New alternatives may ease demand for scarce rare-earth permanent magnets Single crystals of CeCo3 synthesized by solution growth method. From computer hard discs and smart phones to earbuds and electric motors, magnets are at the forefront of today's technology. Magnets containing rare-earth elements are among the most powerful available, allowing many everyday objects to be [...]
Scientists create cheaper magnetic material for cars, wind turbines Scientist Arjun Pathak arc melts material in preparation for producing a new type of magnet. Karl A. Gschneidner and fellow scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have created a new magnetic alloy that is an alternative to traditional rare-earth permanent magnets. The new [...]
3D-Printed Magnets Made from Recycled Materials Using recycled materials to make magnets could allow companies to circumvent supply chain issues for sourcing magnetic objects. Permanent Magnets and Applications Group/IMDEA Nanoscience A processed powder from recycled magnetic material (left) can be used in a 3D printer to create magnets of arbitrary shape (right). The COVID-19 pandemic [...]
3D-printed Super Magnets From wind turbines and electric motors to sensors and magnetic switching systems, permanent magnets have many electrical applications. The production of these magnets usually involves sintering or injection molding. But due to the increasing miniaturization of electronics and the more exacting requirements, this places on magnetic components in terms of geometry, these [...]
3D Printing Magnetic Fields Is Now Possible With Polymagnet’s Maxels Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku has made it clear that the future belongs to mass customization, IoT and, further down the line, electromagnetism. While mass customization is made possible by 3D printing and the IoT will be made possible by embedded 3D printed electronics, it is [...]
3D printed magnetic polymer composite hydrogels for hyperthermia and magnetic field driven structural manipulation Magnetic hydrogels and soft composites have fueled the development of next generation biomimetic soft robotics due to their precise control and non-cytotoxic nature. Bare magnetic nanoparticles are difficult to regulate via remote controlling whereas, when these nanoparticles are arrested inside polymeric [...]
SPANISH RESEARCHERS DEVELOP 3D PRINTED MAGNETS MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS Insiders and analysts predict the 3D printing trends to watch in our latest series of articles focused on the future of 3D printing. Researchers at the IMDEA Nanoscience Institute, an interdisciplinary research center in Spain, have developed a new method of 3D printing magnets using [...]
Nanoscale textures found in 3D printed magnets may become potential information carriers In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, an international team led by the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, used advanced 3D printing technology to create magnetic double helices that, like DNA's double helices, twist around each other , which combines [...]
3D-printed Permanent Magnets Outperform Conventional Versions OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2016—Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques while conserving critical materials. This isotropic, neodymium-iron-boron bonded permanent magnet was 3D-printed at DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility [...]
Researchers Developing Sustainable 3D Printed Super Magnets An additive manufacturing breakthrough coming out of TU Graz in Austria could make it easier to manufacture permanent magnets for small electronic components. A TU Graz team—working in collaboration with the University of Vienna, the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Joanneum Research—has successfully manufactured super magnets using a [...]
Scientists 3D Printed First Ever Permanent Liquid Magnets 3D printed liquid magnets - Scientists at Berkeley Lab have created a new material that is both liquid and magnetic, opening the door to a new area of science in magnetic soft matter. Among other possible applications (such as liquid robots and even 3D entertainment), a 3D [...]
Can 3D-Printed Magnets Replace Rare Earth Magnets? Additive manufacturing can turn everyday magnetic material into alternatives for expansive rare-earth magnets. Engineers at the Amess Laboratory’s Critical Materials Institute used laser 3D metal printing to turn permanent magnet material into an economical alternative to more expensive rare-earth neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnets. The researchers experimented with [...]
