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Material Handling Magnets From Eclipse Magnetics


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Electronically, pneumatically and manually switched permanent magnets for integration into any production environment.

Full range to deal perfectly with all thicknesses of ferrous material.

Easily incorporated into your existing or self-engineered handling applications.

FAILSAFE OPERATION - if the air or power supply fails when the magnet is holding a load - the loads remains held.

  • Pneumatically Switchable Permanent Magnets
    Pneumatically switchable magnets designed specifically for previously 'difficult' loads e.g. thin, cast, limited contact and packaged products. One module can handle different types of loads.
  • Electronically Switchable Permanent Magnets
    Electronically switchable permanent magnets for a vast range of applications. Specifically suited to lifting, clamping or fixturing of components thicker than 10mm. Custom-profiled poles available.
  • HBC 600
    Pneumatically or hand ratchet switched magnet with the high magnet power usually associated with electronically switched magnets. Particularly suited to intimate contact (i.e. no air gap) but suitable for many applications.
  • Optimag Pneumatic
    Off-the-shelf pneumatically-switched magnet sold as a modular system. Range of sizes with fine pole and coarse pole options. Fine pole for thin or perforated sheets and components, and removing single items from stacks. Coarse pole for greater clamping force, and clamping and lifting of rougher surfaced materials.

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,Magnetics Optimag Pneumatic Magnets Datasheet

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsSheet Separators

Safe, fast, efficient removal of single sheets of steel, or pressings, between 0.2mm and 6mm thick, from stacks.

Prevent handling of two sheets at a time which can be dangerous, cause damage and downtime.

Range of options for most situations including switchable units designed for high speed / high volume production lines.

Ideal for use with Eclipse Magnetics lifting magnets.

  • Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsSheet Separator
    Easily separate the top item of a stack of sheet steel or pressed products from the rest of the stack for automated or manual removal (with an Eclipse Magnetics lifting magnet, of course).
  • Handles material from 0.2mm to 3mm thick but almost any shape or size can be accomodated by products in our range. Separation ability can be reduced on old stacks with dried out oil or on excessively oiled sheets.

    It's important to order the correct size of separator for the size of material to be handled. If the items to be separated are half the width of the separator the top items can flip onto the face of the separator instead of being separated.

    The columns (see picture) are 100mm wide, 50mm deep on all models

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsConveyors

Eclipse Magnetics produces a range of conveyors and conveyor systems to suit the full spectrum of applications and industries.

We specialise in producing the correct specification to suit your application. Our conveyors are being used in the following industries:

  • Food manufacture / processing
  • Container transportation
  • Product transportation
  • Laser welding conveyors
  • Scrap conveyors
  • Rolling mill transfer conveyors

Conveyors can be supplied as free-standing units or indeed as part of an integrated system that you are building; we will meet your specific requirements.

Features

  • Manufactured in stainless steel or mild steel construction and powder coated to suit the application
  • Permanent magnet, electro permanent magnet or electro-magnet conveyors to suit, or simply flighted to suit application
  • High quality build
  • With or without controls
  • Supplied and tested to meet with the agreed specification and are complete with their respective certification
  • Continued support from our service department

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsGantry Storage Beams

These magnetic beams provide a solution for baking tray storage systems, in automated bakeries. The system picks multiple trays from storage and deposits them onto the production line. Once the production of a particular bread type has finished, the trays are returned into storage and the next tray type is brought out with no changes to the magnetic picking head. Coverage / length ofbeam: 8 metres.

The Beam
Manufactured from a 100mm x 100mm x 6mm mild steel box section. All service pipe work is fully enclosed along one side of the beam. An identical enclosure along the other side houses the signal wiring, both services terminate in their own central connection point.

Magnetic Heads
High-energy magnets retain their magnetism indefinitely, the magnet arrangement is determined taking into account, all tray types to be moved. The magnetic face is supplied with a stainless steel contact / wear plate. Rigidity and long life is guaranteed by the use of high quality components.

Air pressure required: 5 bar min, 10 bar max.

Compliance Assemblies
Vertical compliance assemblies integrated into the beam to ensure that the magnets are correctly seated on the trays and provide up to 100mm of vertical movement.

Over Travel Sensors
Crash protection is provided on each vertical compliance assembly.

Part Present Sensors
Each magnet has part-present sensing.

