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MICROMETALS – MAGNETIC CORES
Micrometals, Inc. was established in 1951, and is committed to supplying high quality iron powder cores to meet the needs of the electronics industry. As the technology has changed, new shapes, sizes and materials have been introduced to become industry standards. Iron powder has been used as a core material in RF circuits for many years. It is typically used to produce high “Q” inductors from 50 KHz and broadband transformers above 50 MHz. It is a preferred core material due to its stability, high “Q” frequency response, and power handling capabilities.
Micrometals offers iron powder cores produced to narrow permeability tolerances, which results in cores with close uniformity within lots and relative uniformity form lot to lot. Micrometals works closely with their customer’s engineering and supply chain teams to help them succeed and provide them with powder cores of uncompromising quality, performance and reliability.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – January 6, 2010 – Micrometals Incorporated announced today the purchase of the powder core business unit from Arnold Magnetic Technologies. The acquisition includes the manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China along with the Hong Kong sales office. This addition will expand the Micrometals product offering of well- known Iron Powder and 200C Series cores to include Arnold’s extensive range of MPP (molypermalloy powder), Sendust (MS), HI-FLUX® (50/50 nickel iron), Iron Silicon (FS) and other alloy based powder cores.
Micrometals is an engineering focused organization driven to deliver the industry’s best powder core solutions and serve those markets with the broadest selection of standard materials, shapes and sizes. We also have unmatched capabilities to provide quick-turn modified products, custom geometries and customized materials to solve challenging application requirements.
High Quality Iron Powder Cores For:
- Line Filters
- DC Chokes
- RF Inductors
- Dimmer Chokes
- RF Transformers
- Power Factor Correction
About Micrometals
The company began more than 65 years ago by Dick Barden and he and his family still continue to oversee operations today. Micrometals headquarters in Anaheim, California is the only powder core manufacturing facility remaining in the US.
In 2010, Micrometals acquired the alloy powder core products of Arnold Magnetic Technologies and began transforming that business into a leader in alloy powder cores. We continue to invest across our businesses with new materials, core shapes and production capabilities to help our customers maintain their competitive advantage.
In total, Micrometals has three global production facilities totaling more than 240,000 ft2 (22,300 m2) and we are the largest manufacturer of distributed gap powder cores. We also formulate our own powders to assure they meet our quality and performance standards and provide unmatched consistency to our customers. Our facilities meet or exceed the highest ISO standards.
Today, Micrometals serves thousands of customers around the globe, from winding houses to tier 1 manufacturers. Our products are widely used in power applications in nearly every major industrial market around the world including automotive, industrial, communications, medical, electronic,
home appliances, military and aerospace.