Features
and Benefits
PHYSICAL STRENGTH
The MG Series offers Alnico or Indox magnets which exhibit good physical strength.
MAGNETIC FIELD
Rare Earth (SmCo-Samarium Cobalt) magnets from MG Series offer strong magnetic field
in compact sizes.
Choose the best fit option
MAGNETIC MATERIAL
Honeywell’s MG Series offer magnets made from different magnetic materials allowing
customers to choose the most suitable option for their application.
OPERATING TEMPERATURE
The MG Series magnets exhibit good stability over a wide range of operating temperatures,
as low as -40 °C [-40 °F] or as high as 140 °C [284 °F] to 300 °C [572 °F], depending on
the magnet.
OPERATING MAGNETIC GAUSS LEVELS
The MG Series offers a wide selection of magnets operating across various magnetic Gauss
levels to choose from.
Potential Applications
These magnets are used as actuators for Hall-effect and magnetoresistive sensor ICs which
in turn can be used in a number of potential industrial and medical applications.
INDUSTRIAL
• Door or lid closure detection in appliances or electronically controlled containers
The unipolar sensor recessed in the door frame with a magnet embedded in the door
can help in sensing the open and close positions in doors or lids in appliances or
electronically controlled containers.
• Simple speed and RPM (revolutions per minute) sensing in fitness and industrial
equipment
A single magnet of appropriate polarity mounted on the motor shaft of a treadmill when
actuates a unipolar Hall-effect sensor IC generates single digital pulse for each revolution
which in turn can help measure the speed or RPM of the equipment.
MEDICAL
• Position sensor in hospital beds and medical equipment
Magnets can be used to determine the home or end-of-travel position of the equipment
on an activator arm of hospital beds and medical equipment.
• Medication bin monitor on portable drug carts
These magnets can be mounted on a drug dispensing drawer to detect the open or
close position using a unipolar Hall-effect sensor IC.
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