How would one design an actuator with the following requirements:
The actuator is completely isolated with no electrical contacts. Imagine a rotor encapsulated in sealed plastic cylinder. The rotor is rotated by say 45 degrees to lock / unlock a system.
The rotor is designed so that it cannot be rotated unless inductively energized thus becoming magnetic. The rotor has to be non-ferrous and non-magnetic.
As an example only I picture an impeller from a water pump but with the magnetic charge of the rotor being from induced current instead of a permanent magnet.
For the use case, the stator is removable. Once removed the encapsulated rotor must not be able to be rotated by a permanent magnet
{without adding some sort of braking or locking mechanism.}
Clarification: I can't explain the application explicitly. The rotor will acting as a lock mechanism. Unpowered it would be locked from sliding up. Once powered to rotate out of the locked position let's say 45 degrees, it would be free to slide up.
Induction Solenoid:
Alternatively, a similar concept but instead an induction solenoid. One that could not be actuated by a permanent magnet. Unpowered it's held in home position with a spring and only moves when powered.
Non-ferrous? Material is unimportant as long as it can't be actuated externally with a magnet.