MAGNETIC HOLDING DEVICE

摘要

A magnetic holding device (10) and a method for the manufacture thereof. The device (10) is used in the field of graphic arts such as foil stamping. The device (10) secures a steel back polymer plate to a heating element, for the purposes of transferring thin metal foil or leaf to paper, card, plastics material or similar media. The device (10) has a space locations a plurality of magnets (13) embedded in a body (14) of the device (10). The magnets (13) are preferably Samarium Cobalt Disk magnets and are held within the body (14) by means of an adhesive such as Loctite 620((R)*).