Applications of permanent magnets
The range of products which can benefit from the use of permanent magnet materials such as NdFeB is enormous and already we have seen smaller, lighter, and more efficient units designed for the following applications:
Aerospace
- Frictionless Couplings
- Stepping Motor Couplings
- Instruments
- Auto Compass
- Magnetrons
Automotive
- DC Motor Drives
- Cranking Motors
- Window Winders
- Wipers Washers
- Fans
- Seat Actuators
- Speedometers
- Alternators
Domestic
- Analogue Watches
- Model Aircraft
- Head Sets
- Pick-Ups
- Video Recorders
- Electric Clocks
- Jewellery / Ornaments
- Hearing Aids
- Moving Magnet Microphone
Electronic and Instrumentation
- Sensors
- Contact-less Switches
- Servo Motors (robotics)
- Energy Meter
- Automotion Devices
- Electro-mechanical Transducers
- Computer Printheads
- Crossed Field Tubes
- Magnetic Latch & Switch Dampers
- Disc Repulsion Bearing
Medical
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Dentures
- Orthopaedics
- Magnetic Sphincters
- Wound Closures
- Ferromagnetic Probes
- Cancer Cell
- Optical Implants
Did you know magnets are used in all of these applications?
