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Magnet Shapes

Disc Magnets

Disc magnets are thin, flat and circular. The diameter of a disc magnet is always greater than its thickness. Cost effective and versatile, a disc...

Ring Magnets

Similar to disc magnets, ring magnets are a thin flat design featuring a central hollow or cavity. Specifications for these types of magnets are measured...

Pot Magnets

Pot magnets, also known as holding discs, are generally used for gripping, clamping and fixing components together. Some Pot magnets have a central void. Others...

Block Magnets

Block magnet forms are either rectangular, square or a cube. They all have six sides and joined elevations are at right angles with each other....

Arc Magnets

Arc shaped magnets are the most widespread and the most useful because of their vital role in motors and generators, converting an electrical current into...

Cylinder Magnets

Specifications for cylinder magnets are given according to their height and diameter. These types of magnets have straight parallel sides, are circular in cross section...

Magnetic Hooks

Regardless of their exact shape or particular size, magnetic hooks serve to keep valuables in one place, out of harm’s way for simple retrieval when...

Bar Magnets

Bar Magnets are a universal rectangular shape for magnetic material and can be used for almost any application due to the variety of magnetic material...

Circular Magnets

AMF Magnetics huge range of Circular Magnets - also known as Disc Magnets - amount to more than 100 in total, all made from different...

Rare Earth Ring Magnets

Rare Earth (Neodymium) Ring Magnets are a handy alternative to Rare Earth Discs because, while they aren’t as magnetically strong, the hole in the middle...

Micromagnets, tiny but powerful Neodymium Magnets!

Micromagnets are tiny but powerful Neodymium magnets that are generally less than 4mm in any dimension. AMF supplies micromagnets with dimensions as small as 1mm....