The finished installation — the globe hangs inside the suspension ring, lit from within. No stand. No arm. No hidden support.
A custom-built levitating globe running on the Gleagle PD levitation system. It floats, it spins, and nothing touches it — built to help primary school students see magnetic levitation and Earth's magnetic field with their own eyes.
A public primary school in Shenzhen, China came to us with a teaching problem: magnetic levitation and Earth's magnetic field are abstract ideas on a textbook page. They wanted students to see a globe float and spin — held up by the same physics they were learning.
We built a floor-standing display around a 42 cm geographic globe: a classic round pedestal, a suspension ring above it, and the globe hanging in open air between them. Inside the ring sits our PD (pull-down) levitation system — the same technology platform behind our production levitating globes, scaled up and custom-tuned for this weight and gap.
Internal LED lighting keeps the light-blue map readable from across the classroom. The globe free-spins continuously — no motor, no contact, nothing to wear out.
Watch the 42 cm giant levitating globe float and spin — zero contact, powered by the Gleagle PD system.
For a globe this size, hanging beats standing. The PD system suspends the globe from above, so visitors see a clean float from every angle — no base directly under the globe, no visual clutter. Active electromagnetic feedback holds position rock-steady, and the 30 mm gap stays constant whether the globe is spinning or still.
For a school, the practical points matter just as much: safe low-voltage power, silent operation, no exposed moving parts, and nothing for curious hands to catch on.
| Globe Diameter | 42 cm / 16.5 in |
| Levitation System | Gleagle PD (pull-down), custom-tuned |
| Levitation Gap | 30 mm |
| Overall Height | 178 cm, floor-standing |
| Rotation | Free spin — no motor contact |
| Base Design | Classic round pedestal + suspension ring |
| Contact Points | None — the globe hangs in open air |
| Globe Shell | Acrylic, light-blue geographic map |
| Frame & Base | ABS, black piano finish |
| Lighting | Internal LED |
| Power | AC 100–240 V adapter Country plug guide → |
| Customization | Size, shape, gap, map artwork, branding — built to order |
Museums, schools, showrooms, exhibitions — tell us what you want to float, and our engineers will propose a reference build.
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