Abstract: A device for arranging ferromagnetic components a preset distance from one another including an electromagnet defining a pole gap wherein a nonuniform attractive magnetic field is formed with a gradient directed along its axis of symmetry. At least one of the pole pieces of the electromagnet is provided with a ferromagnetic rack adapted to move in the plane in which it lies. The plane of the rack is substantially normal to the direction of the magnetic field gradient. The rack includes teeth which are spaced apart in accordance with a desired preset distances between ferromagnetic componets. The device also comprises a means for feeding ferromagnetic components into the magnetic field, in the direction of its gradient.

Abstract: A device for making sets of nonmagnetic current-conducting components on a base component in arrangements constituting identification patterns of the set being made. The device comprises a source of an alternating magnetic field, feeding the components arranged into a set as well as the base components into the working area of the magnetic field, and extractor means for removing the complete sets of components from the working area of the magnetic field. Each base component is a substrate comprising essentially a dielectric plate, fitted with inserts made from a current-conducting material and having cross section configurations similar to the cross-sectional shapes of the components being arranged into a set. The inserts arranged to determine the identification patterns of the set being made.