Semicon Associates, a Ceradyne Company, has been manufacturing Samarium Cobalt magnets for more than 16 years using cutting edge manufacturing processes.

SEMICORE® Samarium Cobalt magnets are best used where size, weight, or resistance to demagnetization are critical. Semicon custom produces magnets specifically to customer requirements with 100% individual parts testing and tight dimensional tolerances (+/-.0005"). Semicon purchases high purity raw materials and controls the entire manufacturing process.

• Microwave amplifiers and oscillators for airborne equipment
• TWT modules for phased array radar
• Small motors for severe thermal conditions
• Hermetic magnetic couplings to replace shaft seals
• Lightweight generators, usually for aircraft
• Vane actuators for missiles
• Particle beam focusing, quadrupoles, lenses, wigglers, etc.
• Magnetic bearings, gyros, vacuum pumps, accelerometers
• Various mechanisms in disk drives, cameras, tape drives, and miniature loudspeakers and earphones; where small size is important