Cone magnets - Neodymium

When to use a conical magnet?

There are various reasons for using cone-shaped magnets. It could be the design of a tool or a machine that only has room for a cone shape. Or it may be in a situation where it is smart to have a small magnetic surface on one side and a larger one on the other side.

But did you know that they are also smart for glass boards? The design means that you can "tilt" them off the glass board if you attach the magnet with the small side on the glass so that the largest magnetic side is outwards. This also gives you the perfect grip on the magnets for easier use.

And they are nothing short of brilliant as magnets for knife holders or as tool magnets: if you attach the large face to metal, you get a pointed magnet that can hold your knife or tool, and when you have to take the knife or tool off the magnet again, it's easy because the surface against the knife or tool is small, while the large "back" has a full grip against the metal surface, so that the magnet doesn't come off when you take your tool off the magnet.

Conical magnets can be used on both sides

Although it is a different kind of magnet type because of its shape, it works somewhat the same way as most other magnets with a North pole and a South pole that are monopolar to all other magnetic surfaces (i.e. they are attracted to metal boards, steel shelving, refrigerators etc. and can only repel other magnets). And cone shaped magnets can therefore be used on both sides.

It depends on the purpose, how you should turn them:

• If you need a large surface with magnetism, where it is easy to take down/off the magnet again, you must attach it with the smallest side against the magnetic board etc.
• If you need to hang something where a very strong magnet is needed, but where it is what hangs on the magnet that must be easy to remove, while the magnet just stays put, you must attach it with the largest side against the magnetic board etc.