Carpenter Technology manufactures semi-hard and hard magnet alloys that are ductile and can be fabricated by bending, drawing, cold rolling, machining and stamping. After fabrication, these alloys require a final heat treatment to achieve the desired magnetic characteristics.

These alloys can provide versatile alternatives to higher coercivity materials which, although they provide the magnetic properties required for countless applications, are difficult to fabricate because of their brittleness. Also, some of the higher coercivity materials may exhibit poor corrosion resistance and less than desirable temperature stability.

CarTech P6 alloy is a cobalt base precipitation hardened alloy, similar to Vicalloy, which combines the advantages of high hysteresis loss and low magnetizing force into one material.

It exhibits the highest efficiency (loss per unit magnetizing force) of any known material. CarTech P6 alloy has been used for hysteresis motor applications because of this feature.

Applications:
Ductile Magnetic alloys have been used for biasing magnets in meters and magnetic actuators, as magnetic coded devices, field coils for DC motors and servos, and hysteresis motor laminations.