Magnetic Product Description:

This alnico Horseshoe Magnet has a height of 28mm, a width of 25mm, and a depth of 8mm. It has a maximum temperature of 500⁰. Our horseshoe magnet is identified by the AMF Magnets part number 49013.

Uses for our Alnico Horseshoe Magnets:

The show pony of the ever extending magnet family, alnico horseshoe magnets are shaped like an actual shoe for a horse, but are designed in order to focus or concentrate the maximum amount of magnetic power.

Often the first magnet encountered in primary classrooms and science laboratories in higher education across the world, horseshoe magnets are the perfect magnet for demonstrating magnetisms unusual and deeply curious powers. The shape, a horseshoe, coupled with the magical seeming qualities of magnetism only adds to the mystique.

The horseshoe in mythology is considered lucky and is kept as a talisman to ward off evil spirits when nailed to the front door of a home. Suspended inside the home, suspicion holds that horseshoes are capable of attracting good luck that may be floating past. A horseshoe pointing upwards is said to act as a vessel for this passing luck, a luck trap! Others point the ends downward, insisting the luck showers directly onto their person.

Scrap metal dealers use an oversize, attention seeking horseshoe magnet, erected as a sign to attract customers. Huge fake horseshoe magnets as advertising signs remind potential customers of their stock and trade, to buy metal goods, (or goods containing metallic materials).

Some fast merchants choose to place a huge donut outside their fast food business. When confronted by a monstrous donut with a smiling face, pointing a horseshoe magnet at passers-by, the merchant is hoping you will be drawn into the shop and buy a donut.