Offshore Winch Eddy Current Brake with Magnetic Powers

By Paul Fears | 13th January 2017
Magnet Assembly

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…

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Bunting Acquires Master Magnets

By chameleon | 9th January 2017
Old mastermag building

UK Magnetic Manufacturer Joins Global Bunting Operation In a momentous agreement, Bunting® Magnetics Co. announces the signing of an agreement to acquire Master Magnets Ltd.  Master Magnets is a UK-based manufacturer of magnetic separation equipment.  Based in Redditch, United Kingdom, Master Magnets Ltd manufactures an extensive range of permanent and electro magnetic separation equipment, and…

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