MAGLEV DESIGNS
JAPANESE MAGLEV
- Uses liquid nitrogen cooled super-conducting
repulsion magnets
- Magnetically induced levitation
- Most costly Maglev design
- Speeds up to 344 MPH on 42.8 km test
track at Yamanashi Japan opened 1996
GERMAN MAGLEV
- Uses Traditional Attraction Electromagnets
- Less expensive than the Japanese system
- Requires advanced sensing system
- Operated over 400,000 miles on 31 km
Emsland test track opened 1988
- Currently in commercial operation in
Shanghai China
GENERAL ATOMICS
Holback/Inducttrack
- Prototype stage- General Atomics
- Based on Atomic Accelerator technology
- Opposing Magnets levitate train
- Land speed record - 6121 MPH in 2.6
seconds
