SINTERED MAGNET PRODUCTION DEVICE AND SINTERED MAGNET PRODUCTION METHOD

摘要

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a sintered magnet production system using a press-less method capable of minimizing the distortion of a sintered magnet. It is a system including: a filling device 11 for filling a cavity 211 of a container 21 with alloy powder of a material for a sintered magnet; an orienting section 13 for orienting the alloy powder held in the cavity 211 by applying a magnetic field without applying a mechanical pressure to the alloy powder; and a sintering section 15 for sintering the alloy powder oriented by the orienting section 13, by heating the alloy powder without applying a mechanical pressure to the alloy powder. The orienting section includes: an air-core coil 131; and two ferromagnetic members 132 made of a ferromagnetic material to be arranged within the air-core coil 131 at respective open ends of the air-core coil 131 with a space for containing the container 21 in between. The ferromagnetic members 132 adjust the magnetic field within the air-core coil 131 toward a direction parallel to the axis of the air-core coil 131, whereby the distortion of a sintered magnet is minimized.