| Product |
Description |
| Aluminium Alloys |
Aluminium is one of the mostly widely used metals in engineering. Its combination of light
weight, corrosion resistance and, in the case of alloys such as 2024 and 7075, very high
strength makes it ideal for the extraordinary pressures and stresses involved in aerospace
applications. Its good conductivity and thermal conductivities also makes it ideal for a range
of commercial, electrical and thermal applications |
| Nickel and High
Temperature Alloys |
Nickel alloys, high temperature or “Superalloys” are highly engineered
to offer a combination of high temperature corrosion resistance, heat resistance, toughness
and strength. These types of alloys are broadly split in various families of alloys
including Nickel-Chromium alloys (Inconel grades 600, 625, 718, X-750 and Nimonic grades 75,
80A, 90, 263), Nickel-Iron-Chromium alloys (Incoloy grades 800, 825, 925, 330) and
Cobalt-based superalloys (MP35N, Rene 41, L605, Waspaloy).They find uses in some of the
world’s most technically demanding applications and industries, including turbine engines,
nuclear power plants, and corrosive environments. |
| Alloy and Stainless
Steel |
Stainless and alloys steel consist of iron alloyed with varying amounts
of other elements such as carbon, chromium and nickel and cover a wide range of products
from low-alloy steels (4130, 4340, 300M), to austenitic (300 series), martensitic (400
series), precipitation hardening (17-4PH, 15-5PH, 13-8Mo), and maraging steels (250, 300,
350). With many grades being heat-treatable, stainless and alloys steel offer a good
combination of high hardness, yield strengths and corrosion resistance. Steels can be found
in a multitude of applications from domestic appliances and decorative structures, to roll
cages, pressure vessels, furnace parts, and aerospace fasteners, fittings, airframe parts
and valves. |
| Titanium
Alloys |
Titanium, available in both the commercially pure or alloy form, is
widely used in many critical and highly-stressed parts, thanks to its combination of a high
strength-to-weight ratio (it’s 40% lighter than steel), excellent mechanical properties and
corrosion resistance. Among its many applications are static and rotating gas turbine engine
components, heat exchangers, nuclear power plants and medical implants and prostheses.
Available in all the usual product forms, it is also supplied in precision castings for
near-net shape which reduce the amount of material loss. |
| Magnesium
Alloys |
At a quarter of the weight of steel and a third lighter than aluminium,
Magnesium is the lightest of the structural metals. This combination of low density, good
high temperature mechanical properties and excellent corrosion resistance makes it widely
used in aerospace and automotive applications such as gearbox and transmission casings. The
most common grade is AZ31B which is also available in tooling plate, used for its
exceptional dimensional stability in machining allowing the stockiest of very complex
parts. |
| Copper
Alloys |
Copper is one of the earliest metals known to man and its combination
of good corrosion resistance, mechanical properties and workability along with the best
electrical and thermal conductivity of any commercial material make it one of the most
useful metals in the modern world. It’s main applications include building wire, motor
windings , cables, busbars (High Conductivity Copper) and heat sinks, heat exchangers, and
disc drives (Engineering Copper). Beryllium Copper in the heat treated and cold worked
condition is the hardest and strongest of any copper alloy. The most common bronze alloy
supplied is Nickel-Aluminium-Bronze and in particular C63000 (CA104 / BS B23 / AMS 4640).
This is widely used in applications involving heavy loads, abrasive wear and corrosion,
including landing gear components, strut bearings and main pistons. Other forms of bronze
include silicon bronze, phosphor bronze and oil-impregnated sintered bronze. |
| Industrial and Nuclear Tubes |
We supply a range of rod and tubing products for use in industrial and nuclear applications.
This includes a range a complex Titanium alloys, Stainless and Duplex steels, Zirconium and
Zirconium alloy tubes, Zircaloy nuclear fuel tubes. All products are stockiest to the most
exacting standards and customer specifications. |
| Implant Grades |
We supply a wide variety of implant grade alloys. |
|
Foil
|
We are able to supply a full range of foil products as thin as 0.0002” in stainless steel,
beryllium and copper alloys, aluminium and nickel alloys. Our foil can be supplied as precision
slit coil, standard width coil or cut and levelled sheet to most commercial and aerospace
specifications. |
|
Wire
|
We supply a full range of precision drawn wire in aluminium, stainless steel, copper, titanium
and nickel / high temperature alloys. Our wire can be supplied on spools, in coil or in straight
cut lengths to very tight tolerances and to all commercial and aerospace specifications. Shaped
wire is also available on request and a readily available supply of starting stock allows for
quick production times and small batch quantities. |
|
Tube
|
We supply precision drawn seamless and welded tube to very tight tolerances starting from 0.15mm
outer diameter in straight lengths, coil and precision cut lengths. Tubes can be supplied in a
full range of stainless steel, aluminium, nickel alloys (including Invar, Kovar and Alloy 48),
titanium and copper alloys to all commercial and aerospace specifications. Special shapes are
also available upon request. |
|
Welding Wire
|
We supply a full range of aerospace and commercial welding wire in both TIG and MIG forms. Wire
is readily available from stock in quantities from a single pack up to 300kg formers. We stock
aluminium, steel, stainless steel, nickel alloys, cobalt and hard-facing alloys, titanium
alloys, Invar all available on short lead times to all major specifications (AWS, AMS, MSRR)
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