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Flipping a PCB motor using a ferrite sheet

A project log for prism laser scanner

bringing additive manufacturing to the next level

hexastormHexastorm 08/30/2023 at 14:042 Comments

I use a sliding bearing. This keeps costs low and ensures the prism is kept in a given plane. A challenge is that the prism falls if this sliding bearing is flipped 180 degrees.  This is fixed by adding a ferrite sheet on the back of my PCB.

Materials used flexible ferrite sheet MHLL5040-200 Laird, Magnets MKSA-8x5-ZW-N45 i.e. 8x5 mm, neodium 45 with a black epoxy coating.
I think that ferrite instead of neodium is possible if the whole contraption was made better.  Ferrite is typically 2-7 times less strong. If the distance would be decreased a bit, which is still possible, ferrite should work.

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Gravis wrote 08/31/2023 at 10:51 point

Very clever.

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Hexastorm wrote 09/08/2023 at 07:57 point

Thanks, solution was quite easy. Next is probably exposure.

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