Harbin, China-based Harbin Electric, Inc. said Tuesday it participated in the successful testing of the first domestically developed linear motor (LM) propulsion system in Changchun, on a metro train ...

We’ve seen plenty of motor projects, but [Jeremy]’s DIY Tubular Linear Motor is a really neat variety of stepper motor in a format we certainly don’t see every day. It started as a design experiment ...

We’ve seen plenty of motor projects, but [Jeremy]’s DIY Tubular Linear Motor is a really neat variety of stepper motor in a format we certainly don’t see every day. It started as a design experiment ...

Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on ...

For instance, the SC Maglev train employs a sophisticated onboard cooling system that circulates liquid helium at 4.5 Kelvin, maintaining the superconducting state. This system is complemented by a ...

TOKYO, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The world's fasted railway speed was achieved in Japan Tuesday when a manned linear-motor train reached 361 mph. In a run on test tracks conducted by the Central Japan Railway ...

Machine and robot builders recognize linear motor benefits, but some are reluctant to integrate the components into design because of incomplete understanding of the technology. Here we overcome that ...

A Japanese rail operator said Wednesday it plans to introduce the world's fastest train in the next two decades, a next-generation maglev built at a cost of 45 billion dollars. "Maglev," or ...

We'll be honest with you -- IDL Motors' installation at Toy Fair 2008 was a bit short on details, but we're certainly digging what we saw. Apparently, both the Bullet Train & Cars and Z-drive ...