Patent ID: 6556115
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G11B,H01F

Abstract:
A magnetizing apparatus comprising:a base; a first coil box assembly having a first magnetizing coil; a second coil box assembly having a second magnetizing coil and the first and second coil box assemblies supporting the first and second magnetizing coils in opposed spaced relation; a shuttle blade adapted to support magnets to magnetize the magnets and operable along a shuttle blade stroke along a longitudinal axis between a retracted position and an operating position aligned with the opposed first and second magnetizing coils; a longitudinal gage to align a longitudinal position of the shuttle blade along the longitudinal axis; and a transverse gage to align a transverse position of the shuttle blade along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis, the longitudinal and transverse gages longitudinally and transversely locating the shuttle blade relative to the first and second coil box assemblies.