Innerworld@lemmy.world to Engineering@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoPalm-sized magnet reaches 42 tesla, approaching the strength of the world’s most powerful magnets while using a few thousand times less power and over 1,000 times smaller coil volumesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176external-linkPalm-sized magnet reaches 42 tesla, approaching the strength of the world’s most powerful magnets while using a few thousand times less power and over 1,000 times smaller coil volumesinterestingengineering.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Engineering@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoi see so just more lightweight motors/generators then. which makes sense considering that magnets are the functional part of the device and everything else is just there to provide mechanical stability.
minus-squareironeagl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAlso better efficency. If you’re throwing 10% of your output power just heating up a regular motor, then you grt a 10% boost using a superconducting motor. Or something like that.
i see so just more lightweight motors/generators then.
which makes sense considering that magnets are the functional part of the device and everything else is just there to provide mechanical stability.
Also better efficency. If you’re throwing 10% of your output power just heating up a regular motor, then you grt a 10% boost using a superconducting motor. Or something like that.