Magnets including a coating and related methods are described herein. The coating may include an aluminum layer. The aluminum layer may be formed in an electroplating process.

A production method for a rare earth permanent magnet, wherein: a sintered magnet body comprising an R.sup.1FeB composition (R.sup.1 represents one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) is immersed in an electrodeposition liquid obtained by dispersing a powder containing an R.sup.2 oxyfluoride and/or an R.sup.3 hydride (R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) in a solvent; an electrodeposition process is used to coat the powder onto the surface of the sintered magnet body; and, in the state in which the powder is present on the surface of the magnet body, the magnet body and the powder are subjected to a heat treatment in a vacuum or an inert gas at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet.

A production method for a rare earth permanent magnet, wherein: a sintered magnet body comprising an R.sup.1FeB composition (R.sup.1 represents one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) is immersed in an electrodeposition liquid comprising a slurry obtained by dispersing a powder containing an R.sup.2 fluoride (R.sup.2 represents one or more elements selected from among rare earth elements, including Y and Sc) in water; an electrodeposition process is used to coat the powder onto the surface of the sintered magnet body; and, in the state in which the powder is present on the surface of the magnet body, the magnet body and the powder are subjected to a heat treatment in a vacuum or an inert gas at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for forming an electrolytic copper plating film having excellent adhesion on the surface of a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet. The method of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that after a magnet is immersed in a plating solution, a cathode current density of 0.05 A/dm.sup.2 to 4.0 A/dm.sup.2 for performing an electrolytic copper plating treatment is applied thereto over 10 seconds to 180 seconds to start the treatment.

A production method for a rare earth permanent magnet, wherein: a sintered magnet body comprising an R.sup.1FeB composition (R.sup.1 represents one or more elements selected from rare earth elements including Y and Sc) is immersed in an electrodeposition liquid obtained by dispersing a powder containing an R.sup.2 oxide (R.sup.2 represents one or more elements selected from rare earth elements including Y and Sc) in a solvent; an electrodeposition process is used to coat the powder to the surface of the sintered magnet body; and, in the state in which the powder is present on the surface of the magnet body, the magnet body and the powder are subjected to heat treatment in a vacuum or an inert gas at a temperature equal to or less than the sintering temperature of the magnet.

An apparatus and method for plating magnetic cores by periodically transferring a plate directly back and forth between a metal plating environment and an insulation deposit environment. This direct metal to insulation to metal plating is enabled by a nano-scale insulation layer that provides an imperfect coverage of the metal layer while still keeping sufficient insulation to prevent eddy current formationeven during high-frequency current applications. Therefore, this invention enables the practical creation of magnetic cores having layers with widths even under one nanometer and can generate cores having a layer scale that can be varied to suit a variety of uses in the microelectronic industry.

The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a permanent magnet material. In this method, an ionic liquid electroplating process is used to electroplate a heavy rare earth metal onto a surface of a sintered magnet to form a magnet with a coating, wherein the sintered magnet has a thickness of 10 mm or less in at least one direction; in the ionic liquid electroplating process, an electroplating solution comprises an ionic liquid, a heavy rare earth salt, a group VIII metal salt, an alkali metal salt and an additive, an anode is a heavy rare earth metal or a heavy rare earth alloy, a cathode is the sintered magnet, an electroplating temperature is 20-50 C., an electroplating time is 15-80 min. The preparation method of the disclosure can improve an intrinsic coercive force of the magnet with low cost and high production efficiency. A utilization rate of heavy rare earth is high.

A thin film type coil component including coil patterns in a cross section shape having an undercut in lower portions thereof is provided. The coil patterns may reduce parasitic capacitance between the coil patterns, thereby minimizing electrical loss. The volume of the coil patterns may be increased, thereby improving inductance and resistance characteristics.

An electrodepositing apparatus is provided comprising an inner tank (1) filled with an electrodepositing solution, an outer tank (3), a feedback means (4), a rectifying member (5) disposed in the inner tank (1), a means (8) for holding an article (p), a counter electrode (6), and a power supply (9). The electrodepositing solution is circulated in such a way that it overflows the inner tank and is fed back from the outer tank to the inner tank by the feedback means, the flow of the solution is rectified by the rectifying member to keep flat the solution surface in the inner tank, a selected portion of the article is immersed in the solution, and the coating agent is electrodeposited on the selected portion of the article.

A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a heat sink structure, wherein the magnetic write head is free of voids at the media facing surface. After forming the write pole, a chemical mechanical polishing process is performed prior to defining the heat sink structure. Planarizing the write pole structure by chemical mechanical polishing prior to forming the heat sink structure advantageously reduces the topography over which the heat sink structure. This mitigates shadowing effects from the write pole structure and prevents the formation of voids at the media facing surface.