Magway Electromagnetic Carriage and Track

Electromagnetic carriage and track created by Magway, 2022

Details

Category:
Miscellanea & Curiosities
Object Number:
2024-761
Materials:
aluminium (metal), copper (metal), metal (unknown), expanded polystyrene foam and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Measurements:
Track: 500 mm x 600 mm x 4200 mm, 40 kg
Carriage: 560 mm x 360 mm x 820 mm, 30 kg
Magnetic array: 120 mm x 810 mm x 110 mm,
Linear motor (track): 100 mm x 120 mm x 240 mm,
type:
rail system

Parts

Magway carriage. Magway is an e-commerce and freight delivery system that aims to transport goods in pods that fit in new and existing 90 cm-diameter pipes, underground and overground, reducing road congestion and air pollution. The system uses an electromagnetic wave, generated by highly efficient linear synchronous magnetic motors (like those used in roller coasters), to drive multiple carriages capable of carrying online goods along a track. Travelling at just over 30 mph, and milliseconds apart, the carriages are propelled through a network of pipes to local consolidation centres. The gifted objects are a section of track, a carriage and a linear motor - the fundamentals of the system.

Magway Carriage

Magway carriage. Magway is an e-commerce and freight delivery system that aims to transport goods in pods that fit in new and existing 90 cm-diameter pipes, underground and overground, reducing road congestion and air pollution. The system uses an electromagnetic wave, generated by highly efficient linear synchronous magnetic motors (like those used in roller coasters), to drive multiple carriages capable of carrying online goods along a track. Travelling at just over 30 mph, and milliseconds apart, the carriages are propelled through a network of pipes to local consolidation centres. The gifted objects are a section of track, a carriage and a linear motor - the fundamentals of the system.

Measurements:
Carriage: 560 mm x 360 mm x 820 mm, 30 kg
Object Number:
2024-761/1
type:
carriage
Magnetic array which attaches to the underside of the carriage, used in conjunction with the linear motors attached to the track to propel the carriage, made by Magway, 2022.

Magnetic Array from Magway Carriage

Magnetic array which attaches to the underside of the carriage, used in conjunction with the linear motors attached to the track to propel the carriage, made by Magway, 2022.

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 810 mm x 110 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
2024-761/2
type:
magnet