Wear Resistance
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.
Fine Machined Ring - Fine machined rings in hydro turbine applications offered increased product life and helped avoid unplanned maintenance events.
Galvanizing Rolls - The combination of sand cast spokes, centrifugally cast rolls, fabrication, and machining - all in-house - has long provided single source benefit to mill customers.
Processing Rolls - MetalTek metallurgists have helped customers select alloys with the correct coefficient of thermal expansion for high temperature corrosive roll applications.
Shaft Sleeves - Early alloy development and homogeneous grain structure have established MetalTek as the world's leading producer of naval shaft sleeves.
Spiral Cast Pipe ID - ID shaping of centrifugals has helped the chemical processing industry improve efficiency by up to 4x by keeping in-process fluid materials moving.
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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