What’s Included on Apex Magnet’s Product Description Pages
When you head to a product page on our website, you may be surprised to find that there’s a lot of information to sort through! There are three tabs on each product page — “main details,” “more information,” and “product attachments.”
Below, we’ll go through what you can find in each of these tabs— and if you need to know anything else, we’re happy to try to help via phone or email!
Main Details
Here’s where you’ll find the quick info you’ll need, including the number of magnets in one order, along with the size, material, grade, magnetization, pull force, and SKU number. A few things to note:- The material will be either neodymium or samarium cobalt magnets, as that’s all we sell at Apex!
- The grade is a good, quick measure of the strength of a magnet. Neodymium has a grade range of 35-52; pull force, on the other hand, varies with the grade or N number. If you double the N number, you’ll find roughly double the pull force.
- Pull force and magnet strength can often be confused. A magnet's pull force is essentially the force needed to pull two magnets apart or remove a magnet from some other surface. For more info on how to find pull force, check out this blog!
- SKU numbers can help with easy ordering!
More Information
In addition to the details found under “main details,” the “more information” tab provides, well, more information. This additional information includes magnetization-shape-direction, coating, shape, diameter/length (fractional), thickness (in inches and mm), maximum operating temperature, and magnetization direction. A few things to note:- Our most popular magnet shape options at Apex, which you can read more about here, are disc, bar, cube, cylinder, and sphere.
- The coating options include rubber, plastic, nickel, and combinations like nickel, copper, and another nickel layer. To read about how coatings will affect magnet strength, read this article!
- The maximum operating temperature is important to note as magnets can become demagnetized under extreme temperatures — hot or cold! A magnet’s Curie value shows the range that magnets can withstand before being permanently demagnetized.
- Finally, the magnetization direction options are either diametric or axial. If you didn’t know, magnets aren’t magnetized until long after they’re formed! Magnets are either pressed in the presence of a magnetic field or undergo a die upsetting press that orients the magnetic domains in one direction, as magnets can only form in one direction, or else they lose their strength. A magnet’s direction cannot be changed once it’s made, so knowing the direction is important when ordering! For in-depth information on how we magnetize magnets here at Apex, check out this blog post and video!
Product Attachments
Finally, the "product attachments tab will provide data sheets and certifications, including REACH Certification, MSDS, and RoHS Compliance Statements. Let’s break down what each of these is:- REACH Certificate (of Compliance) certifies that a product is compliant with the EU REACH regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. It can be a testing report or statement issued by a third-party testing organization. It could also be a self-declaration.
- MSDS, or rather, Material Safety Data Sheet, provides product and supplier information, composition, hazard information, handling and storage, and disposal considerations. You can also find information on our blog — head here for best practices of using magnets, here for Magnet Safety 101, and here for information on recycling/disposing of magnets.
- RoHS Compliance Statement is a statement from us at Apex. It reads: Apex Magnets certifies that all NdFeB Magnets and magnetic assemblies supplied by Apex Magnets are in compliance and conform to the European Union's Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC, 2011/65/EU (RoHS2) and 2015/863 (RoHS3). All NdFeB magnets and magnetic assemblies supplied by Apex Magnets will have less than the RoHS limits stated below for the seven restricted use substances. This Declaration is based on our analysis, vendor supplied analysis or material certifications, and/or lab test results of the component raw materials used in the manufacture of Apex Magnets.