The Science Behind Gator Magnetics

Back view of a Gator magnetic hook showing black powder-coated wire and red Easy-Off housing.

Our Patented Technology

We design and program patterns of north and south poles called "MAXELS", (mash-up of "magnets" and "pixels"), on one surface of each neodymium magnet, creating short magnetic fields that interact, engage, and adhere with incredible load capacities to thin and thick steel surfaces. Then, using our patented Easy-Release Lever System, we have perfected and optimized the hook to hold its load as a hook should, which is at a right angle to the floor, and easily release to move to a new location.

Every component of a Gator, from the chassis, easy-off lever, shunt plate, TPE, coatings, wire, and magnet are designed and optimized to function together, resulting in incredible shear weight load capacities.

A black circular magnet emitting magnetic field lines in blue and red.

Traditional Magnets

Traditional magnets have North and South poles on opposite sides of the magnet creating a large looping magnetic field that loses energy and is inefficient.

Red and green Gator magnetic hooks shown side by side on a steel panel.

Gator Magnets

Gator Magnetics' patented technology prints north and south pole dots called “Maxels” (mash-up of "magnets" and "pixels"), in specific patterns creating many shorter magnetic fields (near field magnetic flux) that make the Gator magnet exponentially stronger than traditional magnets.

Illustration showing a block demonstrating pull force with arrows indicating lateral force applied to a solid surface.

Competitor Products

Other magnetic products measure pull force on thick steel surfaces.

A heavy rectangular block mounted on a steel surface demonstrating shear force with green arrows pointing downward beneath it.

Gator Products

Gator Magnetics measures shear force on thin steel surfaces.

Instructions show how to place a Gator magnetic hook on steel and close the patented Easy-Off lever.

Gator magnetic hooks hold 45- and 25-pound weight plates on a steel wall panel.

See the Difference

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