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Bunting Magnetics Review of Southern Manufacturing 2017
Southern Manufacturing 2017 News and Views The 2017 Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Show held at FIVE in Farnborough, UK (21st to 23rd March) proved to be a great place to showcase Magnets, Magnetic Assemblies, and Magnetic Separators. The 2017 Show was of a similar size to 2016 with a good number of visitors. One of…
Read MoreOffshore Winch Eddy Current Brake with Magnetic Powers
Bunting’s magnet product design team were contacted and asked to manufacture a Magnet Assembly that would act as an emergency eddy current brake on an offshore winch. The original design called up bespoke Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets with a strength of 50MGOe (MegaGauss oersted). Such an assembly had an ten-week lead time, which was too…
Read MoreMagnets Vital for Recycling
Magnets play a fundamental role in recycling and waste management. They enable the recovery or removal of metals such as steel and aluminium. And this is not a recent phenomenon. Magnets have been used in recycling for centuries. Certainly, modern day electro and permanent magnets have been a common feature of many recycling plants since…
Read MoreMagnetically Fanning Sheet Metal but How?
Handling and prying apart ferrous metal sheets can be difficult especially if they are oily or polished. The Metal Sheet Fanner uses magnetic forces to induce a magnetic field into the ferrous metal sheets, creating magnetic poles that then repel each other. This then causes the end of the metal sheets to ‘fan’, enabling fabricators…
Read MoreA Record 2015, but Concerns About 2016?
A record 2015 for Bunting Magnetics Europe, but concerns for 2016?
Read MoreHow do we get young people interested in manufacturing?
UK Manufacturing & Engineering Industry Sadly, manufacturing and engineering in the UK is not regarded as being ‘sexy’ or ‘exciting’ by young people at school and, as a result, many do not even consider a career in the sector. The media tends to be full of news regarding the service sectors and manufacturing only tends…
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