mag-slip

A form of magslip — Any of a variety of devices that rely on magnetic slip rings to drive a transmitter and receiver that rotate in unison.

Meanings

nounmag-slip (plural mag-slips)

plural mag-slips

  1. alternativeAlternative form of magslip.

    Rotation of the control wheels actuates the total range display counters on the face of the control unit, and the mag-slip transmitters which control the track plotter actuators.

    1968, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 111, page 64
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    The windings of the transmitter of the right- hand mag-slip, as drawn, are connected in parallel to the stator windings of the mag-slip in the left-hand follower unit, which must be of the follow-through transmitter type.

    1957, The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute - Volume 186, page 223

    The clay, as it is extruded from the die, passes over a roller attached to the spindle of a mag-slip transmitter (not shown), coupled electrically to a mag-slip receiver (Q), which rotates in unison with and at the same speed as the transmitter driven only by the clay column.

    1959, Transactions of the British Ceramic Society - Volume 58, page 163
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