Gun magnet, also known as magnetic gun holster or magnetic gun holder, is a type of useful storage solution which can be utilized to mount weapon magnetically on every available hiding place, such as side panel of the vehicle, bedside table, and safe box. Gun magnet enables users to keep their weapons close during driving or sleeping, thereby, users can conveniently access it in the face of crisis and save your life. SDM has come across the gun magnets via Amazon in 2017, after that, with many types of research on gun culture in the United States, we learned about the highly controversial amendment-the 2nd Amendment. It says “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”, which was so frequently cited in the past and nowadays to remind the U.S citizens their rights in bearing arms.
Magnetic Circuit Design in Gun Magnet
Gun magnets are primarily built with sintered Neodymium magnet, steel plate, and plastic part. Numerous gun magnet distributors claimed that their products are constructed with N52 magnet which can hold weapons securely. N35 and N52 are shorthand for sintered Neodymium magnet grade with an (BH)max value of 35MGOe and 52MGOe, respectively. It is obviously concluded from relevant data that pull force of gun magnet yielded by N52 magnet is much stronger than N35 magnet. Sintered Neodymium magnet occupy the largest proportion of the whole cost and N52 is still one of the most expensive grades. In fact, magnetic design of gun magnet is not just restricted in magnet grade. The entire cost can decrease through the optimization of internal magnetic circuit. SDM can serve reliable and economical magnetic solution to help customer achieve cost-reduction in mass-produced products and new design.
Pull Force of Gun Magnet
There are numerous types of tac magnet on the market, and these magnets vary in design, dimension, and magnetic strength. Magnetic strength, or pull force, is absolutely the most critical parameter for the gun magnet in addition to product appearance and installation requirements. Gun magnets must have the strong enough pull force to hold the weapon securely. Pull force of gun magnet is mainly impacted by its internal magnetic circuit design and working face’s thickness of plastic part. Beside consideration of lightweight and durability, plastic part should also have thin enough thickness to obtain sufficiently strong pull force.
Rapid Prototyping of Customized Gun Magnets
Rapid prototyping is an effective path to verify design mentality. It will accelerate ideas to high-fidelity prototypes and shorten the mass production course. Designers would create temporary prototypes with basic tools but obtaining functional and production quality prototypes generally require the same process as mass-produced products. Conventional manufacturing process, especially injection molding, needs tooling cost which makes low-volume customized prototyping prohibitively expensive. It is really hard to seek a supplier which satisfies quality, cost, lead time, and low MOQ at the same time. Plastic part is undoubtedly become a bottleneck during the development process of new gun magnet. SDM fully understand how much designers looking forward to receiving getting their prototypes, therefore, SDM have been solved this pain point via 3D printing. 3D printing can offer almost unlimited shape freedom, then SDM can ensure 3-days rapid prototyping once confirmed designs without any tooling costs. Besides 3D printing for plastic part, SDM is also dedicated to providing customized color printed gun magnet without MOQ.
