Permanent Overband Magnet Selection Criteria

Permanent Overband Magnets are commonplace in most mines and quarries, removing tramp ferrous metal and protecting crushers, screens and conveyors against damage. Overband Magnets are also widely used in recycling, recovering ferrous metals and protecting shredders against metal damage.  However, there are many different designs of Permanent Overband Magnet, developed to suit specific applications.  Understanding…

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Where to see Bunting-Redditch in 2024

Bunting’s magnetic separators, eddy current separators, metal detectors, and electrostatic separators are on tour again in 2024.  As of January 2024, Bunting-Redditch is exhibiting at the following shows and conferences: Ceramitec 2024 (9-12 April 2024 – Munich, Germany Ceramitec is the leading international trade fair for the ceramics industry. Ceramic engineers and specialists convene from…

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ICL Boulby Upgrades Magnetic Separators

ElectroMax-Plus Overband Magnet

ICL is making significant upgrades to their magnetic separators at their mine in North Yorkshire, England. The company has decided to replace an existing single air-cooled Overband Electromagnet with four modern ElectroMax Overband Magnets that have been designed and built by Bunting-Redditch. The ElectroMax Overband Magnets are a major improvement over the previous model, providing…

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University of Birmingham Students Visit Bunting-Redditch

University of Birmingham Chemical Engineering students visit Bunting

Second year Chemical Engineering students from the University of Birmingham visited Bunting’s Redditch manufacturing facility to gain a better understanding of the UK’s strong engineering and manufacturing sector. The BEng Chemical Engineering course at the University of Birmingham aims to develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed for a successful career in chemical engineering. …

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Laboratory WHIMS for Wardell Armstrong

Laboratory scale Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separator WHIMS

Wardell Armstrong, a leading global consultancy for mining and mineral processing, has acquired a laboratory-scale Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separator (WHIMS) from Bunting.  The laboratory WHIMS is for the consultancy’s material test facility located in Cornwall, United Kingdom.  The laboratory-scale WHIMS is part of Bunting’s range of small-scale high-intensity magnetic separators. Wardell Armstrong is a…

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Ilmenite Producer Purchases Magnetic Disc Separator

Magnetic Disc Separator

A European Ilmenite producer has purchased a 2-stage Magnetic Disc Separator (MDS).  The mineral processor originally purchased their first Magnetic Disc Separator in 1995. The new magnetic separator will provide additional processing capacity as well as guaranteeing continual production. The mineral ilmenite (FeTiO3) is mined for the production of titanium dioxide, which is commonly used…

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Bunting Buzzing at Hillhead 2022

Bunting Hillhead

The sun shone and the crowds filled the quarry at Hillhead 2022 (21-23 June, Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, UK). The return of the UK’s largest quarrying, construction and recycling exhibition attracted visitors from across the world. At Hillhead, Bunting was displaying magnetic separators, including an ElectroMax Overband Magnet and Permanent Suspended Magnet, as well as a…

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40-Year Old Hillhead Still Attracts Bunting

40-Year Old Hillhead Still

The first Hillhead was held in 1982 and over those 40 years Bunting has manufactured and supplied thousands of magnetic separators and metal detectors for use in the aggregate and recycling industry.  Once again, Bunting is exhibiting at the 2022 show (21-23 June, Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, UK), helping companies solve metal separation and detection problems…

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30 Year Magnetic Separator Market Evolution

30 year magnetic separator market evolution

Our Press Officer, Paul Fears, first became involved in marketing magnetic separators in 1989.  In this blog, Paul looks back at the evolution of the magnetic separator market. When I started my career in 1989, I had no comprehension of the importance of magnetic separators.  I quickly discovered that the technology was used in every…

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Eddy Current Separator and ElectroMax Sales Growth in 2021

Eddy current separator and Electromax sales growth

The demand for metal separators increased in 2021 on 2020, with exceptional growth in sales of both Eddy Current Separators and ElectroMax Overband and Suspension Magnets.  Sales growth followed an expansion in representation in overseas markets and increasing manufacturing capacity at Bunting’s Redditch facility in the UK. At the Redditch manufacturing plant, Bunting specialise in…

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