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What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

(OP)
I'm making a geophone, a seismic sensor.
My plan is to get a 3/4" diameter by 1" neodymium round bar magnet. Then surround it with a collar with a space sufficient to accept a thin plastic cylinder wound with speaker wire.
  I notice that in the commercial versions, the wire is wound at the top 1/4 and the bottom 1/4 of the cylinder.
   Also, it seems that a 3/4" by 1" cylinder is available, but I would have to buy the outer collar in sections.
  I anticipate the movement of the cylindar with the coil(s)
will be typically 1 - 2 mm. (mixing my lenght units)
  Should the induction coils be totally inside the the space between the two magnets, or should 1/3 or 1/2 of the coil extend out of the air space?  I'm guessing it should be centered in the area of the greatest concentration of flux.
  Upon trying this project, I realize that I know little of magnetic circuits,, Where to position the magnets to get a condensed area of flux into which to put the induction coil(s)        All help and redirection is most appreciated!
   

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

(OP)
My apologies for my previous post.
  There is a lot of info I can get on the web which would make the post sound better. Now I see it is an incoherent mess.
  I see that what I was trying to describe is a speaker driver, running in reverse.
  I found the following software which should help me learn some.
  http://www.femm.info/wiki/Documentation.
Thanks

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

"incoherent mess"! Exactly the words I would have used. But we are such a nice bunch that we don't. Good that you found means to build understanding.

Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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100 % recycled posting: Electrons, ideas, finger-tips have been used over and over again...

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

I assume there will be a more coherent version coming. To help that along, let me add a few things:

What's the outer collar made of? Which way is the magnet poled?

And you should generally make the coil overlong. Helps mechanically and magnetically.

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

(OP)
In my ignorance, I thought the outer coller would also be a magnet with the poles opposit to those of the inner core.
  I thought this would concentrate the flux through the coil, expecially if I could put a smaller coil at each end. It was intuitive to me that this would generate the largest voltage for the smallest movement. My intuitions are fallable I have found.
   Thanks for the response     Peter

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

FEMM is a very good, powerful, easy-to-use electromagnetic software, with a little bit of a learning curve.  The commands can be invoked either with menu's or from Matlab.
There is a very active and helpful user group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Femm/

It is limited to 2-D geometry.

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(2B)+(2B)'  ?

RE: What is an optimal configuration of (neodymium)magnets for induction.

If you want the beast to be reasonably linear in operation over a reasonable range of travel, you need a uniform radial magnetic field over a suitable length.

And either the stationary field, or the moving coil, one needs to be very much longer than the other.
 

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