Working with high tech clients
Providing the materials and components you need
Working with companies at the cutting edge of aerospace and defence innovation right across the UK, Hitchin-based Tungsten Alloys offer a range of specialist alloys and components. We are able to supply precision balance and counterweights for military and civil aeroplanes and helicopter, as well as precision balance weights for missiles, torpedoes and defence equipment. To discuss your requirements, please contact us.
Versatile alloys
High density of up to 18.5 g per cubic centimetre
Up to 65% denser than lead
Up to 130% denser than steel
Mechanical properties to suit either dynamic or static locations
Weakly ferromagnetic or non-magnetic if specifically required
Alternative to depleted uranium
Non-toxic
Corrosion-resistant
Easily machined
Easily mechanically joined, brazed or shrunk fit to other materials
Expert machining
Equivalents to most commercial specifications available
Material to MIL-T-21014D amendment 1.
Material to AMS-T-21014.
Material to AMS 7725C.
Machined to drawing.
Post treatments provided.
Plating
Painting
Part marking
Approved manufacturing systems
Riveting blocks
We supply riveting blocks that are ideal for most applications and offer:
Markedly better shock and vibration absorption than steel
Far greater protection against "vibration white finger"
Markedly reduced recoil
For more information on the alloys used, please look at the material data PDF.
Get in touch
For more information about the alloys and machined components available from Tungsten Alloys, contact our Hitchin office today
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