What is this used for

I came across this magnet from my late father's shed, it has Eclipse float magnet on it,the strength is not that good and would be no use for grinding and holds at 45 deg with no on or off switch.

Thanks Bob

Used for neutralising mag stripe cards ?, Stopping watch movements etc ?

Half of a magnetic sheet floater.

Used in pairs with the unpainted sides vertical and facing each other to magnetically separate stacks of thin sheet, transformer laminations and similar. Slide the stack between them and the upper few sheets fan out upwards so you can grab the top one.

Number of sheets lifted depends on weight so will lift more from a stack of small thin ones than large thick ones. Yours may be the largest size.

Still made and not cheap. Hundreds £ a pair.

Clive

Edited By Clive Foster on 15/11/2022 16:03:56

Thanks Clive, my father use to do a lot of car boots,that's where it must of come from. These are the strongest magnets I've come across, with out the plastic washer they would leave a bloody pinch, unbelievable strength

Bob

Hi Bob, Clive is correct.

Regards Nick.

I used to make sheet feeders for metal box company and there were a few of these on each unit. The pre printed sheets were stacked on the feeder, paint side down,and the top sheet was picked up with vacuum suckers and lifted forward between the magnets to stop the paintwork being scratched into the press tool to make a box or tray etc.

David

Edited By David George 1 on 15/11/2022 20:46:18

New on me!

Neil