Re: Cutting NIB magnets (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:15:16 -0500
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Cutting NIB magnets (fwd)

Richard,

A high pressure waterjet or abrasive waterjet cutter should work. Or a
diamond saw used for rock cutting/lapidary work (it cuts slowly and uses
oil-water slurry to keep the blade and specimen cool). The tendency of
the NIB alloy to "rust" may be a problem. There may also be a problem
keeping the highly magnetic debris off the magnet or the blade. I
remember a guy from the junkyard (now called a "metal recycling center")
telling me about the terrible problems they have whenever a NIB magnet
is accidentally processed through the metal shredder. The magnetic
debris is almost impossible to get off the shredder cutters...  :^)

Best regards,

-- Bert --
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High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:35:57 -0400
> From: Wall Richard Wayne <rwall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Cc: rwall <rwall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Cutting NIB magnets
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> List,
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> Is there any safe easy way to cut NIB magnets.  I know too much heat may
> ignite them.
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> RWW
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