We received a request from a producer of chocolate garnish for cakes, biscuits and yoghurt. The garnish is in the form of chips and granules that could possibly contain tiny pieces of metal less than <1 mm in diameter. This is a common problem in the produc...

Sirius Medical, located at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, launches a non-radioactive localization system for the improvement of breast cancer surgery. The exact location of the tumour is being marked by a very small implantable ‘seed’  in ...

Our customer, Solae Belgium S.A. (a Dupont company), is a supplier of ingredients to the food industry. They recently tightened internal control for metal contaminants in their products. To this end, they installed a new type of magnetic separator in their pow...

We received a request from a French company that makes nougat. (The wonderful Nougat de Montélimar!) They wanted to have the magnets in their production facility measured in order to – in their own words – satisfy the quality standards and e...

The automatically cleanable ‘Easy Clean flow’ magnetic separator removes metal particles and weakly magnetic stainless steel particles from powders as fine as 30 µm in the food, chemical, ceramic and plastic industries. The Easy Clean flow ma...

Cooperation between Dutch company Goudsmit Magnetics of Waalre and German company Sortatec has resulted in a mobile metal separator that separates both ferrous and non-ferrous metals from bulk flows. The magnetic separator is easy to position in the right...

Goudsmit's recently developed 'Fail Safe' magnetic sheet separator automatically separates steel sheets up to a thickness of approximately 4 mm. The separator is equipped with extremely powerful Neodymium magnets that can be switched...

In recent months we have seen a rise in the number of magnets being ordered by customers active in the sugar industry. I asked my colleague Arthur Jonkman what lies behind this. Arthur explains, “The European sugar market was protected until a few years ...

Double-walled magnetic filters from Goudsmit remove tiny iron particles as small as 30 µm from liquid chocolate. Heating the filter housing with warm water keeps the chocolate liquefied. The design of the magnetic filter was recently modified at a custom...

The Hyperloop is an alternative to the train or plane, but without energy costs, emissions or delays. Goudsmit will supply the magnets for this.   WHAT IS A HYPERLOOP? A Hyperloop is a kind of pneumatic tube dispatch system that transports people and go...

Goudsmit Magnetics recently redesigned its magnetic palletizer, which now consists of modules that are available in several versions. The maintenance-friendly magnet is suitable for palletizing and depalletizing tins, aerosol cans, canned goods and glass jars ...

We put this question to magnet expert Marc Teeuwen. He explains, 'Companies come to us with a problem concerning the integration of a magnet in a new or existing product. These magnets work together with sensors that guarantee flawless operation of countle...

An oil pipeline that runs from Rotterdam to Venlo in the Netherlands and then splits to continue on to two locations in Germany required partial replacement; this was the finding of an inspection at the distribution station in Venlo. After cutting through the ...

The recently developed intelligent mooring system from iDL, the intelligent Dock Locking System from Dutch company Mampaey Offshore Industries, is the world's first magnetic mooring system. It makes it possible for a London ferry to dock in just ten second...

Goudsmit Magnetics has developed a permanent, lightweight neodymium overbelt magnet based on a new design. This was done at the request of our customer Kok Lexmond which is active in the rubble processing recycling industry. The request was to make the rubble ...

From 29th September to 1st October 2020 the international exhibition Powtech will take place in Nürnberg, Germany. This is the World-Leading Trade Fair for Processing, Analysis, and Handling of Powder and Bulk Solids. You will find Goudsmit Magnetic Sys...