Next Generation Manufacturing Automation and Robotics Enabled by Newly Patented Magnetics Technology
Correlated Electromagnet Arrays Provide Precision Movement and Position Control.
- Huntsville, AL (1888PressRelease) December 14, 2010 - Correlated Magnetics Research (CMR) announces the issuance of a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for dynamic correlated magnetic devices. U.S. Patent 7,843,294 provides protection for a system and method that extends the fundamentals of coded multipole magnetic devices to electromagnet arrays enabling objects to be precisely moved and positioned in time.
This new capability employs a surface array of electromagnets, a control system to vary the polarity of individual electromagnet elements in time, and a free-moving object programmed to attach precisely using patented CMR technology. Using the control system to create and then "move" a pattern by discreet steps through the electromagnet array, the coded magnet device will correlate with (and bind to) the moving magnetic field pattern. In this manner, objects can be transported from one point to another without mechanical means. Manufacturing and complex assembly operations that rely on robotic positioning and transport systems can deploy those systems in the vertical dimension or even make use of ceiling space.
"Manufacturing automation and mechanization is an obvious application for correlated magnetics enabled by electromagnet arrays," said correlated magnetics inventor and CMR CEO Larry Fullerton. "Prior to this, we have shown, with permanent magnets, the precision alignment control and benefits in tensile and shear strength for coupling correlated magnetic devices. Now, with a software-controlled electromagnet array, we can add the time dimension and substantially extend the capabilities of our technology."
Time-enabled correlated magnetic devices will substantially enhance the capabilities of traditional conveyer belts, minimize a robot's reliance on sensors for positioning, significantly reduce costly errors in rapid pick-and-place operations prevalent in high-speed manufacturing and enable many other benefits including reductions in system downtime, power usage and pollution.
CMR has filed more than 90 patent applications relating to the new science of correlated magnetics since Larry Fullerton's discovery in 2008. The USPTO has already allowed 50 patent applications of which 43 have been issued.
"In a remarkably short period of time, we've been able to secure very strong patent protection for our core technology and for uses of the technology in a wide range of key markets," said CMR president and co-founder Mark Roberts. "Our receiving a patent for dynamic correlated magnetics is a significant milestone for our company, for our investors and for licensees of this technology."
The complete Correlated Magnetics Research patent portfolio represents a broad range of applications across products and processes, from all major industrial sectors including automotive, aerospace, biomedical, manufacturing, construction, electronics, security, consumer products and chemical processing.
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