A permanent magnet includes R and T (R essentially includes Sm one or more of rare earth elements in addition to Sm, and T essentially includes Fe, or Fe and Co, one or more of transition metal elements in addition to Fe, or Fe and Co). A composition ratio of R in the permanent magnet is 20 at % or more and 40 at % or less. A remaining part is substantially only T, or only T and C. T amount is more than 1.5 times of R amount and less than 4.0 times of the R amount. Main phase grains included in the permanent magnet have an Nd5Fe17 type crystal structure. An average crystal grain size of the main phase grains of the permanent magnet is greater than 1 m. A number ratio of main phase grains having a crystal grain size of less than 0.4 m is less than 20%.

Provided are a composite material having direct current superposition characteristics, low iron loss, and high strength, a magnetic core for a magnetic component and a reactor, the magnetic core and the reactor including the composite material, a converter including the reactor, and a power conversion device including the converter. A composite material includes a soft magnetic powder, a filler, and a resin portion enclosing the soft magnetic powder and the filler dispersed therein, wherein the filler has rubber and an outer circumferential layer that covers a surface of the rubber and that contains an organic substance, and the resin portion contains a thermoplastic resin.

The present invention relates to an SmFeN magnet material including: from 7.0 to 12 at % of Sm; from 0.1 to 1.5 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Hf and Zr; from 0.05 to 0.5 at % of C; from 10 to 20 at % of N; and from 0 to 35 at % of Co, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The present invention also relates to an SmFeN bonded magnet including a powder of the SmFeN magnet material and a binder.

A composite magnetic material includes magnetic particles with a first shape and a volume fraction. The composite material also includes a polymeric matrix surrounding the particles and has fractional remanence greater than 0.5. In an embodiment, a dispersion of magnetic particles in a continuous curable polymer matrix includes a particle volume fraction of greater than 60% and a fractional remanence of 0.5 or higher.

Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.

Disclosed is a plastic composite including a magnetic alloy material in an amount of about 20% by volume or greater on the basis of the total volume of the plastic composite. Accordingly, weight of the clutch may be reduced by about 0.4 kg and weight of the pulley can be reduced by about 0.4 kg with the result that overall weight may be reduced by about 0.8 kg.

The present invention relates to a method of producing an anisotropic magnetic powder having good magnetic properties. The method of producing an anisotropic magnetic powder includes: pretreating an oxide containing Sm and Fe by heat treatment in a reducing gas atmosphere to obtain a partial oxide; heat treating the partial oxide in the presence of a reductant at a first temperature of 1000 C. or higher and 1090 C. or lower and then at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and in the range of 980 C. or higher and 1070 C. or lower to obtain alloy particles; and nitriding the alloy particles to obtain an anisotropic magnetic powder.

A bond magnet molding is provided that contains coated magnetic particles having at least two layers of an oxide layer of 1-20 nm on a surface of magnetic particles and an organic layer of 1-100 nm on an outer side of the oxide layer. The bond magnet molding preferably includes a Zn alloy as a binder. The Zn alloy has a strain rate sensitivity exponent (m value) of not less than 0.3 and an elongation at break of not less than 50%. The magnet particles have a nitrogen compound containing Sm and Fe that are solidified using the binder at a temperature not higher than a molding temperature.

Disclosed are a gradient ring-shaped bonded magnet and a preparation method therefor, and a motor. The gradient ring-shaped bonded magnet includes: a magnet body and at least one reinforcement layer. The magnet body is a ring-shaped cylinder; the reinforcement layer is in pressing fit with a surface of the magnet body; a material of the magnet body is a first permanent magnet, and a material of the reinforcement layer is a second permanent magnet; and the coercivity property, the remanence property and/or the maximum working temperature of the second permanent magnet are/is higher than those of the first permanent magnet.

A method of producing a SmFeN-based rare earth magnet, the method including: dispersing a SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder comprising Sm, Fe, and N using a resin-coated metal media or a resin-coated ceramic media to obtain a dispersed SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder; mixing the dispersed SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder with a modifier powder to obtain a powder mixture; compacting the powder mixture in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic field compact; pressure-sintering the magnetic field compact to obtain a sintered compact; and heat treating the sintered compact.