Boksburg-based magnet manufacturer Mechani Mags, known in the market under its African Magnets brand, heads into the back half of 2026 with its sights set firmly on an expanding roster of overseas clients and on the custom conveyor magnet solutions it engineers for mining, processing and recycling operations across the globe.
Every piece of equipment is designed and fabricated in Gauteng before being shipped internationally, with the company partnering closely with each customer to build magnets matched to the precise material, conveyor arrangement and site conditions involved. With plants now reassessing their equipment strategies for the remainder of the year, Mechani Mags is highlighting both the adaptability of its bespoke engineering and the breadth of its worldwide supply and after-sales support.
Custom engineering for demanding conveyor systems
The heart of the Mechani Mags line-up is its range of magnetic separators, which strip ferrous tramp metal out of conveyed materials before that metal can wreck crushers, screens and other equipment further along the line. The company produces suspended overband belt magnets in self-cleaning and manual-clean formats, ferrochrome magnets that use rare earth magnet elements to pull ferrochrome away from slag, and heavy duty lifting magnets suited to scrap handling, ball loading and furnace loading.
Instead of selling from a fixed catalogue, Mechani Mags approaches each order as an engineering challenge to be worked out. Its engineers sit down with every client to establish the belt width, burden depth, throughput and available clearance, and from there design a unit that lives within those constraints. The magnets can run at any angle or orientation, above ground or below, and can be produced to meet the certification demands of hazardous environments.
An oil-free dry-type magnet at the front of the range
Leading the range is the DRY-TYPE suspended belt magnet, an oil-free electromagnet that African Magnets frames as a next generation solution for pulling tramp metal off conveyors. Since the dry magnetic separator operates with neither oil nor cooling fans, it eliminates the threat of coolant contamination and corrosion, makes maintenance easier and cuts the downtime that oil-filled units often require. Its energy efficiency rating matches IE4 standards, and it is engineered to produce the same magnetic strength while drawing considerably less electrical power.
This dry-type magnet is a self-cleaning overband belt design, fitted with a heavy-duty belt and a stainless steel slat fastener arrangement that ensures dependable metal removal and easy servicing. Built in is a belt-slip and tear detection system together with a PT100 temperature probe for round-the-clock monitoring, and a low head-room variant caters to sites short on vertical space. In practice, operators gain a magnet that keeps performing under dusty, high-throughput conditions while asking for far less manual attention.
Detection and separation working together
Guarding against tramp metal typically relies on detection and separation acting in tandem. When a conveyor metal detector signals that stray ferrous material is riding a moving belt, a properly specified overband magnet lifts that metal away from the product flow before it advances to the plant's next stage. Matching the magnet to the belt and the burden is what makes that transfer reliable, and it is a leading reason Mechani Mags manufactures to order rather than to a standard spec.
That same rigour extends to the ferrochrome magnet, purpose-built to separate ferrochrome from slag, and to the lifting magnets deployed in scrap and furnace work. Right across the range, the aim stays constant: keep unwanted ferrous material clear of the process, safeguard downstream equipment, and lift both safety and reliability on the line.
Global supply, local build
Manufacturing takes place at the company's head office and workshop in JetPark, Boksburg, from where Mechani Mags supplies and services its equipment for customers around the world. Pairing a local production base with an international customer base lets the firm keep a firm grip on quality and lead times while still serving operations far beyond South Africa. On-site repair and inspection services underpin the equipment, ensuring clients get support wherever their plants are located.
The company additionally runs a support programme covering repairs and upgrades, training, site inspections, compliance reporting and gauss testing. These offerings let operators verify that fitted magnets still deliver their rated field strength and continue to satisfy the standards expected of a modern conveyor system, a concern that applies just as much to ageing units as to fresh installations.
Why it matters now
With the mining, processing and recycling sectors finalising their operating and capital plans for the second half of 2026, conveyor protection stands out as a sensible way to cut unplanned stoppages. Just one fragment of tramp metal reaching a crusher or screen can inflict costly damage and lost output, and the price of that failure typically far outweighs the price of a properly specified magnet. Through its emphasis on custom engineering, oil-free efficiency and worldwide support, Mechani Mags is aligning its range with operators who want dependable separation minus the maintenance load of older technology.
Industries and applications served
The Mechani Mags range is engineered for the day-to-day demands of heavy industry, where conveyors shift huge quantities of ore, aggregate, recovered material and scrap on every shift. Within mining and mineral processing, its magnets shield crushers and mills from loose bolts, screen fragments and broken tooling. In recycling and waste handling, they reclaim ferrous fractions and keep unwanted metal away from shredders and sorting lines. In ferrochrome and smelter settings, the ferrochrome magnet separates valuable ferrochrome from slag. Because each unit is engineered around the customer's own conveyor and duty cycle, the same underlying technology adapts to widely differing plants without asking operators to give ground on fit or performance.
Operations looking to weigh up their conveyor protection options for the rest of 2026 can access complete product details, specifications and support information on the Mechani Mags website at https://africanmagnets.com/.
About Mechani Mags
Mechani Mags, trading as African Magnets, is a South African manufacturer of conveyor magnets and magnetic separators for tramp metal removal across the mining, processing and recycling industries. Operating from its head office and workshop in JetPark, Boksburg, in Gauteng, the company designs, builds, repairs and services suspended belt magnets, ferrochrome magnets, lifting magnets and related auxiliaries, and supplies and supports its equipment for customers worldwide. Its work is grounded in over fifty years of expertise in magnetic separation technology, and its support service takes in site inspections, gauss testing, compliance reporting, repairs, upgrades and training.
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