Mini Review on Eddy Current Brakes Parameter

Abstract

The need for braking systems has increased. The widely used braking system is a friction brake. The use of friction brakes has a problem in maintenance intervals and the risk of failure due to heat generation. Research and the development of the braking system have carried out. Eddy Current Brake (ECB) is an alternative braking system. ECB is braking that uses eddy currents as a source of braking force. Many parameters need to consider in implementing the ECB. There have been many studies on the working parameters of the ECB. However, the previous research has researched the effects of parameters by make experiments or mathematical models. This article provides an analysis of the recent research about the ECB performance parameters. From the review of the previous study, it conducted that better performance of ECB is affected by the density of the use of magnetic flux.