Research and development work often requires small numbers of magnets for prototyping or testing at different stages of the development of a new product. Simple 2 pole magnets can always be magnetised in one of our own standard solenoids fixtures but any multipole magnet usually requires a dedicated magnetising fixture. To avoid the cost of a production magnetising system, Bunting Magnetics can build prototype fixtures which will be magnetically same as a production unit, but may be manufactured from less hard wearing materials and will be without all the cooling and normal fixture interlocks. These fixtures can only be used at Bunting Magnetics and have a limited lifetime, but will be available for use by the customer for the duration of a project.