All major elevator companies are exploring new innovative solutions to address the rise and throughput limitations of the traditional rope-driven elevator architecture. The goal of this project was to investigate new cutting-edge technology of eddy current braking that can be applied directly at the vehicle. This was achieved by designing and manufacturing a scaled down test rig where the eddy current effect produced by two electromagnets was used to bring a spinning flywheel to stop. A series of tests involving the magnets was conducted where data was collected and analyzed. The result of this project was a collection of eddy current braking test results, insights on the viability of using this concept for an elevator braking system, and future recommendations for Otis Elevator Company.

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Creator

• Guo, Shu
• Tripi, Kaitlin

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-090821-161722
• 31961

Keyword

• Elevator
• Eddy Current
• Braking

Advisor

• Radhakrishnan, Pradeep

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Otis Elevator Company

Date created

• 2021-09-08

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright