Roll on the cone
- In stock with stable lead times — single units or complete sets
- Size, appearance and interaction can be adapted to the museum’s theme
- For science museums, campus science rooms, community science centers and mobile science museums
- Export packing and overseas on-site installation support
Cone Rolling/Cone Uphill - Science Museum Exhibits Scheme
What It Shows
The exhibition items for cone rolling (cone rolling, cone uphill) consist of two sets of inclined tracks and two cones.
The two inclined tracks are wide at the high end and narrow at the low end, forming a "V" shape. At the low end, the center of gravity of the cone is high; At the high-end, the center of gravity of the cone is low. Therefore, when participants release the cone from the lower end of the guide rail, the cone will roll along the track towards the higher end. This may seem like the cone is rolling upwards, but in reality, the center of gravity of the cone gradually decreases. source factory of science museum exhibits - Shanghai Inertia Automation Co., Ltd. There are many famous strange slope phenomena in our country. On "strange slopes", the heavier the object, the more likely it is to experience the strange phenomenon of self climbing. In fact, uphill areas are downhill, which is called visual impairment. The special terrain and landforms in these areas lead to people's brain making incorrect judgments of facts.
Science Behind It
Objects in a gravitational field will naturally lower their center of gravity due to the combined effects of gravity and Earth's gravity. Objects under the influence of gravity tend to move towards a decreasing center of gravity. source factory of science museum exhibits - Shanghai Inertia Automation Co., Ltd. On the surface, the cone appears to roll upwards along the track, but in reality, the object with a small distance between the two single tracks at the low end of the track (double cone) has a higher center of gravity, while the object with a large distance between the two single tracks at the high end of the track (double cone) has a lower center of gravity. The object rolls from the high end of the track to the low end.
How to Take Part
The audience pushes the cone to the lower end of the guide rail and observes the movement of the cone.
form of expression
Mechanical interaction
Main equipment and material list
Main equipment: None
Main materials: square tube, cold plate, stainless steel, acrylic, artificial stone
video demonstration
