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From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electromagnetic Devices & piezo electrics
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Date: 27 Feb 91 16:42:27 GMT
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Reply-To: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
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In article <12581.27c9138d@ecs.umass.edu> rryan@ecs.umass.edu writes:

	
>     Does anyone out there know of an electromagnetic device that is capable 
>of producing large amounts of force (>200 ft. lbs.) within a high amount of
>accuracy (+-.001 in.).  I know that this may not be possible but that's what
>makes this project oh so much fun.

What??  First you ask for a device to produce force, then you give the
output value in units of energy (no, it's not torque), and then you give an
_error_ spec, which you miscall "accuracy", in units of length!  Indeed,
this project will be much fun!

Cheers,

Rich