The orders will be used for radiation protection in laboratories and medical facilities and for ship ballast
Cambridge, MA July 27, 2016 – Nuclead a leading manufacturer and distributor of custom and standard lead products for research, industry and consumers announces the delivery of several orders for lead bricks, delivered to customers throughout the United States.
About Lead Bricks
Lead Bricks for Radioactive Shielding and Radiation Shielding
Lead is an important material because of its property to attenuate harmful radiation. Custom lead Bricks for radiation protection applications typically have precision machined grooves that allow for inter-locking of lead bricks can be built up into shielding walls either for temporary or permanent shielding and storage situations.
Custom Lead Bricks for Ballast Applications
In ballast application such as sailing ship ballast and racing car weights, bricks will often be customized to fit the location available. Such as that found in a ship’s keel, bricks can be molded in to specific shapes as required
Standard available sizes (lead brick or interlocking lead radiation bricks)
Nuclead offers both standard and custom sizes for lead bricks, standard lead bricks sizes are:
- 1? x 4? x 8? (or 12?)
- 1.5? x 4? x 8? (or 12?)
- 2? x 4? x 8? (or 12?) *most common size
- 2.5? x 4? x 8? (or 12?)
- 3? x 4? x 8? (or 12?)
In addition, Nuclead manufacture all sizes and weight up to 40,000 lbs. (up to 100,000 lbs. for special pours) in any material from 99.99% pure lead to any percentage of alloy, including antimony, tin, zinc, bismuth and copper. Virgin material is also available.
Lead Bricks Shipments
Here are some of the recent lead bricks orders shipped by Nuclead
- Fabricate and ship one truck load of “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square Edges Lead Bricks 2? x 4? x 8?. Sold to a commercial Oyster fishing company in Massachusetts for ballast.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square Edges Lead Brick: 2? x 4? x 8?; sold to a marina in Massachusetts for ship ballast.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square Edges Lead Brick: 2? x 4? x 12”; sold to a national laboratory in Arlington, VA for radiation protection materials.
- Fabricate and ship 2? x 4? x 12? Nuclead brand cast lead brick. Sold to a regular customer in the Northeast for radiation protection.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Brick: 2? x 4? x 8?; sold to a marina in Rhode Island for ship ballast.
- Fabricate and ship, “Nuclead” Brand Cast lead brick. Sold to Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services Department, for Radiation testing. This Principle Product Engineer inquired about fabricating these brick quickly and Nuclead was able to ship the items the same day.
- We fabricated and shipped lead radiation bricks per QQ-L-201-f, for L3 communications in California.
- Fabricated and shipped special radiation lead bricks manufactured with pure lead. Sold to United States Military Academy in West Point, NY for a Physics and Nuclear experiment.
About Nuclead
Nuclead Mfg. Co Inc. is the leading worldwide supplier of innovative lead shielding, and X-ray inspection products. With nearly 30 years in providing advanced Shielding & X-ray security systems, the Company’s product line utilizes a combination of technologies, and expertise unmatched by any other company.
These technologies offer superior service and products. Nuclead’s has a complete range of lead products – including pure lead and lead alloys which are used in applications such as shielding for cargo inspection, baggage screening and passenger screening systems for facility and aviation security.
Nuclead also supplies products for the Nuclear & energy, Oil, Construction, Manufacturing, X-ray, medical & research, Elevator, Marine/boating, Bridge and Sporting industries.
Nuclead’s sophisticated products are used to protect high-threat facilities and help combat terrorism and trade fraud; Gamma ray, Neutron, & X-ray shielding; and counterweight – ballast- & weight requirements.
Nuclead customers include major universities & research centers, leading Government agencies, military bases, general contractors, manufactures, hospitals and corporations worldwide; including the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and branches of the U.S. Military.
For more information on Nuclead’s products, services and technologies, please visit https://www.nuclead.com or http://www.nucleadinc.com