Some magnets are simple, like the handheld units used to affix photos, calendars, and notes to your refrigerator. But the magnets on material handlers designed to lift metals are much more complicated ...

Lifting magnets are important revenue generators in most scrap metal yards. Suspended from the business end of primary material handlers, magnets are a critical link in the productivity of processing ...

SAV North America (www.sav-workholding.com), the subsidiary of Spann Automations Normteiletechnik (SAV) GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany, has launched several new material handling products in the U.S., ...

Gensco's CANMAG Scrap Magnet Series are robust, heavy-duty, deep field handling magnets manufactured with a cast steel shell, manganese steel bottom plate and ribbing for extra protection. Gensco's ...

The Hydro Magnet separates iron and steel from concrete waste for recycling and can be installed on a carrier with an existing uni-directional auxiliary circuit with a signal line to power and control ...

Magnets are typically responsible for the heavy lifting at scrapyards, but their uses don’t stop there. Many yards will leverage these attachments to clean debris or unload railcars where traditional ...

The lifting electromagnet article I posted years ago (https://www.codrey.com/electronic-circuits/lifting-electromagnet-diy/) has been more popular that it should have ...