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Bunting and Force Engineering Design Magnetic Rollercoaster Brake
Bunting and Force Engineering have collaborated to design and build a novel magnetic brake for use on rollercoasters. During the two-year project, the project team considered different permanent magnet arrangements required to generate the braking force needed to slow and stop a rollercoaster cart. The final design used high-power, low-weight neodymium magnets. As a leading…
Read MoreThe Magnetics Show Tours Bunting’s European Operations
Alex Oliver and Troy Garrick, Event Director and Exhibition Manager, respectively, of The Magnetics Show North America, recently visited Bunting’s UK operations in Redditch and Berkhamsted. Alex and Troy were on a fact-finding mission about Bunting, the employer of one of the event’s founding advisory board members, Matthew Swallow. Both Alex and Troy said that…
Read MoreBradley Greenwood Appointed Bunting’s European Sales Manager
The appointment of Bradley Greenwood as Bunting’s European Sales Manager is in response to continued sales growth in technical magnetics and magnetising equipment. Bradley heads up a sales team and representative network covering the whole of Europe. Bradley Greenwood joins Bunting to continue his distinguished sales and engineering career with high-tech equipment manufacturers. His career…
Read MoreDavid Hocking Appointed Bunting-Berkhamsted General Manager
In one of several changes to Bunting’s European management team, David Hocking has been promoted to the position of General Manager at Bunting-Berkhamsted. David’s promotion comes just over a year after being appointed Operations Manager. David has held a range of customer facing, purchasing and quality roles since joining Bunting in 2012. As Operations Manager,…
Read MoreBunting’s European Sales Reach Record High
Magnet and magnetics specialist Bunting-Berkhamsted reported record sales for 2022. The operation, which includes online magnet retailer eMagnets, and soft magnetics specialist MagDev, saw sales growth across the product portfolio, particularly in bespoke magnet assemblies and magnetising equipment. “Increasing our sales in a year of material shortages and price increases reflects the number of specialist…
Read More34th Ewing Event: The Road to Fusion
Matthew Swallow, Bunting’s Technical Products Manager and Vice Chair of the UK Magnetics Society, reports on the society’s 34th Ewing Event held at the University of York in the UK in December 2022 and sponsored by Bunting. The 2022 Ewing Event was entitled ‘The Road to Fusion’ and looked at the magnetic technologies involved in…
Read MoreBunting-Berkhamsted Review 2022
2022 turned out to be a rollercoaster of a year. Early post-pandemic positivity was quelled when Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, an unacceptable act of aggressive that caused the world’s economy to shudder. As a result, there was a rise in both material and energy costs. During the year both Neodymium and Ferrite raw materials rose…
Read MoreRobert Bunting Appointed Bunting® President and CEO
Robert Bunting follows in the footsteps of his grandfather and father with his appointment as Bunting’s President and Chief Executive Officer. On the 1st October 2022, Robert succeeded his father, Bob Bunting, in overseeing the continued growth of the global Bunting group. Bob Bunting assumes the position of Chairman. Bunting® is one of the world’s leading…
Read MoreCoatings for Neodymium Magnets
Nearly every neodymium magnet will be plated or coated and, as the most powerful permanent magnet available, they are used in many different applications. However, they possess physical characteristics that require them to be plated or coated in order to protect them from damage. In their raw form, neodymium magnets are quite brittle, and as…
Read MoreCenex-LCV 2022 Review
Cenex-LCV is the UK’s premier low carbon vehicle event, held at UTAC in Bedfordshire, UK (7-8 September 2022). Our Matthew Swallow, our Technical Product Manager reviews the 2022 event. Promoting a Low Carbon Vehicle Future “The Low Carbon Vehicle Exhibition of 2022 perfectly lived up to its name. This year there were vehicles using every…
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