Design of Voice Coil Motor With the Forward Winding for Linear Vibro-Impact Systems

Abstract

A linear voice coil motor (VCM) with forward winding for linear vibro-impact systems is proposed in this paper. Generally, only increasing the air-gap flux density of VCM, which ignores its bad thrust characteristic condition, is limited to obtain a higher thrust density, due to its intermittent duty and reciprocating linear motion. Thus, the analysis on the thrust characteristic is of momentous significance for VCM design. Considering this fact, we try to adjust the thrust characteristic to obtain the maximum thrust density. Magnetic-circuit analysis method is utilized to analyze the thrust characteristic along with a given total working stroke. Besides, finite-element analysis is also used in the selection of parameters. A series of prototype VCMs for experiments is made. The results from both theoretical simulations and practical experiments show increase of thrust density and decrease of thrust ripple compared with the original design, and prove the superiority of the proposed structure.