Steel & metals - Import export

EDM Electrodes made of the tungsten alloy SPARKAL are available as tubes, rods, square rods and plates in different dimensions in the Plansee Online Shop. Order fast and easily from the producer's online shop: www.plansee.com/shop.

Plansee supplies sintering and annealing boats made of molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, tungsten and various alloys such as ML or TZM. They are dimensionally stable, corrosion resistant against many chemicals and have a very good creep resistance. Whether is is continuous or batch furnaces - Plansee has the right solution at hand. For best quality surfaces we supply sintering and annealing boats with coatings made of aluminum and zirconium. Plansee produces its boats according to the customer's drawing in different sizes and shapes.

Molybdenum-hafnium carbide (MHC) is highly temperature-resistant, has a high level of thermal conductivity, a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a high recrystallization temperature. MHC retains its shape even when used at temperatures of up to 1 550 °C. At temperatures up to 800 °C, MHC is suitable for use in die inserts. At higher temperatures, the producer recommends using MHC for full dies. The benefits to you for a long service life: — Optimum nondeformability and dimensional stability — Low tendency to crack in the case of edged profiles — High thermal stability — High thermal conductivity — Low thermal expansion — Good hot ductility — Very high recrystallization temperature Plansee supplies MHC components in disc form with or without drilled start hole.

Evaporation coils are available in many different lenghts, diameters, coil lenghts and coil pitches. These resistance heaters with their very high melting points will bring practically any metal to the boil. At the same time, their high corrosion resistance and outstanding material purity prevent any contamination of the substrate. The range includes evaporation coils made of the following materials: — Grain stabilized tungsten (WVM) for the evaporation of aluminum — Tantalum — Molybdenum — Molybdenum-lanthenum (ML) for particularly long service lives

Molybdenum and tungsten crucibles from Plansee are the perfect vessels for melting and solidifying the single crystal. The formed crucibles have particularly thin walls combined with excellent creep resistance. The outstanding purity of the crucibles prevents any contamination of the single crystal. Even the most aggressive sapphire melts cannot do any harm. Plansee produces large numbers of formed molybdenum and tungsten crucibles and supplies them in all commonly used dimensions. They are successfully used by all the major manufacturers and numerous end customers worldwide.

Sheets made of molybdenum and the molydenum alloys TZM, MLR and MLS are available in the thickness range from 0,127mm to 40mm in different sizes in the Plansee Online Shop. Order fast and easily in the producer's onlineshop: www.plansee.com/shop. Special dimensions are available on request.

Plansee collimators are made of tungsten heavy metal alloys (Densimet® alloys). Due to the high density of the material, collimators perfectly shield from x-rays and gamma rays and therefore protect the healthy tissue during radiotherapy. Densimet® tungsten alloys are distinguished by their particularly high density. Combined with their ability to absorb radiation as well as their outstanding mechanical properties and machinability. Particular material properties: — high density of 17.0 to 18.8g/cm³ — better machinability compared to pure tungsten — high Young’s modulus and very good mechanical properties — high absorption capacity for X-rays and gamma rays — harmless to the health and environment

Shielding components made from tungsten, molybdenum and the tungsten heavy alloy Densimet® only allow radiation to pass where it is actually needed. During the generation of X-ray radiation our materials guarantee that environmental radiation exposure is kept to an absolute minimum. Plansee produces flat shielding components using an innovative, near net shape process. The result: The foils and sheets have a particularly isotrope and homogeneous microstructure free from any characteristic orientation. Possible products and applications are: — Shielding components for X-ray tubes — Shutter blades for computer tomographs — Shielding elements for detectors — Isotope containers for brachytherapy — Shielding elements for linear accelerators — Shieldings for oil and gas drilling

Welding electrodes made of tungsten, molybdenum and their alloys are particularly suitable for welding highly conductive materials such as copper. They are used in the following processes: Spot welding, Roller welding, Projection welding, Upset welding. Welding electrodes made from our refractory metals and their alloys have a relatively high level of electrical conductivity while also exhibiting outstanding stability at high temperatures. They therefore have a considerably longer service life than conventional materials such as copper and copper alloys.

For the high-resolution devices used in general X-ray applications, mammography, angiography and computed tomography, Plansee develops and manufactures extremely robust X-ray anodes and components for X-ray tubes. The product range includes anodes made from molybdenum alloys such as TZM and MHC with focal tracks consisting of various tungsten-rhenium alloys. Plansee manufactures molybdenum-vanadium and molybdenum-niobium targets that are specially designed for use in mammography applications and which can be optionally equipped with precious metal focal tracks. The product range also comprises material combinations including copper and precious metals and brazed graphite elements on the metallic disc. As braze materials V/Ta/Zr composites, titanium, zirconium and other materials are used. Plansee supplies anodes as ready-to-use assemblies including the rotor, heat shield and shaft.

Tungsten layers are components of the thin-film transistors used in TFT-LCD screens. They are used wherever large screen formats, particularly high image definition and optimized contrasts are needed. But tungsten is also used as a diffusion barrier and a conductive connector in the microelectronics industry. Using the world's largest hot rolling mill for refractory metals, Plansee is able to produce the largest tungsten sputtering target on earth. The benefit to you of large formats: The coating process is more stable and the deposited layers are of higher quality. Thanks to the special forming processes Plansee's tungsten sputtering targets have a density of almost 100 %. As a result, your process benefits from a particularly high level of conductivity and time savings due to the excellent sputtering speeds.

Plansee produces material for wear-resistant coatings, adhesive layers, decorative or DLC coatings. Offering compositions tailored for advanced hard coatings with optimized mechanical and tribological properties. Further topics that might be addressed are: enhancing of thermal and chemical stability, adding of functional properties like self-lubrication, self-hardening and self-healing. To adjust the coating characteristics to the dedicated application, Plansee offers its scientific expertise in alloying of targets and cathodes with elements that influence the coating properties as follows: Grain size and morphology, Hardness adaption, High temperature oxidation resistance, Friction coefficient, Thermal stability, Thermal conductivity, Electrical conductivity, Antibacterial properties, Color effects. Offered sputtering targets and arcing cathodes: Titanium-Aluminum Aluminum-Chromium Chromium Titanium-silicon Titanium Zirconium Tungsten carbide Titanium-diboride