Most useful commercial magnets are anisotropic, which means that they have an “Easy” or preferred direction of magnetization and that an orientation field was applied during the compaction stage of the manufacturing process.
It is essentially impossible to magnetize the resulting anisotropic magnet alloy other than in the Direction of Orientation; however, various pole configurations can be achieved without conflicting with the magnet material’s orientation.
Below are conventional and standard industry options for the MAGNETIZATION directions of Ceramic/ Ferrite Magnets.
Disc Geometry
Polarity Nomenclature: Typically the arrowhead indicates the North pole of the magnet. For symmetric geometries indicating the location of a particular pole is unnecessary, but for non-symmetric geometries identifying a particular pole location is very important.
Example: An axially Magnetized disc magnet does not require communication as to the NORTH pole’s position, but a radial arc does. One must indicate if the NORTH pole is to reside on the Inner radius or Outer Radius.
Block Magnet
Multiple Poles on One-Face Can Be Achieved with Ceramic Magnets:
Ring Geometry
Multiple Poles on One-Face Can Be Achieved with Ceramic Magnets:
Arc Segment Geometry
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