Experimental Analysis on Effective Electro Magnetic Braking System

¹ Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothyi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, 500090, India.
² Associate Professor, Faculty of Electrical&Electronics Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothyi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, 500090, India
³ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical&Electronics Engineering, GITAM Deemed to be University, Hyderabad, 502329, India
⁴ Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus, Tamil Nadu 600127, India.

^* Corresponding Author: srinivasagupta_g@vnrvjiet.in

Abstract

A traditional breaking system involves conversion of mechanical energy in to the heat energy leads to reduction in effectiveness of breaking due to thermal effects. This results improper functioning and may fail ultimately. It has been found in the literature that the development of magnetic breaking system which is an improved version of traditional braking system to enhance its effectiveness and durability. Even though this magnetic braking system is better than traditional braking system, it has drawbacks in generating required amount of magnetic field, inducing directional torque, adjustment of air gap, selection of motor for driving and stopping the system. Hence present work Electromagnetic braking assembly has been designed, fabricated and partially validated for improvement of performance of braking system by analyzing similar parameters such as braking torque, speed, current, arrangement of number of magnets, magnetic field, air gap. A small scale prototype has been fabricated for testing and verification. Therefore more effective braking system is suggested than magnetic braking system. Implementation of this braking system is environment friendly in a sense pollution free, easy to operate and simple to fabricate. Hence this kind of system sustains for long life.