The lead foil products to shipped to customers throughout the USA and Canada for various applications, often laminated via pressure sensitive adhesive to backing material
Cambridge, MA March 29th 2017 – Nuclead a leading manufacturer and distributor of custom and standard lead products for research, industry and consumers announces the delivery of several recent orders for lead foil and copper foil, delivered to customers throughout the United States and Canada.
Applications and Uses for Lead Foil
There are numerous applications for lead foil, mostly these are a result of the basic properties of lead such as malleability, radiation blocking and high density. In addition, metal foils are easy to work with as they can be cut with shears to shape and dimension.
Typical examples include:
- Radiation shielding
- Sealing and lubrication in oil wells
- Soundproofing
Laboratory research - Medical and dental
- Sports (for adding weight to cubs and rackets)
- Moisture and corrosion resistance
- Military applications
Lead and Copper Foil backing material
Often metal foils are attached to suitable backing materials – the backing material will protect the foil allowing it to be rolled onto fiber cores, and to reduce the chances of creasing and to make it easier to cut accurately.
Typical backing materials include vinyl and release paper, the metal foils are attached to vinyl using pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA). Nuclead can laminate, stamp and cut metal foil for any application.
Here are some of the recent shipments of lead foil and copper foil
- Fabricate and ship to a medical OEM in New England: 0.010″ Lead foil with black vinyl laminated to one side and PSA with release paper on the other @ 4″ wide x 30′ long.
- Fabricate, laminate and ship: 12” x 108 ft. – 3m 97057 transfer adhesive and 0.008″ (lead) Pb foil x 12” x 112’. Nuclead to Apply 3m 97057 conductive transfer adhesive to one side of lead foil. Ship to government sub-contractor for unknown purposes.
- Fabricate and ship Lead foil: 0.008″ (+/- 0.0005″) x 12.00″ x 50# Alloy: Commercially pure lead Per ASTM-B29 = or greater to 99.95% pure at a minimum per UNS L51121 per ASTM B29. Package with End Caps required. Sold to a packaging company in Pennsylvania.
- Fabricate, laminate and ship: 12” x 108 ft. – 3m 97057 transfer adhesive and 0.003″ (copper) Cu foil x 12” x 112’. Nuclead to Apply 3m 97057 conductive transfer adhesive to one side of copper foil. Ship to government sub-contractor for unknown purposes.
- Pick and ship lead foil, sold to a Canadian research department at a large University for a research project.
- Cut and ship Chemical Lead foil: 1/16″ x 12.00″ x 12.00″ Sold to an Energy company in Canada for shielding purposes
- Fabricate and ship Sample piece for testing at an independent lab before production can begin: 0.008″ Lead Foil approx. 6.00” x 11.00” & Apply 3m 97057 conductive transfer adhesive to one side. Labeled per PO instructions. Once testing is completed Nuclead can begin production runs.
- Pick and ship 20 rolls of 0.005″ +/- 0.0002″, pure lead foil x 1.00″ wide of 5lb fiber cores. This regular customer uses these items for threaded pipe sealant tape to prevent gas leakage.
- Fabricate and ship .010″ thick pure lead foil & .003″ thick pure copper foil; apply one side of each with 3M 97057 PSA; then slit to various widths per customer purchase orders; then re-coil onto plastic spools for shipment. Sold to a government sub-contractor for sale to Lockheed Martin for radiation shielding. This is a multiple release order.
- Fabricate and ship 1.50 tons of 0.005″ thick pure lead foil per QQ-L-201-f. Sold to a fossil fuel slurry pump OEM for unknown purposes.
- Fabricate and ship Pure Lead foil coils: 0.007″ x 12.00″ wide. Sold to a Laboratory in Oklahoma for radiation shielding.
- Fabricate and ship Lead foil: .010″ (+ / – .0005”) x 12.00″ x 50#. Alloy: Commercially pure lead Per ASTM-B29 = or greater to 99.95% Pb. Conforms to ASTM B 29 and shall be comprised of very soft lead foil that is 99.95% pure at a minimum (reference: lead raw material UNS L51121 per ASTM B29); package with End Caps required to prevent damage. Sold to a Lockheed Martin authorized supplier. These items will be cut into various widths and used for fabricate Lockheed Martin items per their blueprints.
- Fabricate and ship Lead foil: .005″ (+ / – .0020”) x 1.00″ x 5# rolls; Alloy: Commercially pure lead Per ASTM-B29. These items are shipped to an industrial pump manufacturer in OK. These industrial pumps are used in dirty environments and separate sludge and liquid.
- Fabricate and ship .010″ pure lead foil: sold 2,000 lbs. to a pump OEM using the lead foil as a seal or gasket material
- Fabricate and ship .010″ thick lead foil with black vinyl laminated to one side and PSA with release paper on the other. Sold to a medical equipment OEM in New England for radiation protection.
- Pick and ship pure 0.002″ lead foil per QQ-l-201-f; and sold to an Aerospace exclusive buyer of ordinance and tactical products.
- Pick and ship from in stock inventory: Lead foil: 0.001″ x 12″ x 20 lb. coils Packaged with end protection required. Sold to Brown University for experimental purposes.
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