What are the most common applications of neodymium rare earth magnets?

The most common places you’ll find neodymium rare earth magnets include:

• Retail signs and counter displays.

• Trade show booths and staging structures.

• Leather purses, bags, garments, and holsters.

• Custom boxes for premium products.

• Presentation folders and scrapbooks.

• Arts, crafts, and jewelry.

• Wood doors and cabinets as door latches.

• Health bracelets, bandages, and other medical devices.

• Window coverings and blinds.

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices.

• Audio speakers.

• Vacuum cleaners and other motorized household appliances.

• Bicycle dynamos.

• Computer hard drives.

• Wind turbine generators.

• Fishing reel brakes.

• Permanent magnet motors in cordless tools.

• High-performance AC servo motors.

• Traction motors.

• Integrated starter-generators in hybrid and electric vehicles.

• Mechanically powered flashlights, which use magnets to generate electricity from a shaking motion.

• Industrial, educational, scientific and testing/quality control applications such as verifying and maintaining product purity and equipment protection and integrity.

• Linear motors used in mag-lev trains and other motorized model equipment.

• Scientific applications such as diamagnetic levitation experimentation, the study of magnetic field dynamics and superconductor levitation.

• Electro-dynamic bearings.

• Roller coaster and other thrill ride technology.

• Magnet toys.

• Electric guitar pickups.

• Miniature figures and models.