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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2012.22.3.109

Rare Earth Dispute and Trend in Development of NdFeB Anisotropic Bonded Magnets  

Kim, H.J. (R&D Center of Jahwa Electronics Co. Ltd.)
Kim, S.M. (R&D Center of Jahwa Electronics Co. Ltd.)
Abstract
NeFeB anisotropy bonded magnet has proposed a new paradigm of weight reduction of small motors by replacing the conventional ferrite permanent magnets with its high magnetic property of 25 MGOe during last five years. It has also advanced by leaps and bounds in the field of motor industry for automobiles and electric power tools. And it has led a new innovation of fifty percent weight lightening compared to its current motors by correctly focusing on fuel performance improvement through weight lightening that automobile industry chased. There was, however, another price skyrocketing in 2011 after China had announced its export regulation in rare earth materials in July, 2010. And this price change has an extensive impact on the industries that consume rare earth magnets. This environmental change has caused technical challenge to improve the performance by using least amount of rare earth elements in NdFeB anisotropy bonded magnets, and led to make a new technical approach to a new applied field. In this article, we will show how each nation deals with this industrial issue, and introduce development trend and application of anisotropic NdFeB bonded magnets, so-called MAGFINE made by Aichi Steel Corp.
Keywords
rare earth; anisotropic; bonded magnet; NdFeB; weight reduction; motor;
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