Reliability Improvements
Bearium In Steel Mill - Steel mill customers have discovered that the use of Bearium in low-speed pivoting bushing applications where lubrication is difficult can significantly reduce wear and extend service life by up to 50%.
Bearium On Shuttle Crawler - Proprietary Bearium product on Space Shuttle Crawler bushings have prevented catastrophic load failures experienced in early crawler designs.
Bi-Metal Canister Development For Nuclear - Bi-metal designs including an inner core of aluminum bronze and outer shell of pure copper provided the strength and environment protection for developmental container designs.
Cast Outlet Manifolds - Centrifugally cast manifolds from MetalTek have saved customers time and money compared to extruded or forged manifolds.
Controllable Pitch Hub - Large MetalTek bronze centrifugal components in marine applications have eliminated fabrication costs, and defects only found after machining.
Jack Nuts For Underwater Drilling - MetalTek certified manganese bronze jack nuts operating under heavy load, to higher than industry standards in order to support an off-shore drilling customer.
Meat Grinding Tube - A meat grinding customer replaced forgings with centrifugals because the multi-directional grain structure of the centrifugal prevented cracking that the unidirectional grain structure of forgings experienced under high stress.
Petrochemical Technologies - Leveraging experience in a comparable environment but different industry, MetalTek recommended alloys that solved a customer carburization problem.
Powerplant Impellers - MetalTek has produced impeller components in next generation duplex and super austenitic stainless steels for high corrosion and brackish water environments.
Winch Drum Assembly - When a defense customer changed to non-asbestos linings for a brake application, MetalTek developed a Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) material that reduced operating cost by 90%.
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