About DuraMagnetics, Inc.

History

Dura Magnetics was incorporated in 1961 and was established as a production Alnico magnet alloy fabricator.  For the next 25 years Dura was a leader in Alnico fabrication and shipped an average of 1 to 2 tons of finished product per month.  The development of proprietary cutting technology allowed Dura to remain at the forefront of Alnico fabrication. 

Dura's market dominance waned as the North American Mills established their own in-house fabrication facilities and inexpensive Brazilian and Russian magnets flooded the marketplace.  Without a cost advantage in the Alnico production arena, Dura established a comprehensive group of metal working products and assemblies marketed under the DURAMAGŪ trade name.

In the mid 1990's offshore competition from China increased in the magnet assembly marketplace and our traditional catalog and industrial supply customer's sought out products produced in lower labor areas. 

At this time, Dura's executive management decided to modify the existing business model and target applications where a high degree of technology and capability are required.  For the next several years, capital investments were made to the facility, training, equipment, and software.  Dura concentrated on it's core competency of manufacturing and fabrication of magnet alloys and stepped out of the commodity marketplace.

These improvements were the cornerstone of what Dura is today, a comprehensive solution provider to industry and academia.  Dura is now a premier Engineer to Order manufacturer with state of the art design and production facilities.  We are constantly striving to add complimentary functions in order to consistently deliver value to the marketplace.


Capabilities

Design and Engineering

Dura offers a full service development capability employing a variety of 2D and 3D magnetic simulation packages.  A variety of standard and exotic alloys are stocked for prototype fabrication or production products.  Dura designs and manufactures solutions for:

  • Material Handling
  • Metal Separation
  • Aerospace and Defense programs
  • Sensor triggering
  • Thin Film Deposition and Magnetic Annealing
  • Metal working
  • Electromagnetic Applications
  • Electro Mechanical devices
  • Various Holding applications


Equipment

  • CNC Turning and Milling machines
  • Sinker and Wire EDM
  • High Energy Magnetizers
  • Blanchard and Surface Grinding
  • ID and OD, and centerless Grinding
  • Production and precision cut-off equipment
  • Sheet metal fabrication equipment
  • Variety of metal joining equipment


Quality Level

Modeled after Mil-Spec 45208A

  • Inspections tools for a variety of dimensional and visual inspections
  • Magnetic testing equipment for measurements of Field Density and Field Strength
  • Hysteresisgraph for magnetic characteristic measurement
  • Varity of associated equipment for electronic and performance evaluations