FIGURE 17 Torque-speed curve for the load. FIGURE 18 Typical eddy-curr

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In what follows we shall assume that curve e in Figure 18(a) has been selected so that the controller monitoring the speed and torque between points 1 and 2, where the slope is slightly positive, may uniquely relate speed to torque.

FIGURE 17 Torque-speed curve for the load. FIGURE 18 Typical eddy-current clutch curves c, d, and e in (a), which may be used to drive the load in (b). In (a) the slip speed is represented by ω ,

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