Development of Nd-Fe-B rubber-bonded permanent magnets: Magnetic and mechanical characterization

Abstract

In this work, the mechanical and magnetic properties of a new Nd-Fe-B filled Hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) mixtures are investigated. The mass fraction of the magnetic particles was specifically modified to determine the magnetic and mechanical property trends. The particles have isotropic properties, so no magnetic fields are used for particle orientation during vulcanization. Increasing the filler concentration of the Nd-Fe-B powder leads to a reduction of the tensile strength and an increase in density, elongation at break and hardness of the mixture. The vulcanization times of the compound at different vulcanization levels show hardly any differences by changing the degree of filling. By increasing the filler content from 67% to 80%, the viscosity of the compound increases by a factor of 1.41, which has a strong influence on the processability of the material. Increasing the filling degree of the powder leads to an increase in remanence and the coercivity field strength H_cB. For the coercivity field strength H_cJ, hardly any change is detected due to the variation in filling level.