Vacuumschmelze

Materials/Manufacturing

Aclara Resources Building Vertically Integrated Mines-to-Magnets Enterprise in the Americas 

February 18, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Aclara Resources Building Vertically Integrated Mines-to-Magnets Enterprise in the Americas 

Aclara Resources is set for a transformative year with several key milestones on the horizon, says CEO Ramon Barua, who recently updated Magnetics Magazine on the status of the company’s projects. The developing operations span multiple countries in the Americas including Brazil, Peru, Canada and the United States as it forges a fully integrated mines to magnets business that is decidedly devoid of China.
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Electromagnetics

Power-Hungry Automobiles Stimulate Advancements in Magnetic Current Sensing that Apply Widely to Electrification Markets 

February 5, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Power-Hungry Automobiles Stimulate Advancements in Magnetic Current Sensing that Apply Widely to Electrification Markets 

Led by demands of the electric vehicle market but extending widely to many other applications, magnetic current sensors are increasingly replacing sense resistors and current transformers. A few examples of new magnetic current sensing products illustrate the rapid-fire developments that are bringing change.

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Materials/Manufacturing

UK Funds Recycling Projects with Ionic Technologies & Partners 

November 20, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on UK Funds Recycling Projects with Ionic Technologies & Partners 

Ionic Technologies, a Northern Ireland-based subsidiary of Australian minerals company Ionic Rare Earths, has secured significant new grant funding from the British government that support developing collaborative rare earth element supply chains within the UK. Two grants have been awarded under Innovate UK’s Climates program involving Ionic and several program partners — Vacuumschmelze, Less Common Metals, the Materials Processing Institute and Swansea University.

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Materials/Manufacturing

Cyclic Materials Opens Magnet Recycling Plant, Signs Supply Deals with Solvay & Vacuumschmelze 

July 31, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Cyclic Materials Opens Magnet Recycling Plant, Signs Supply Deals with Solvay & Vacuumschmelze 

Startup recycler Cyclic Materials is stepping out to commercial operation with the opening of its first-phase plant in Canada and two new supply chain deals – one with Solvay in Brussels and another with Vacuumschmelze of Germany who has a new magnet plant now under construction in the USA.

In early June, the Toronto-based company opened its Hub100 plant in Kingston, Ontario. The plant is the first scaled version of Cyclic’s hydrometallurgical technology, REEPure, and is positioned to demonstrate the feasibility of the technology at a commercial scale. The plant has a design capacity to recycle 100 tons of magnetic material per year, producing recycled mixed rare earth oxides (rMREO) that can be reused in the rare earth magnet supply chain, as well as nickel and cobalt hydroxides. […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Revolutionizing SiC Applications: New Gate Drive Transformer from VAC

July 23, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Revolutionizing SiC Applications: New Gate Drive Transformer from VAC

 VACUUMSCHMELZE (VAC), a manufacturer of high-quality inductive components, is excited to announce the launch of its latest gate drive transformer, the T60403-F5046-X102. This innovative component is specifically designed for silicon carbide (SiC) applications, setting new standards in speed, efficiency, and loss reduction. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Rare Earths Company Aclara Allies with VAC to Develop Permanent Magnet Supply Chain

July 10, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Rare Earths Company Aclara Allies with VAC to Develop Permanent Magnet Supply Chain

Aclara Resources Inc. has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG (“VAC”), which establishes a non-binding, non-exclusive, preliminary agreement, to jointly approach potential clients as a “mine-to-magnets” […]