Quick electromagnet help
I may be missing something obvious, but are dipole electromagnets always far weaker than parallel pole magnets(not sure if that's the proper term)? I have noticed that the average 6 watt parallel pole electromagnet will generate around 100-125lbs of holding force, or power (my observation comes sales charts for electromagnets). Now a similar sized dipole electromagnet running on 6 watts seems to be lucky if it can hold 10 pounds.
It doesn't seem to make much sense to me that just because your making use of both poles, the power of the electromagnet jumps by an order of magnitude. Around 10X here. Any thoughts?
I may be missing something obvious, but are dipole electromagnets always far weaker than parallel pole magnets(not sure if that's the proper term)? I have noticed that the average 6 watt parallel pole electromagnet will generate around 100-125lbs of holding force, or power (my observation comes sales charts for electromagnets). Now a similar sized dipole electromagnet running on 6 watts seems to be lucky if it can hold 10 pounds.
It doesn't seem to make much sense to me that just because your making use of both poles, the power of the electromagnet jumps by an order of magnitude. Around 10X here. Any thoughts?
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