This project measures the performance of electromagnets with induced failures. For a given current and voltage, we measure how much weight a faulted electromagnet can pick up. We then compare the performance of the faulted electromagnets to normal electromagnets. For these measurements, a multi-meter and voltmeter are used. This information is used to see how a motor will perform a given fault.

Motors using this type of electromagnet are currently in use in heart pumps for patients who suffer heart failure. Such a motor is a temporary way to stimulate blood flow through the blood vessels, controlled by a battery pack that the patient carries with them at all times. The long-range goal of this research is to understand how such motors react when short-circuits or other failures occur, in order to design better motors and better detection-systems in those motors in case of electrical failure.