Magnets

Electric motors use magnets to transform electrical energy into mechanical motion.

Motors rely upon two small permanent magnets and one electromagnet created by winding wire around metal. This electromagnetic coil acts as an electrical conductor; as the current passes through, it fuses together multiple fields from separate turns of wire to create a stronger magnetic field. Attracting and repelling forces between the smaller field magnets create a rotational motion, which the rotor's electromagnet sustains by reversing polarities.

Magnets commonly used in electric motors include:
  Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) magnets

Neodymium (NdFeB) magnets

Ferriite (ceramic) magnets

Alnico (AlNiCo) magnets

Browse below to find the right magnets for your electric motors: