Author Archives: James McKenzie

Developing next generation PFMs through the KTN Innovation Exchange (iX)

Hirst Magnetic Instruments Ltd seeks to use open innovation – via the Innovate UK iX approach (KTN-iX™) to understand the unexplored dynamic nature of eddy current and hysteresis losses in permanent magnets in motors and generators. Hirst Magnetics carry out magnetic measurements using a pulsed field magnetometer. The development of more powerful motors in theContinue reading “Developing next generation PFMs through the KTN Innovation Exchange (iX)”

Magnetic Materials and Applications 2023

We are exhibiting at MMA 23 – Nov 7th 2023 – Nov 9th 2023 Hanau, Germany. We are also giving a paper titled “Test developments in Pulsed Field Magnetometers including closed loop mapping” sharing the latest performance improvements of the recently launched Generation 8 PFMs. This paper is a joint paper between Hirst Magnetic InstrumentsContinue reading “Magnetic Materials and Applications 2023”

Innovate UK announce 12 projects that scale-up the manufacturing of underpinning net zero technologies to increase UK industrial resilience.

Hirst is pleased to be part of a project announced recently on 8.9.23 by Innovate UK funding 12 projects that scale-up the manufacturing of underpinning net zero technologies to increase UK industrial resilience. https://www.ukri.org/news/driving-the-electric-revolution-competition-invests-in-net-zero-manufacturing-tech/ Driving the electric revolution summary UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge Fund delivered by Innovate UK is funding theContinue reading “Innovate UK announce 12 projects that scale-up the manufacturing of underpinning net zero technologies to increase UK industrial resilience.”

Innovate UK announce 16 projects to strengthen the UK supply chain of critical materials

Hirst is pleased to participate in a project announced on the 11.9.23 by Innovate UK (as part of the 40 UK organisations working on 16 innovation projects benefiting  a £6.6 million investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of the critical minerals we rely on everyday.  The Critical Materials forContinue reading “Innovate UK announce 16 projects to strengthen the UK supply chain of critical materials”

Generation 8 PFM range now include new options for small sample measurements

Hirst Magnetic Instruments Ltd, is pleased to announce an extension to the range of its award-winning Pulsed Field Magnetometer (PFM) products. New user changeable high sensitivity pick up coils (PUC) allow a PFM customer to buy a generation eight PFM for a larger sample size and either at the time or later purchase an upgrade kitContinue reading “Generation 8 PFM range now include new options for small sample measurements”

Generation 8 PFM range extended to cover larger magnet sample sizes up to 70mm as standard

Hirst Magnetic Instruments Ltd, is pleased to announce the extension of the range of its award-winning Pulsed Field Magnetometer (PFM) products – the new products are aimed at large sample testing and quality control for magnet users – specifically EV motor makers with sample test temperatures from ambient to 230 oC. As standard certain models in theContinue reading “Generation 8 PFM range extended to cover larger magnet sample sizes up to 70mm as standard”

REPM 23

Hirst is silver sponsor and will be attending and exhibiting at REPM 23 on the 4-7th September 2023 held at Birmingham University. REPM 23 is the 27TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RARE EARTH AND FUTURE PERMANENT MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS https://uobevents.eventsair.com/repm2023/ – come and see us there

Generation 8 PFM range extended to cover smaller samples

Hirst Magnetic Instruments Ltd, is pleased to announce the extension of the range of its award-winning Pulsed Field Magnetometer (PFM) products – the new products are aimed at small sample testing and quality control for grain boundary diffusion (GBD) magnets allowing users to test sample sizes down to 1x1x1mm and with sample test temperatures from ambientContinue reading “Generation 8 PFM range extended to cover smaller samples”