Miniature Electromagnets

Kayto · Nov 12, 2003

Hello,
I'm searching for either a solenoid or an electro-magnet. The kicker is that I'm looking for a 0.25 diameter actuator. I only need to pull about a gram over 1 millimeter.
Preferably something I can mount to a circuit board.

Thanks,
Kayto

amptramp · Nov 14, 2003

http://www.blpcomp.com/index.php

Kayto · Nov 14, 2003

No, I'm talking really small solenoids. Thank you for the link, but I'm looking for something special, something I haven't found by web searching.
The 0.25" OD is the absolute upper limit in size. I'd be happy with a standard electromagnet that was 0.188" in diameter.

Anyone out there heard of something pretty unique?

Thanks,
Kayto

Comcokid · Nov 14, 2003

What you are looking for is similar in size to the pin drivers on a dot-matrix printer. The manufacturers of these built their own solenoid coils.

Kayto · Nov 14, 2003

Ah! Dot matrix. That's the scale I'm tlaking about.
We are lokoing into making our own coils, too, but would obviously rather not.

Thanks,
Kayto

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