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ermines performance of

enormous benefits to customers

A state-of-the-art software interface
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is used to record, manage, cate-
gorise and visualise measurement
data. Corresponding reports and
statistics can also be generated.

components that have undergone spe- process stages and consequently at the
cial annealing treatments – this is how- end product. In particular stampings and
ever a rather complex and expensive shaped components from the
method. SCHERDEL therefore takes a SCHERDEL plant in Waldershof or from
different approach and increasingly ad- SCHERDEL Feinschneidtechnik Chem-
dresses the primary material in coopera- nitz are measured and tested using the
tion with its suppliers. To determine the instrument often referred to as a coerciv-
properties of ferromagnetic materials, ity meter. The applied material qualities
SCHERDEL usually investigates the typ- range from unalloyed and low-alloyed
ical B-H curve characteristics as part of steels to high-alloyed stainless steels
the material selection process. The and nickel-based alloys. A special
curve represents the relationship be- SCHERDEL service, for instance, in-
tween the magnetising force H of the ex- volves carrying out laboratory measure-
ternal magnetic field and the resulting ments for customers to jointly develop or MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES – LOCATIONS – TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
flux density B. This curve can be used to optimise products. What this all means
determine four key characteristics: the is that every SCHERDEL customer and
retentivity and the saturation as well as partner is in the safest hands when it
the aforementioned characteristics per- comes to developing and manufacturing
meability and coercive field strength. components with magnetic properties.
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One of the guiding principles at
SCHERDEL is to invest in technology at
its in-house central lab to always provide
a fit-for-purpose, state-of-the-art facility.
This also applies to research and test
programmes for ‘components with mag-
netic functions’ and the related material
composition. When determining the co- www.scherdel.de
ercive field strength, a fluxgate magne-
tometer is used for carrying out mea-
surements to standard DIN EN 10330
Method B. It enables almost geometry-
independent and non-destructive mea-
surements both at the primary material
and at the component after various 5