Read the “takes enquiries” label first. Only 2 of the
8 can currently receive a message. The rest are reference material — genuinely useful
to read, but there is nobody to answer you on them, so send anyone with a real question to a site
that can reply, or to the form here.
The deep references
The two biggest sites, and the ones to send somebody who wants to understand coded magnets properly rather than buy one today.
takes enquiries
Multipole Mag — The definitive guide to programmable, coded & multipole magnets
One magnet. A printed pattern. A designed force. — Multipole Mag. What to know, where to start, and how to choose the right multipole business. See the guide.
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Mechanisms without moving parts. | Multipole
Mechanisms without moving parts. — Multipole. What to know, where to start, and how to choose the right business. See the guide.
The distributor sites
Three sites presenting the same Polymagnet range. They carry near-identical descriptions, which is worth knowing before you pick one to send somebody to: polymagnetics.com is the one that is furthest along and the only one of the three that can take an enquiry today.
takes enquiries
Magnets that align, latch, spring, and hold — on purpose
PolyMagnetics is a beta test distributor of Polymagnet programmable (coded) magnets — align, latch, spring, hold, detent and custom behaviors.
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Magnets that align, latch, spring, and hold — on purpose
CodedSpring is a beta test distributor of Polymagnet programmable (coded) magnets — align, latch, spring, hold, detent and custom behaviors.
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FerroSpring — Programmable (coded) magnets
FerroSpring is a beta test distributor of Polymagnet programmable (coded) magnets — align, latch, spring, hold, detent and custom behaviors.
Short explainers
Small, single-idea sites. Useful as a way in; not places to go looking for a part number.
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Coded magnets — magnets you can program to do a job | CodedMag
A coded magnet carries a designed pattern of poles, so it aligns, latches, springs, detents or releases with a twist — with no moving parts.
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Maxel — the magnetic pixel, and how coded magnets actually work | maxelmag.com
A maxel is one magnetic pixel. Arrange enough of them and a magnet stops being merely strong and starts behaving — aligning, latching, springing, releasing.
The manufacturer's own material
A mirror of Correlated Magnetics Research's own presentation of Polymagnet — the patented technology, the design software and the magnetisers.
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Home - Polymagnet – Polymagnet (Correlated Magnetics Research, Inc.)
Polymagnet offers patented technology, including programmable magnets, design software, and magnetizers, to help accelerate the commercialization of advanced magnetics.
What is on this site rather than the others.
The catalogue is sorted by what the magnet has to do — attach,
align, latch, torque, detent, spring, shear, twist and release. The
materials guide is the brand-neutral part: neodymium, samarium cobalt,
alnico, ferrite and flexible, with the temperature and corrosion trade-offs that usually decide
it. The brand directory lists the manufacturers across the industry.