New Pseudo Solid design for proof of concept from Butch

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See attached drawing. He is typing operational sequence.
Thanks,
Ray

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A. The two plates are in attraction mode to the side bars of the magnetic circuit. One to the left side of the drawing and one to the right side of the drawing. As they separate the magnets move with them. The air gap is reduced between the plates and the side bars of the magnetic circuit to .005". An extra force can be incorporated here if there is an air gap between the magnets and the plates that will cause a repulsion force between the plates but is not shown in this version. This is a well known phenomenon that has been used in the metal fabrication and handling field for 100 Years.

B. The insert is now moved in between the two plates. It is the same alloy and size as the two plates. It can have a very slight sliding contact or .003" air gap fit that makes the three plates a Pseudo Solid.

C. Now the magnets can move back together as shown in step A.

D. Now the incoming plate set which is identical to the original plate set in step A can move into the position that the original plate set was in step A. Notice the magnets are in line with the incoming plate set. When in position the sequence restarts. The insert is out of the magnetic field and can now be removed.

Note: The end surface area of the original plates that are showing in step D is the end surface area of one plate.

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From Butch, Thanks, Ray
"Guys,
This is very interesting! You may notice that in the last design I sent that the in coming plate set is not as wide as the set that has expanded. This allows an edge on each side that the stator magnetic field can pull on as the new plate set moves in to replace the old plate set. This was the only drag element it the entire sequence. But, if you expand the stator so that the incoming plate set is in line with the old plate set then there are no edges to cause drag. This eliminates any and all drag elements in the operational sequence. At some point the expansion has to stop due to size limitations that would have to exist. The stator would then pull on the plates as the stator was removed and work would be needed to do this, but you must remember that the system did work when the plates were pulled in during the very first step of the operational sequence. These two phases cancel each other out! Now we have a system that has next to nothing drag and could be configured in a circle for rotary type operation. I have attached a drawing but it is going to be hard to understand for the public except in 3D animation. Nicolas, could you make one? It could be in a straight line just for illustration of the operational principle. Notice that 3 and 4 are wider than 1 and 2, That is so the new set can come in lined up with the already expanded old set and eliminate any drag.
Butch"

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See attached

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"Notice in the above drawing that when a plate set has expanded and the next plate set which is in line with it will allow for the stator magnets to move in a Pseudo Solid fashion in a straight line across where the two plate sets evenly meet."