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8th August 2025

Walmag – Smart & Safe Magnetic Workholding Solutions

Walmag – Smart & Safe Magnetic Workholding Solutions

At 1st MTA, we are always seeking to bring innovative and reliable workholding technologies to our customers. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Walmag, a leading name in magnetic workholding solutions. With over 25 years of experience and manufacturing expertise based in the Czech Republic, Walmag combines tradition with continuous innovation to deliver outstanding performance, flexibility, and value.

Whether you’re grinding, milling, drilling, or turning, Walmag offers a full portfolio of magnetic systems designed to improve productivity, simplify setups, and ensure maximum safety on the shop floor.

 

Why Choose Walmag?

Walmag’s magnetic workholding solutions are backed by decades of research, development, and real-world application. Here’s what makes them stand out:

  • ✔️ Czech-engineered reliability and innovation
  • ✔️ Dedicated after-sales service, repair, and refurbishment
  • ✔️ Tailor-made solutions for unique applications
  • ✔️ Improved safety and efficiency in production
  • ✔️ Continuous development to meet modern machining demands

“We design our magnetic systems to make work simpler, safer, and more efficient. Combine that with long service life and quality support, and you’ll significantly reduce your production costs.”
Walmag

 

Walmag’s Product Range – includes the following and much more:

🔷 Mastermill – Flexible Workholding for Prismatic Parts 

The Mastermill range of electro-permanent magnetic plates offers low-profile, high-performance clamping for milling and drilling of both small and large workpieces.

  • Available in standard (50×50 mm poles) and high-force (70×70 mm poles) versions.
  • Suitable for dry or MQL machining with a steel and stainless steel top plate.
  • Pole extensions adapt to irregular workpieces, prevent deformation, and raise parts for multi-side machining in a single setup.

 

🔷 Neomill Compact – Powerful Permanent Magnetic Clamping

Ideal for milling, drilling, planing, and heavy grinding, the Neomill Compact delivers holding forces up to 160 N/cm² with excellent stability and coverage.

  • Suitable for use with coolant or dry machining.
  • Compatible with 2-pot and 4-pot zero-point systems.
  • Ensures solid clamping even for smaller workpieces.

“Thanks to this solution, we are achieving better production accuracy, and saving time and material. We’ll definitely contact Walmag again.”
Mr. Konečný, Walter s.r.o.

 

🔷 Neomicro – Surface Grinding & EDM Versatility

   

The Neomicro magnetic plate is a cost-effective, low-maintenance option designed for precise surface grinding and EDM operations.

  • Suitable for everything from thin parts to large workpieces.
  • Available in aluminium-base (for reduced weight in automation) or steel-base configurations.

 

 

🔷 Neostar & Allustar – Magnetic Turning Chucks

Neostar magnetic chucks are tailored for turning and grinding round or ring-shaped parts, enabling single-setup machining of faces, IDs, and ODs.

  • Clamping force up to 140 N/cm².
  • Special versions include T-slots or through holes.
  • Allustar: the lightest radial pole magnet on the market, with variable 0–100% clamping force for reduced spindle weight and enhanced efficiency.

 

🔷 Grindmaster – Electro-Permanent Precision for Grinding

The Grindmaster series offers uniform clamping across the entire surface, ideal for grinding a wide range of components with maximum precision and minimal thermal distortion.

  • Available with fine (5mm) or coarse (18mm) pole pitches.
  • Permanent magnetic holding after activation—safe even in the event of power failure.

 

🔷 Circu EP – Radial Magnetic Workholding for Grinding & Turning

An electro-permanent circular chuck ideal for rotary tables. With radial pole layout, it provides secure clamping without needing continuous power.

  • Perfect for round workpieces.
  • Available in parallel or concentric pole versions.

 

 

🔷 Elmag Compact & Elmag Wave – Heavy-Duty Electromagnetic Chucks

 

Designed for heavy grinding of medium to large parts, the Elmag series features:

  • A rugged, sealed one-piece construction to resist coolant ingress.
  • Epoxy-encapsulated coils and galvanised foils for long service life.
  • Elmag Wave (pendel pole) version for clamping irregular and rough parts.

 

🔷 BJP – High-Power Electromagnetic Workholding

 

The BJP plate is ideal for heavy-duty machining, with clamping forces up to 110 N/cm² and a regrinding limit of 7 mm.

  • Adjustable force via control units.
  • Suitable for parts as small as 35 × 35 × 3 mm.

 

🔷 Unigrip – Universal Electromagnetic Chuck

A versatile, competitively priced option for everyday grinding of medium to large workpieces, the Unigrip delivers 90 N/cm² of holding force.

 

🔷 Electrofine & Microfine – Precision for Small Parts

These chucks are designed for precise grinding of very small workpieces.

  • Electrofine: recommended for 25 × 25 × 3 mm parts.
  • Microfine: down to 15 × 15 × 1 mm for ultra-small components.

 

 

 

🔷 Circu EM – Electromagnetic Round Chuck for Cylindrical Parts

Perfect for rotary table grinding or turning of parts like bearing rings, bushings, and saw blades.

  • Fine concentric or parallel pole versions for thin components.
  • Full clamping force control and demagnetisation via Walmag EMCU control units.

 

🔷 Specialist Systems and Accessories

Walmag also offers:

  • Magnetic plates and chucks for zero-point and robotised systems.
  • Measuring arm-compatible bases.
  • Fixar sine tables for angular positioning to within ±5 arc seconds.
  • Heavy-duty circular magnets for wind turbine components.
  • Magnetic rail milling systems for specialist industries.

 

Customer Confidence: Real-World Success

“We ordered six Walmag permanent magnetic plates 240 × 240 mm adapted to our zero-point system. Walmag’s flexibility and fast delivery allowed us to meet deadlines, and the high quality enabled us to achieve < 0.005 mm tolerances in automated production. Walmag will be our first choice again.”
Beat Winet, Head of Production, KEBO AG

 

Smart & Safe: Is Walmag Right for You?

If you’re looking to improve:

  • Setup times
  • Machine access
  • Workholding safety
  • Machining precision
  • Operational efficiency

…then Walmag magnetic workholding could be the solution for your shop floor.

 

🔧 Need Expert Advice?

At 1st MTA, we’re proud to supply Walmag’s extensive product range and help customers implement the right magnetic solution for their specific needs.

 

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