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New website
It’s been a long time coming and we’ve felt like expectant parents for several months. We’ve “furnished the nursery” with all our products and to take the analogy to it’s natural end, today has been a bit like a planned C-Section, we were both dreading it and looking forward to it. But, finally, we have our new baby website, in … Continue reading
Magnetic Christmas Decorations
It’s 8am on Christmas Eve and we’ve brought our two little helpers into the unit this morning in preparation for shutting after the post is collected. They’re a little bored so we’ve come up with a plan using some old Christmas decorations and some magnets! We’ve used: Cheap plastic baubles Wired ribbon Self Adhesive flexible magnetic strip Self Adhesive 10x1mm … Continue reading
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Different Coatings
Neodymium magnets are usually coated to protect them from rusting. This is because they are made from a sintered powder containing Neodymium, Iron, Boron and small quantities of other rare earth elements. The coatings can change the appearance of the magnet drastically, but it doesn’t change the magnets properties in any other way. This photo shows a Nickel-Copper-Nickel plated … Continue reading
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School Holidays are almost upon us
It’s that time of year again when the kids are about to break up for their long summer holiday. We have been looking for magnetic fun that you can have with kids for minimal money. There are fridge magnets to make (how about some early christmas presents for friends and relatives), there’s a magnetic marble run game which you can … Continue reading
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Monopole Magnets – myth becomes reality
We have had a lot of requests in the last 2-3 months for monopole magnets. It’s time to debunk some psuedo-science. There is NO SUCH THING! The laws of physics require every magnet to have two poles This was true – until very recently. David Hall and his team at Amherst College have managed to make monopoles in a … Continue reading
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Annual Stock Take and Audit
We will be closing for our annual stock take and audit at 5pm on Friday 23 May 2014 and we will re-open at 9pm on Saturday 31 May 2014 to allow for a full stock take and audit to be undertaken. This is a tight schedule and to allow the work to be completed speedily we regret that we will … Continue reading
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We are moving
With effect from Monday 2 April 2012 our contact details will be as follows: Guy’s Magnets Ltd 26 Evans Business Centre Hampton Park West Melksham Wiltshire SN12 6LH Tel: 01225 702782 Fax: 01225 702264 Email: info@guysmagnets.com
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Rare-earth shortages
An article published yesterday, 6 December 2011, highlights the growing problems of over consumption of rarer elements, minerals and chemicals. The full article can be seen at http://tgr.ph/tomMKH
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Christmas Posting Dates 2011
It’s that time of year again when Royal Mail publish their last posting dates. Full details can be found at http://www2.royalmail.com/greetings.
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Japan finds rare earth
http://tgr.ph/qxaJ7i This article from the Daily Telegraph on 10 July 2011 shows that the world is not sitting idly by while China continues to strangle the trade in Rare Earth Elements. While mining of the Rare Earths from the floor of the Pacific is still a long way off, at least it offers some hope for the future.
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