That "kid" (he was when he started doing this crazy stuff; but is definitel=
y
not now) is something else.

Definitely worth checking-out the rest of his site...

-marc

On 12/13/05, Mike Hord < mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Most metal deforming EM crusher apparati out there
> today do their dirty work via spark gaps and other
> classical high-voltage methods.  This chap has done
> it with an SCR, which doesn't self destruct in the
> process.  Even his compression coil lasts longer than
> the standard single-fire designs.
>
> Peak power delivered is ~22.5 MW.  Equally impressive
> is the calculated magnetic field strength: from normal
> Earth ambient to 7.8T in ~300 ns.
>
> http://www.powerlabs.org/pssecc.htm
>
> Mike H.
>
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