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Maglev is a magnetic levitation train that is driven and controlled magnetic forces, and unlike traditional railway transport does not touch the surface of the rails.
In the long term, such fast and quiet transport systems look like a pretty attractive mobility option – but the infrastructure and setup can be quite expensive and complex, so Italian startup IronLev has set out to eliminate this problem by using so-called passive maglev levitation on conventional railways. paths.
Instead of using large amounts of energy to run a magnetic levitation vehicle system based on electromagnets, the company used so-called passive magnetic forces to create “a cushion of air that physically separates the vehicle from the track.”
In laboratory conditions, U-shaped passive ferromagnetic levitation has been tested even earlier: in 2018, the technology was demonstrated on a Tesla electric car weighing 2 tons, which seemed to move with the push of a hand.
“Thanks to the features of our technology, as well as low and speed-independent friction, we can move a 10-ton car with the same force required to lift a 22-pound backpack,” said company co-founder Luca Cesaretti . “And we aim to reduce infrastructure costs by a factor of ten over existing systems.”
The idea is to use more than 1.5 million kilometers of existing railways around the world for maglev technology in the future.
In the first attempt, the prototype was launched along a 2-kilometer section of railway track on the Adria-Mestre route in collaboration with the Italian region of Veneto. Maglev weighed a ton and managed to reach speeds of up to 70 km/h. The team didn't reveal any details about the prototype upgrade, but emphasize that no modifications were made along the way.
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Next IronLev plans to test a 20-ton transport and increase the speed to 200 km/h.
IronLev was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between engineering innovation studio Girotto Brevetti and Ales Tech, a startup created by students who developed the suspension system for the SpaceX Hyperloop competition.
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