Bunting Magnetics Europe, Berkhamsted, UK, has won its largest single export contract to manufacture and supply 63 high strength, rare earth plate magnets, which will be installed in a tobacco manufacturing operation in Indonesia. The order was placed by a German designer and builder of processing plants.  The magnets will be used to attract and hold magnetically susceptible metal particles, including abraded stainless steel, in order to prevent damage to delicate processing equipment such as the tobacco cutting blades as well as to maintain quality of the end product. This follows an earlier order from the same customer for 26 plate magnets placed in February 2016.  Two different models of plate magnet are being supplied, with 34 having a magnetic face width of 609mm and a 125mm deep magnetic field and 29 with a face width of 508mm projecting a 90mm deep magnetic field. A deep magnetic field was important in this application.

“Developing export business is vital for our continued growth in the UK.  This is our single largest order for magnetic separators on record and is the result of a prolonged focus on developing business overseas.  On this project we worked closely with the German client and had several meetings in Germany to understand their requirements before we proposed the best metal separation solution”, commented Dave Hills, Bunting’s head of sales. www.buntingeurope.com 

Some of the Bunting plate magnets under construction and (below) being packed for export in specially made boxes

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