Electromagnetic Regolith Excavator
a regolith and excavating technology, applied in the direction of soil shifting machines/dredgers, mechanical machines/dredgers, mechanical apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of cumbersome process, obvious solution of attaching spacecraft in some way to asteroid, etc., and achieve the effect of rapid movement of large volumes of material
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[0043]The Electromagnetic Regolith Excavator consists of a transport tube 1 constructed of non-magnetic material, and various configurations of electromagnetic coils 2 at or near the entrance and along the tube. The tube may or may not be flexible, may or may not be straight, and it ultimately dumps the moving material into a collection bag or other container 18 beyond the reach of the last magnet. The spacing of the coils, the strength of their magnetic fields, and the timing and shape of the magnetic waves that attract the regolith and move it along the tube are parameters to be determined by experimentation in a microgravity environment.
[0044]The controller is a software-controlled, possibly camera guided electric sequencer. The sequencer computer 8 individually activates the coil controllers 6 via control wires 5 which, when activated, apply current to the selected coil via wires 3. The coil controllers 6 are powered via a current source power supply 7 using wires 4.
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