TY  - GEN
AB  - This project is covering the development of a magnetically suspended belt conveyor
system that would be able to operate in high-end cleanroom environments. The design would
have sets of rollers held in place by permanent magnets so that it would levitate in mid-air. Thus,
eliminating friction produced from conventional roller designs.
Cleanroom environments are critical to the developing and manufacturing of many
products today; from pharmaceutical medicines, to medical equipment, to food products, to
semiconductors, to microprocessors, and many more high-end products. The maintaining of
these clean rooms is heavily reliant upon clean and safe equipment used throughout the process.
The design is intended to be a proof of concept for a feasible clean room conveyor design that
could potentially fulfill the strict requirements that clean room systems need and provide a cost
competitive product to other systems.
The research and design process will have us looking into many different designs
proposed, patents, research, and published papers around bearing solutions. These bearing
solutions will be the cornerstone to the conveyor design. Many different motors will also be
researched to see which is best for the application.
This project will be designed, manufactured, and tested throughout the course of the Fall 2019
semester. And the completed project and prototype will be presented at the end of the Fall 2019
semester on Tuesday December 3, 2019.
AD  - University of Southern Indiana
AD  - University of Southern Indiana
AD  - University of Southern Indiana
AU  - Clevidence, Nicholas
AU  - Fulkerson, Thomas
AU  - Robertson, Andrew
DA  - 2019-11-18
DO  - 10.58090/usi.1558707
DO  - doi
ID  - 1558707
LA  - eng
N2  - This project is covering the development of a magnetically suspended belt conveyor
system that would be able to operate in high-end cleanroom environments. The design would
have sets of rollers held in place by permanent magnets so that it would levitate in mid-air. Thus,
eliminating friction produced from conventional roller designs.
Cleanroom environments are critical to the developing and manufacturing of many
products today; from pharmaceutical medicines, to medical equipment, to food products, to
semiconductors, to microprocessors, and many more high-end products. The maintaining of
these clean rooms is heavily reliant upon clean and safe equipment used throughout the process.
The design is intended to be a proof of concept for a feasible clean room conveyor design that
could potentially fulfill the strict requirements that clean room systems need and provide a cost
competitive product to other systems.
The research and design process will have us looking into many different designs
proposed, patents, research, and published papers around bearing solutions. These bearing
solutions will be the cornerstone to the conveyor design. Many different motors will also be
researched to see which is best for the application.
This project will be designed, manufactured, and tested throughout the course of the Fall 2019
semester. And the completed project and prototype will be presented at the end of the Fall 2019
semester on Tuesday December 3, 2019.
PY  - 2019-11-18
T1  - Magnetic bearing conveyor roller : Clean room roller
TI  - Magnetic bearing conveyor roller : Clean room roller
Y1  - 2019-11-18
ER  -