Magnets for Industry

Magnets for Industry

We are the nation’s leading supplier of American-made professional grade industrial magnetic products for use in debris removal, lifting, separating and sweeping. Manufactured with Grade-8 Permanent Magnets and Rare Earth magnets.

We are the nation’s leading supplier of American-made professional grade industrial magnetic products for use in debris removal, lifting, separating and sweeping. Manufactured with Grade 8 Permanent Magnets and Rare Earth magnets.

Made in USA

American Made Matters!

It is not our goal to have the lowest-priced product in the industry. The marketplace is flooded with inferior imitation products with horrible build quality and sub-par performance. There is a reason that some products may appear to be “great deals”, but they don’t work well and they don’t last.

Magnets for Industry: Top Sellers

Magnets for Industry: Top Sellers

Products capable to support military applications

We are the nation’s leading supplier of American-Made and professional grade industrial magnetic products. Our products are great for debris removal, lifting, separating, and sweeping.

  • Tow-Behind Magnets

    4

  • Magnetic Sweepers

    5

  • Magnetic Brooms & Rakes

    4

    Shields Magnetics

    Since our inception in the early 1980s as a manufacturer of magnetic sweepers, we have grown to become the United States’ largest supplier of professional grade magnetic sweepers, as well as one of the world’s most prominent industrial magnetic equipment suppliers.

    Shields Magnetics proudly serves a diverse clientele spanning a range of industries, including aviation, warehousing/distribution, and countless others. Our products facilitate the behind-the-scenes operations of businesses of all sizes.

    Project Blue

    We are taking small steps to make Earth a better planet!

    Where we can’t clean up the workplace, we are focused on doing our part to help clean up, on a larger scale, the environment. “PROJECT BLUE” is our company non-profit initiative which will donate 5% of all e-commerce sales to the BLUE NATURE ALLIANCE, a global partnership with Conservation International which seeks to catalyze the conservation of over 11 million square miles of oceans over five years.

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    • Tow-Behind Magnets

      4

    • Retrieving Magnets

      2

    • Magnetic Sweepers

      5

    • Magnetic Brooms & Rakes

      4

    • Lifting Magnets

      2

    • Hand-Held Magnets

      1

    • DAGS Magnetic Fork Covers

      1

    • Conveyors & Separators

      6

    Browse by category

    • Tow-Behind Magnets

      4

    • Retrieving Magnets

      2

    • Magnetic Sweepers

      5

    • Magnetic Brooms & Rakes

      4

    • Lifting Magnets

      2

    • Hand-Held Magnets

      1

    • DAGS Magnetic Fork Covers

      1

    • Conveyors & Separators

      6

    Johnson Controls Customer Testimonial

    Your MKS 4000 Tow Behind Magnetic Sweeper magnet is doing wonders for our Auto Facility in the rail yard. It is picking up metal so small it’s barely visible to the eye. Thank you!

    Melissa Fine, Facilities Supervisor
    Johnson Controls, Inc, Global Workplace Solutions BNSF Railways

    Georgia Port Authority

    We get what we order as soon as we want it and the products save us a lot of money and time by removing all the screws, nails and hardware from our terminal facilities.

    Don Kessler
    Georgia Port Authority

    YRC

    The merchandise delivers as promised and continues to keep our downtimes minimal – That’s critical in our industry.

    Dave Setser, Terminal Manager
    Yellow Freight Systems

    Who Uses Our Magnetic Products?

    International Distributors

    Shields Magnetics has distribution agents available around the globe. If you are interested in ordering a quality Shields Magnetics product outside of the United States, please click the button below to see our list of approved International Distributors.

    Airlines and Airports

    Airlines, Airports & Flightlines

    The products most used in terminal areas, flightlines, tarmacs, and runways are the Type ALT Magnetic Sweeper, Type A.R. Auto-Release Magnetic Sweeper and MKS4000 and MKS5000 Tow-Behind Magnetic Sweepers.

    Forklifts and Material Handling

    Forklifts & Material Handling

    One of the more popular uses of magnetic sweepers is within the material handling industry. Forklift users typically mount magnetic sweepers on the forks of the forklift or underneath the forklift enabling the magnet to pick up damaging ferrous metal on demand.

    Aggregate

    Aggregate & Materials Processing

    Large stone and sand and gravel operations exist near most cities. Stone manufacturers depend on a variety of heavy equipment including earth-movers, belt conveyors, and machines designed for crushing and separating various sizes of aggregate based on application.