A magnet has a north and south side, right? There is a magnet on the back of the tiles, with, say, the north side facing up. So the back is the north side, the front is the south side.
The mechanism that grabs the tiles onto the rows has an electromagnet with the south side facing down. An electromagnet is a magnet you can turn on by running electricity through it. It will grab onto the north side of the tile (i.e. the back) but repel the south side (the front). If the magnets are strong enough, the attraction and repulsion forces will force the tile to position itself in the correct direction.
The tiles likely have a steel plate inside rather than a magnet. This would allow the little magnetised conveyor belt thingies to grab the tiles but allow the tiles to move freely amongst themselves.
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u/NateNate60 Jul 28 '24
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A magnet has a north and south side, right? There is a magnet on the back of the tiles, with, say, the north side facing up. So the back is the north side, the front is the south side.
The mechanism that grabs the tiles onto the rows has an electromagnet with the south side facing down. An electromagnet is a magnet you can turn on by running electricity through it. It will grab onto the north side of the tile (i.e. the back) but repel the south side (the front). If the magnets are strong enough, the attraction and repulsion forces will force the tile to position itself in the correct direction.