Pneumatic elevator motion control
A multi-phase project design was carried out; where a pneumatic-based elevator was designed and implemented. The elevator used pneumatic pressurized air as the actuation force to elevate a piston in a pipe, and magnetic coupling were used to couple the piston to the cart. Two design methodologies were used to accomplish the physical design; the theoretical and the simulation. Using calculations, it was proved that the magnetic interaction of cylindrical and ring magnets provides sufficiently large forces that can move a full-scale elevator.