tools — bulk quoting

Bulk Magnet RFQ

Forty line items should not mean forty trips through a contact form. Paste a column out of a spreadsheet, a chunk of a BOM, or a list you typed into an email — the tool works out the dimensions, grades, coatings and quantities, shows you what it read so you can correct it, and turns the whole thing into one structured request.

what it reads

The parser is deliberately forgiving, because real lists are messy. It handles fractions, decimals, both unit systems, and the shorthand people actually type.

you paste	it reads
`D1/2" x 1/8" N42 NiCuNi qty 2500`	disc, Ø0.500″ × 0.125″, N42, Ni-Cu-Ni, 2,500 pcs
`8075, 500`	part number 8075, 500 pcs
`12.7mm x 3.17mm N35 epoxy — 1000 pcs`	disc, Ø12.70 × 3.17 mm, N35, epoxy, 1,000 pcs
`block 2 x 1 x 1/2 N52, 250 ea`	block, 2.000″ × 1.000″ × 0.500″, N52, 250 pcs
`ring OD 1" ID 1/2" x 1/4" x400`	ring, OD 1.000″ / ID 0.500″ × 0.250″, 400 pcs
`1/4 dia x 1/8 thk, SmCo, 50`	disc, Ø0.250″ × 0.125″, SmCo, 50 pcs

Tab-separated text pasted straight out of Excel or Google Sheets is detected and split on columns. Comma-separated lines are split the same way. Anything it cannot place is kept verbatim in a notes column rather than discarded — nothing you paste gets silently dropped.

Two numbers or three. Two dimensions are read as a disc — diameter then thickness. Three are read as a block — length, width, thickness — unless the line says ring, OD or ID. If a line is ambiguous the tool flags it amber rather than guessing quietly, and you can change the shape in the review table before sending.

what makes a line quotable

A quote turns around fastest when each line carries enough to price and manufacture without a follow-up email. Dimensions and quantity are the two that genuinely block a response; the rest we can default sensibly and confirm.

Quantity is not optional. Pricing on magnets is steeply volume-dependent, so a line without a quantity can't be priced at all. The tool flags any line missing one.
Grade and coating we can default — N42 and Ni-Cu-Ni cover most industrial work. But if the part runs hot or lives outdoors, say so in the notes and we'll come back with a recommendation rather than a number.
Magnetization direction matters more than most people expect. Axial is assumed for discs and blocks unless stated; diametric, radial and multipole all need calling out.
Tolerances default to our standard ±0.004″ unless you specify tighter. Ground dimensions add cost, so only tighten what actually needs it.
Annual volume changes the price even when you're ordering a sample now. If this is a production part, put the yearly figure in the notes — it moves the number more than anything else on the form.

For a full specification checklist covering drawings, PPAP, certificates and packaging, see how to prepare a magnet RFQ. For anything outside stocked geometry, custom manufacturing is the path.

Bulk Magnet RFQ

step one — paste the list

what it reads

what makes a line quotable