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Application: Solenoids/Actuators/Valves

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Recommended products

Based on your application, we recommend the following products and simulation capabilities:


Low Frequency Electromagnetics

  • Static solver 2D / 3D
  • Transient with Motion solver 2D/3D


Design Optimization



Coupled Analysis

Features of these products:

  • Geometric Modeler
    Easy to use Extrusion-Based and Solid Modeling tools make even the most complicated designs quick and painless to draw.

  • Material Library and Modeler
    Standard and customizable user library for creating materials with desired behavior and properties.

  • Circuit Modeler (MagNet only)
    Connect your device to external drives and loads.

  • Meshing & Adaption
    Automatic or user-defined mesh generation with adaption tools for refinements.

  • Boundary Conditions
    Specify the behavior of the unknown fields on the outer surfaces of the model.
  • Parameterization
    Parameterize any system and user defined variables for powerful "what-if" analysis.

  • Customization & Automation
    Find out more on how Infolytica's powerful scripting engine allows our products to work with any programming environment that implements ActiveX scripting and OLE Automation, such as Visual Basic Script, Java Script, Perl, etc.

Gallery Spotlight -- Solenoids/Actuators/Valves


Actuator with Diode
This simple 3D device can have surprisingly complex behaviour, which is accurately and easily modeled with MagNet's transient with motion solver.
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Other "Solenoids/Actuators/Valves" examples of our software in action :

CRT Deflection Yoke
This example highlights the advanced coil modeling capabilities of the MagNet analysis package.

Axisymmetric Actuator
This example analyses an axisymmetric actuator using two different methods: MagNet's Transient 2D with Motion solver, and a circuit simulator with Infolytica's ActuatorWizard.