Device for arranging and conveying ferromagnetic parts at predetermined distances from one another

The device contains an electromagnet (1) for producing a magnetic field in a magazine (4) as well as a feed device (5) for feeding ferromagnetic parts (17) to the magazine. A ferromagnetic comb (6) is arranged at least at one of the pole shoes (3) of the electromagnet (1) near the outlet end of the magazine (4) in such a way as to be movable in a plane running approximately perpendicularly to the direction of the magnetic-field gradient. The distances between the teeth of the comb (6) are selected in such a way that they determine the requisite distances between the ferromagnetic parts (17). By means of such a device, ferromagnetic parts can be arranged without contact and conveyed while reliably maintaining predetermined distances apart, so that free access to the individual parts is possible when carrying out subsequent technological operations. This device can be used for treating both bar-shaped ferromagnetic parts and flat ferromagnetic parts of complicated shape.