Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Industrial Magnets Have Many Uses

A large number and variety of industrial magnets are available for professional and for personal use. The magnets are designed for conditions that required heavy-duty strength, as the name implies. Some of the different types available are as follows:


Tool Holders:  To keep all your small hand tools located and secure in one spot, magnetic strips can be fastened to a wall in a handy spot. Tools such as wrenches, pliers, handsaws, screwdrivers and hammers can be tacked onto the wall by the extra strength of these magnets. When you need any of the tools, they are clearly visable and within easy reach without digging into a tool box.


Magnetic Sweepers: These are push style magnets and are designed for gathering up loose particles of metal. The industrial magnets act like a broom in industries where chips or slivers of metal get scattered on the workplace floor. The magnets are pushed along the area covered with these metal shavings, and they quickly pick up these metal pieces very efficiently. In order to recycle or discard the collected metal, they have a handle that conveniently releases the metal particles.





Magnetic Parts Tray: These trays are perfect for mechanics who are absentedly misplacing their tools during the day. In busy service shopes where everything is always on the move, these magnets work extremely well. The tool trays can be firmly affixed to the mechanics bench, or instantly transferred where-ever they are needed. When a vehicle is being worked on, the trays can be placed inside the engine compartment. They will even hold tools and other metal objects uuside down if they are placed against a metal bar on the ceiling.


Magnetic Inventory Labels: Magnetic inventory labels help to keep your work area organized and neat, even though the super strength of the other magnets is not needed here, they are a valuable asset. For easy access to all kinds of parts, you can affix labels to metal fixtures and they work just like a nametag. All parts can be conveniently at hand, labeled, sorted and easy to find in bins for small items or drawers for the larger objects.


Name Badge Magnets: A name badge magnet is also an industrial magnet, although it is a smaller version and does not require the strength of some of the larger magnets. They are used in occupations where it is important that a name badge hold securely and not become dislodged. Due to the nature of their business, automotive service advisors and mechanics frequently wear these badges. They are going back and forth constantly from the service counter to the service bay, getting in an out from under vehicles, so they need sturdy badges that will not come apart and become lost.