Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] hysterisis brakes

Graham Stabler wrote:

>Is it possible to make a simple manually adjusted hysterisis brake for
>fairly low torques to be used in wire tensioning?
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this and indeed does anyone have
>an idea of the cost of commerical units including electric versions?
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>

The simplest one would be some magnets salvaged out of a hard disk drive
with an aluminum disk passing between them. You could adjust the amount of
the disk that is in the magnet's field to adjust the drag. I don't know
if this
is the right range of drag for this application.

Jon