21/04/2017
With the London Marathon this Sunday, everyone’s hard work and training will come into place as they take on tremendous challenge of 26 miles around the capital. It’s time to lace those trainers, plug in the ear phones and keep those legs motoring!
24/03/2017
The FIRST4MAGNETS® team have raised over £310 for Red Nose Day! FIRST4MAGNETS®, a leading division of Magnet Expert Ltd, has made a fantastic contribution of £314.50 to Red Nose Day through staff fundraising and generous donations.
10/03/2017
Find out about British Science Week and how you can get involved! Science is in the air as British Science Week 2017 gets underway! From the 10th – 19th March, a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths begins with schools, science enthusiasts and professionals getting involved in a range of events across the UK! Here is everything you need to know…
15/11/2016
Every audio speaker uses permanent magnets whether the speaker is in your car, in your stereo, your earphones or your smartphone. Permanent magnets provide the force that makes the component in the speaker that creates the sound, moves.
07/04/2016
This article gives instructions for creating the simplest DIY electric train by using nothing more than a battery, some bare copper wire and two magnets.
19/11/2015
Christmas is fast approaching and it’s the time of year when we risk life and limb to retrieve the old Christmas decorations from the back of the shed or that store cupboard that nobody ever seems to go in from January to November. While we can’t help you untangle the entwined mass of tinsel or figure out why the perfectly functioning lights of last year won’t now work, we can help make putting up your decorations much easier.
01/08/2014
A reed switch is an electromagnetic switch used to control the flow of electricity in a circuit. They are made from two or more ferrous reeds encased within a small glass tube-like envelope, which become magnetised and move together or separate when a magnetic field is moved towards the switch. The switch effectively works like a gate, or a bridge, in an electric circuit so when the two reeds are in contact, electricity can flow around the circuit operating a device. Unlike mechanical switches they do not require something or... Read More
04/04/2014
Not actually named after a fellow called Eddie - an eddy current is a swirling electrical current that is created in a conducting metal such as copper or steel by moving the metal through a magnetic field, or a magnetic field over the metal.
20/02/2014
If you are trying to fix a screw in a hard to reach place or are working with small, fiddly screws a magnetised screwdriver can save you lots of time. Most new, high-end screwdrivers are supplied already magnetised, but sometimes they can lose their magnetism. There are a number of ways you can use magnets to remagnetise a screwdriver, or magnetise one that was never magnetised in the first place.
06/01/2014
Magnets and medical research have a long and interconnected history. Life-saving diagnosis is made possible by MRI scanners that rely on the power of magnets, magnetic technology has a vital role in some of the most pioneering medical research and many believe in the opinion-splitting therapeutic benefits of magnets. This post will look at all three areas.
