Author Archives: James McKenzie

MMM 2025, Palm Beach, USA

Hirst is proud to be exhibiting at The 70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM25), held at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA from October 27-31, 2025. In addition Hirst will be presenting a poster on using its award winning Pulse Field Magnetometer (PFMs) to measure initial magnetisationContinue reading “MMM 2025, Palm Beach, USA”

New 3 axis bench top gaussmeter added to the range

The GM93B gaussmeter connects to a Windows PC or battery powered laptop and comes with a powerful visualisation and logging software package, HirstMagLab v1.  The GM93B gaussmeter simultaneously measures the three component axes of the magnetic field, allowing for an accurate reading of field intensity, regardless of how the probe is held. An optional probe mountContinue reading “New 3 axis bench top gaussmeter added to the range”

REPM2025 July 27th – 31st, 2025, Tsukuba, Japan

The Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Workshop is a biennial event that focuses on advances in the science and technology of rare earth permanent magnets. It highlights recent developments in the design and implementation of high-performance permanent magnets for energy applications. This year it will be held in Tsukuba, Japan. REPM2025 (The 28th International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent MagnetsContinue reading “REPM2025 July 27th – 31st, 2025, Tsukuba, Japan”

National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, UK, install new PFM08-40 MT

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, UK, install a new 08-40 MT Pulsed Field Magnetometer (PFM). This is a replacement for the aging Hirst PFM15-50 from 2014 and gives NPL a full -40℃ to +220℃ temperature test range on magnetic samples up to 40mm in diameter.  For more information on NPLs magnetic test capabilities click here For moreContinue reading “National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, UK, install new PFM08-40 MT”

Generation 8 PFM – revision 3 hardware delivers fully modular PFMs

The third revision of the PFM08 hardware platform contains improvements to the Automated Sample Handling (AH) Pulsed Field Magnetometers (PFM) specifically the PFM08-10 HT AH and the PFM08-40 HT/MT AH making these fully modular with interchangeable pickup coils, faster charging, class leading precision sample temperature control and extended sample temperature test ranges. The class leading precision sample control is further improved with theContinue reading “Generation 8 PFM – revision 3 hardware delivers fully modular PFMs”

New Automated sample Handling (AH) version of PFM08-10 added to the Generation 8 PFM range

The new 08-10 AH version brings the measurement automation technology of the 08-40 to the best selling but previously manual 10mm diameter sample PFM, the PFM08-10 MH. The 08-10 AH price is comparable to the PFM08-10 HT MH (which replaced the older PFM14 in 2023) but offering all the labour savings of the 08-40, makingContinue reading “New Automated sample Handling (AH) version of PFM08-10 added to the Generation 8 PFM range”