Manufacturing Processes for Permanent Magnets: Bonding and Emerging Methods Abstract Permanent magnets produce magnetic fields and maintain the field even in the presence of an opposing magnetic field. They are widely used in electric machines, electronics, and medical devices. Part I reviews the conventional manufacturing processes for commercial magnets, including Nd-Fe-B, Sm-Co, alnico, and ferrite [...]
MP Materials begins construction of magnetics plant, cements supply agreement with GM MP Materials has begun construction on its previously announced rare earth metals, alloys and magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, marking a significant return to magnet manufacturing in North America. The company said that it will invest US$700 million in the next [...]
Sintered NdFeB Magnets Composition and Microstructure Sintered NdFeB Magnets Composition Sintered NdFeB magnet contains three essential elements: rare earth neodymium, iron and boron. Nd atoms, coupling with ferromagnetic Fe atoms, help the magnet obtain high remanence Br and maximum energy product (BH)max, which makes it extraordinary compared with other permanent magnets. Although B element has [...]
Properties of hot-pressed and hot-deformed NdFeB magnets Hot-pressed and hot-deformed NdFeB magnets were successfully researched and developed almost simultaneously with sintered NdFeB magnets. In 1985, the General Motors Corporation (GM) Research Center of the United States reported that using hot pressing technology to press the quenched NdFeB magnetic powder in an argon environment at 700 [...]
Preparation process of sintered NdFeB magnets (1) - Raw material Today we start with the link of raw material preparation and alloy preparation. Sintered magnets usually use pure metals or intermediate alloys as raw materials, use the electromagnetic induction heating principle of eddy current generated by alternating magnetic fields in the raw materials, and conduct [...]
Preparation process of sintered NdFeB magnets (2) - Milling powder In the previous issue, we learned about alloy smelting and casting. After casting, the alloy needs to be made into powder through a pulverizing process before entering the subsequent processing process. Obtaining suitable powder shape, average particle size and particle size distribution is the basic [...]
Preparation process of sintered NdFeB magnets (3) - orientation forming Magnetic field orientation forming is to use the interaction between magnetic powder and external magnetic field to arrange the easy magnetization direction of powder particles so that it is consistent with the final magnetization direction of the magnet. This is the most commonly used method [...]
Preparation process of sintered NdFeB magnets (4) - Sintering, heat treatment and machining Sintering and heat treatment The blanks pressed by magnetic field orientation are sintered in a high vacuum or pure inert atmosphere to reach a high density close to 95% of the theoretical density. The magnet holes are in a closed structure, which [...]
NdFeB chemical composition analysis (ICP analysis) The chemical composition analysis of NdFeB materials generally includes: 1-Chemical composition analysis of raw materials, including the chemical composition of rare earth metal raw materials, as well as industrial pure Fe, B-Fe alloys and other metals, such as Ga, Al, Nb, Zr, etc.; 2- The chemical composition of the [...]
Application of High Performance Sintered NdFeB Magnets in Wind Power Generators Abstract: The permanent magnet wind turbine adopts high-performance sintered NdFeB permanent magnets, and the high enough coercive force can prevent the magnets from demagnetization at high temperature. The life of the magnet depends on the substrate material and surface anti-corrosion treatment. The anti-corrosion of [...]
The Neodymium Magnet Origin In ordinary life, magnets are a very common thing. And thousands of years ago, the working people in our country made the compass, one of the four great inventions, based on the characteristics of magnets. Until today, magnets are also very useful. From all kinds of special electronic equipment to the [...]
Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) Magnets Disclaimer Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) magnets are a type of rare earth alloy with typical atomic structure of Nd2Fe14B which stands for 2 atoms of Neodymium, 14 atoms of Iron(Fe) and one atom of Boron. The sintered Neodymium Iron Boron magnet has higher magnetic properties compare to Samarium Cobalt magnets, [...]