Generating and using high magnetic fields
by Amalia Patanè of University of Nottingham

This lecture reviews recent advances in the generation and use of high magnetic fields at the European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL). The EMFL unites, coordinates and reinforces all existing European large-scale high magnetic field research infrastructures in a single body. It includes the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses (LNCMI) with sites in Grenoble and Toulouse, the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML - Nijmegen) and the Hochfeld-Magnetlabor (HLD - Dresden) providing access to the highest continuous and pulsed magnetic fields in Europe. The HFML-Nijmegen and the LNCMI-Grenoble are committed to generate the highest continuous magnetic fields, currently up to 38 T. The HLD-Dresden and the LNCMI-Toulouse focus on non-destructive pulsed fields, currently up to 100 T, and semi-destructive fields up to 200 T. Besides the continuous improvement of the magnetic field strength, the realization and accessibility of top-class experimental infrastructure is of critical importance for science and technology. Existing experimental setups are continuously improved and experimental techniques, so far not often used in high fields, are developed, such as scanning-probe microscopy, high pressure and micro-calorimetry measurements.

The ZEPTO project: tuneable permanent magnets
by Ben Shepherd of STFC Daresbury Laboratory

Particle accelerators use huge amounts of energy to accelerate and guide beams of charged particles. Much of that energy goes into resistive magnets. Permanent magnet based devices offer an alternative, but at the cost of reduced adjustability. STFC’s Zero-Power Tuneable Optics (ZEPTO) project aims to give the best of both worlds – a focusing quadrupole magnet with a large adjustment range but using no energy in normal operation.

Dan Bunting of Advance Propulsion Centre UK

IMPACT: Working with industries on renewable energy and electrification
by Zi-Qiang Zhu of University of Sheffield

This presentation will focus on Sheffield’s industrial co-operation on renewable energy and electrification to illustrate the development of new research concepts, novel enabling technologies, and their impact on successful commercial applications, with particular reference to permanent magnet machines and systems. His own worked examples will be used for building the bridges among the government and industrial funding, fundamental and applied research, as well as R&D and commercial exploitation.

Stuart Clark of

Recycling of Rare Earth Magnets
by Lydia Pickering of University of Birmingham

The presentation will provide an overview of the activities performed by the Magnetic Materials Group at the University of Birmingham on recycling rare earth permanent magnets based on NdFeB

Magnet Production UK
by Paul Atherley of Pensana

Dave Kennedy of Hypromag