Solenoid valves are devices that use a solenoid to control valve activation. They are considered electromechanical control devices used to control liquid or gas flow. An electrical current runs ...

The solenoid seen above uses a body milled from HDPE and wrapped with magnet wire. The slug in the center is steel, with a few rare-earth magnets at the top. When you run current through the coil ...

Many rotary solenoids include small ball bearings that ride on an inclined plane. Electrical current is supplied to a coil wound tightly enough to limit the current drain and sized large enough to ...

[Emiel] aka [The Practical Engineer] makes all kinds of fun projects in his fully-featured shop, and one of his tangents has been building a series of solenoid engines. These engines mimic the ...

A coil of wire, or solenoid, consists of a wire coiled up into a spiral shape. When an electric current flows, the shape of the magnetic field is very similar to the field of a bar magnet.

Enter the matrix of electronically controlled mountain bike suspension with the new Live Valve Neo System from Fox.

“It basically makes components for either circuit boards or some of the different solenoids that are out there. So, a copper ...

When Colin Haines's yacht won't start, he begins troubleshooting and ends up replacing his failed boat starter motor ...

For decades, scientists have pursued the dream of harnessing fusion energy. The tokamak, a donut-shaped reactor, has been their best bet. But these machines are complex, expensive, and take time ...

It’s only holding onto one of our paperclips. But if I coil the wire more times around the iron then I am wrapping the same electric current round and round the iron core, building up the ...