A Review of REPM 2023

Matthew Swallow with Masato Sagawa

Matthew Swallow, our Technical Product Manager and the Chair of the UK Magnetics Society, reports on REPM 2023, the 27th international workshop on rare earth and future permanent magnets and their applications (3-7 September, University of Birmingham, UK). REPM is a biennial academic conference held and run by a hosting university or institution with the…

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Bunting Sponsors REPM 2023

Bunting's Magnetic Rollercoaster Brake

Bunting has signed up as a gold sponsor of REPM 2023, the 27th international workshop on rare earth and future permanent magnets and their applications (3-7 September, University of Birmingham, UK).  The biennial workshop is co-organised by SUSMAGPRO partner University of Birmingham and brings together scientists and engineers working on rare-earth permanent magnets and their…

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Non-Contact Positional Sensing

Sensor Magnets

Sensor applications using magnets is not new, although the application scope continues to evolve with developments and advances in magnetic materials and magnetising technology.  In this specific sensing project, the magnets are used for non-contact position sensing, which is, perhaps, one of the unique ways in which magnets are meeting the changing demands of the…

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Medical Magnet Spotlight: Magnets and Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implants

Magnets feature in a wide range of medical applications including heart pumps, surgical tools, hearing aids, and cochlear implants.  A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception.  Unlike hearing aids, which amplify sounds, cochlear implants bypass damaged areas of the ear and…

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Coatings for Neodymium Magnets

Coatings 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…

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Stray Magnetic Fields and Safety

Stray Magnetic Fields and Safety

Bunting is at the heart of the electrification program of the world’s vehicles.  By producing magnetising systems that allow for genuinely error-free assembly and providing 100% inline testing, Bunting supports automotive and aerospace programmes looking to create new modes of travel and improve efficiency.  Bunting is proud to support this sustainable engineering activity to provide…

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Bunting Introduces Carbon Neutral Neodymium Magnets

Carbon Neutral Neodymium Magnets

In response to feedback from European customers, Bunting-Berkhamsted is the first magnet supplier to offer carbon-neutral sintered Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) rare earth magnets sold online through the company’s Bunting-eMagnets ecommerce website. The manufacture of magnets such as NdFeB requires a considerable amount of effort and energy, from mining of the raw materials through to…

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AlNiCo Magnets and Music Revolution

AlNiCo Magnets and Music Revolution

AlNiCo pickup magnets played a huge part in the development of modern electric guitar sounds.  Guitar manufacturers and musicians discovered that even on the same guitar, switching out different AlNiCo alloys resulted in drastically different musical tones.  Indeed, the use of certain AlNiCo pickups is responsible for the signature sounds associated with 50s and 60s…

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The History of Neodymium Magnets

History of Neodymium Magnets banner

The origin of the neodymium magnets dates back to 1885 when Carl Auer von Welsbach, an Austrian scientist and inventor, separated didymium into the new separate elements neodidymium (“new didymium”) and praseodidymium (“green didymium”).  In time, the element names would change to neodymium and praseodymium. Neodymium (Nd) is the fourth member of the lanthanide ‘rare-earth…

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Magnets in Santa’s Workshop

Magnets in santas workshop

Santa Claus has never been busier. Material shortages, transportation issues and inflated prices have stretched his elf workforce to the limits. His workshop is a hive of activity and, in amongst the organised chaos, magnets play an important role. So where are they? High Tech Toys use Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets Santa Claus received a…

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