Design and initial study of porous core electromagnet for levitation applications

A concept of the porous core electromagnet is studied. The form for the electromagnet core was printed using 3D technique. The core was manufactured manually using iron filings and cured in room temperature and air pressure. The aim of this paper is to deliver initial analysis of the proposed powder core together with the modelling procedure by the using finite element method, and to compare the experimental results of the manually manufactured electromagnet. The material property of the numerical model was adjusted to fit the experimental results. Finally, the electromagnet was tested in the levitation real–time experiment.