Scrap

For scrap handling activities, SGM Magnetics designs and manufactures robust and reliable circular magnets and mega octagonal magnets specifically designed for this application and with the aim of offering maximum operational efficiency and durability.

In order to optimize heat dissipation, lifting performance, and magnet lifetime, SGM opts for anodized aluminum strips as the electrical conductors for its scrap magnets as a standard.

The SGM Mega Scrap Magnet is an alternative to circular scrap magnets specifically suited for belt loading with Consteel® technology.

Thanks to the double magnetic circuit (SGM patent), with the Mega Scrap Magnet the scrap is distributed over all the magnetic surface in a more homogeneous way with respect to the traditional circular scrap magnet, eliminating the “mushroom” effect.

When using Consteel® technology, it is necessary to reach a level of productivity which must remain constant in order to have savings in energy. By using the Mega Scrap Magnet for loading the belt feeding the Consteel, the loss of scrap is avoided and there is a more homogeneous distribution of the scrap over the whole surface of the belt.

Also, the tipping function (electronic device able to cut the voltage to the magnets for a very brief period) permits the operator to dose the drop of the scrap onto the belt.

The octagonal shape of the Mega Scrap Magnet together with the use of anodized aluminium (aluminium strip chemically transformed on its outer surface into an insulation material able to withstand temperatures beyond the melting point of the aluminium itself) permit the best possible dissipation of heat which is generated inside the magnet itself.

The result is optimization of the working cycle of the magnet.

The electrical equipment with integrated converter, is provided with the “over-excitation” function which significantly reduces the magnetization and demagnetization times.