thing! lol)
These solenoids are both wrapped in ten layers of wire, and I'm assuming that they are wound from bottom to top...and then top to bottom and back again.
I need to know Three things...
First, What is the overall polarity of one of these magnets?
If the direction of the wind keeps reversing, then...the direction of the current reverses for each set of windings?...and the polarity of each set of windings reverses???
That would mean that five sets of windings would be creating a north pole at one end of the magnet, and five would be creating a south pole at the same end!?
I'm quite lost!
Secondly: Since what is important here is simply attracting magnetic material, (ie, an armature bar) does the polarity of an individual solenoid actually matter here?
and Third: Are these two solenois impacting each other magnetically? and do you have to take that into account when you're winding them?? Does the polarity of each of these magnets effect their compatability as a working pair?
Sorry for the level of ignorance, folks, But you have to ask to learn!
Thanks in advance for your help!
It's a pair of solid core electromagnets, sitting side by side, attracting an armature bar.
(I hear it's the latest thing! lol)
These solenoids are both wrapped in ten layers of wire, and I'm assuming that they are wound from bottom to top...and then top to bottom and back again.
I need to know Three things...
First, What is the overall polarity of one of these magnets?
If the direction of the wind keeps reversing, then...the direction of the current reverses for each set of windings?...and the polarity of each set of windings reverses???
That would mean that five sets of windings would be creating a north pole at one end of the magnet, and five would be creating a south pole at the same end!?
I'm quite lost!
Secondly: Since what is important here is simply attracting magnetic material, (ie, an armature bar) does the polarity of an individual solenoid actually matter here?
and Third: Are these two solenois impacting each other magnetically? and do you have to take that into account when you're winding them?? Does the polarity of each of these magnets effect their compatability as a working pair?
Sorry for the level of ignorance, folks, But you have to ask to learn!
Thanks in advance for your help!