Magnets For Guitar Pickups One of MPCO favorite applications is magnets for pickups. There are many things to consider if you are looking to optimize your guitar to its full potential, and pickups are arguably one of the most important elements of customization. If you are a skilled designer of pickups looking to create the [...]
SANDWICH ASSEMBLY MAGNETS Sandwich Assembly Magnets take ceramic magnets and place a steel armature on each side of the magnet. By configuring the magnet in this way, pull strength can be multiplied by up to 32 times by using steel armatures to concentrate magnetic flux. Such armatures may take the form of backing plates, channels [...]
Ceramic vs Alnico Pickup Magnets CERAMICS VS ALNICO Pickup | MAGNETS The two types of magnet used in the construction of magnetic pickups for electric guitars are: Alnico magnets (alnico 5, alnico 2, etc.) Ceramic magnets (C5, C8, etc.) Alnico (an alloy of aluminium, nickel, iron and cobalt) pickups are generally associated with a sweeter [...]
Alnico vs Ceramic Magnets – How Do They Affect Guitar Pickup Tone? Taking a close look at the differences between alnico and ceramic magnets and their effect on tone. When choosing a new pickup for your guitar, consider the magnet, one of the essential, yet complicating elements involved in the sound creation process. We’ll try [...]
Various shapes Magnets Magnetization Orientation Neodymium, ceramic, samarium cobalt magnets can be custom-made in various shapes, sizes and magnetization orientations or directions. In this article, we list out and illustrate some of the available options for magnetization orientation which is defined during pressing process and prior to magnetization. Of course, engineers can always request otherwise [...]
Linear Magnetic Brakes Linear permanent magnet brakes, also known as eddy current brakes, are a fail safe, power free, deceleration system that is used in conjunction with a metal reaction plate. Ceramic or rare earth magnets are bonded to a steel back iron plate. No input power is required. They are used in applications such [...]
SINGLE & DOUBLE DRAWER MAGNETIC GRILLS Drawer Type Permanent Magnetic Grills are used for separation of iron particles from dry, granular or free flowing product / materials. Drawer Magnetic Grills are made by using stainless steel having (Round or square or rectangular) with magnetic rods mounted on drawer. The Drawer Type grills are made up [...]
Permanent Magnet Generators Offer Improved Performance for RE Production Permanent magnets have been used to provide the magnetic field in small to medium sized generators for many years. The use of these in large renewable energy (RE)generators may offer performance advantages for future utility-scale generators. Large (MW sized) permanent magnet generators (PMGs) are mainly found [...]
How to Remagnetize Magnets Steel or ceramic magnets that have been stored incorrectly, dropped repeatedly or are simply old may lose their magnetic properties. For optimal results when it comes to rejuvenating these magnets, touch one pole to the opposite pole of a neodymium magnet. Obtain the Materials Obtain a neodymium magnet, which is made [...]
Permanent Magnet Stability The ability of a permanent magnet to support an external magnetic field results from small magnetic domains “locked” in position by crystal anisotropy within the magnet material. Once established by initial magnetization, these positions are held until acted upon by forces exceeding those that lock the domains. The energy required to disturb [...]
GUITAR PICKUP MAGNETS - AlNiCo & Ferrite The magnetic pickup mounted on the Electric guitar's body help the sound production. A vibrating string cuts through the magnetic field in the pickup to produce a signal in the pickup's coil. What the magnets in pickup look like: Two type permanent magnets are used in pickups: AlNiCo [...]
Magnet Background A magnet is a material that can exert a noticeable force on other materials without actually contacting them. This force is known as a magnetic force and may either attract or repel. While all known materials exert some sort of magnetic force, it is so small in most materials that it is not [...]