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsPalletiser / De-Palletiser Heads

These high specification Pneumatically Switchable Permanent Magnets are extensively used for both palletising and de-palletising of products in full layers, to and from production lines. When these units are used in transfer systems incorporating numerous product changes high benefits are realised. Downtime is reduced as no gripper changes are required.


Typical Profile of Users

  • Machine manufactures / integrators
  • Robot manufacturers
  • Aerosol fillers / manufacturers
  • Tin-packaged product manufacturers
  • Tin-capped glass jar fillers
  • Manufactures needing to load or unload ferrous product in bulk.

Product

Virtually any tin or capped glass container of product, can be lifted whether full or empty
Layer pads can also be removed within the lifting operation
Finished product, shrink wrapped or boxed can also be transported without fear of damage to product or packaging

The Magnet

The magnet is manufactured to suit the customer’s requirements, the magnet is comparatively light, its weight, plus the product weight, must be taken into account when integration is being made with either a gantry system or robot.

Eclipse Magnetics produce a full range of de-palletising magnets. This ranges from units designed to pick individual components, through to the units to suit the full range of pallet sizes including the Euro Pallet.


Magnet Operation

The magnetic heads are a High Specification Pneumatically Switchable Permanent Magnet arrangement. The magnet weight to performance ratio makes it ideal for robot and gantry integration. The high-energy magnets retain their magnetism indefinitely never needing to be re-energised. The magnet arrangement is determined during the design stages; this takes account of all product types that require moving. The magnetic face is supplied with a stainless steel contact / wear plate. To give the unit rigidity and long life. High quality precision bearings and pneumatic cylinders are used.

Compressed air is used to switch the magnet On / Off, the magnet remains on in the event of total air failure.

This failsafe feature is extremely beneficial in the environments where these magnets operate. The magnetic head movement is enclosed reducing the risk of contamination with your products in pre-filling applications. The magnet head will pick up product through normal packaging materials or even boxed products if required. Air pressure required: 5 bar minimum, 7 bar maximum.

Additional Options Available

  • Magnetic state sensors - feed back of magnetics state achieved using on / off reed switches. Normally supplied as standard
  • Vertical Compliance assemblies - vertical compliance assemblies ennsure magnet head is correctly seated on the product. 100mm of vertical movement
  • Over travel sensors - crash protection on each vertical compliance assembly provided by non-contact proximity sensor
  • Part present sensors - each magnet has two non-contact inductive sensors to give part present sensing below the contact face
  • Layer pad removal - integrated vacuum pads located in the magnet face allow lifting of layer pad and complete layer of product simultaneously. Layer pad / packing material can be moved to separate location after product has been released. Vacuum usually supplied by onboard venturies.
  • Pallet removal - pneumatically operated jaws integrated into magnet head. These clamp under the pallet.
  • Adjustments can be made so jaws can accommodate different pallet sizes.

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Material,Handling,Magnets,Grippers,Manipulators,Transporters,Conveyors,Gantry,Storage,Beams,Eclipse,MagneticsSpecial Applications

Applied Magnetic Systems have earned an excellent reputation for designing and manufacturing special applications, represented and fully supported by a time served engineering team. This team has accumulated over 200 years of experience in the field of magnetic applications.

This experience allows Eclipse Magnetics to work with you the customer, to meet the exact needs and requirements of your application.

This expertise allows special bespoke products to be manufactured as the norm and surprisingly the cost of them are little more than the cost of a standard product, many being designed and manufactured in 4 - 6 weeks from placement of order.

Case Studies
Cannon Rubber

Quick-change system to hold quick change wooden formers for vacuum forming rubber products. Vacuum / Magnetic bed with 4 independently switchable zones including a central vacuum area.

Nukem

Ultimate lifting device for picking and moving radioactive waste containers, ranging from 3 mm thick files filled with waste, through to sealed drums. Supply was a fully remotely actuated, hydraulically operated system, incorporating fully flexible magnet pads, capable of holding flat or radiused containers, all pads are self-adjusting.

Clancy Ltd

Multiple fixtures for cylindrically grinding engine components.

Designed to have repeatability on 1,000,000s of components ground to tight tolerances. Supply was rotary magnets affectionately named the "Hedgehog" because of its looks (see picture above). These units switch in two halves, the fixtures have multiple accurate locations that are hardened and ground. Initially ordering a single unit the fixture proved to be so successful that many are now in use, mass-producing auto components.

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Systems

Eclipse Magnetics can custom-engineer products and applications to your specification.

From individual magnet to custom built complete handling systems

Extremely quick turnaround

Full engineering support

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