Applications for Lead Products available from Nuclead
Lead is used in building construction as well as nuclear, medical, sports, industrial and government applications. Nuclead has extensive experience and expertise in a wide range of applications and markets, including lead sub-assemblies and manufacturing techniques.
Nuclead has available the largest in-stock lead products inventory in the North Eastern USA and can process the stock lead to meet your specifications and can produce custom lead assemblies to your drawings
On this page you will find links to articles that describe some of the applications that Nuclead products have been used for.
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Lead Pipe Applications
Lead Pipes in Industry and Buildings For many centuries lead pipes were used to supply water to households, most famously ...
Lead Sheet Applications
Nuclead has extensive experience shipping Lead sheet, please click here for more information on our lead sheet experience Lead Sheet ...
Lead Roofing Materials, Lead Roof Flashing, Lead Chimney Flashing
Lead Roof Flashing Lead flashing is used in roofing systems to eliminate leaks at intersections and roof edges. The most ...
Applications for Lead Bar Stock, Lead Rods and Round Lead Products
Lead Bar Stock, Lead Rods, Lead Tubes and Lead Rounds Lead tube is very resistant to corrosion; that's why lead ...
Additional Lead Glass Application Information
X-Ray Glass windows are designed to provide a transparent and protective shield against X-Ray radiation. Lead Glass can be used ...
Lead Ballast Applications
Because of its high density and resistance against corrosion, lead is commonly used for marine ballast in ships and sailing ...
Lead Molds
Lead Casting Methods Lead is useful for many applications, in particular lead casting – pouring liquid metal lead or alloy ...
Lead Weight Applications
Because of lead’s high density and relatively low cost, it has found numerous uses in the form of lead weights, ...
Custom Lead Assembly Applications
Lead Assemblies are products that consist of multiple lead components or other components, usually assembled or joined in specific configurations ...
Lead Bullets Design
Lead Alloy bullets and Bullet Rounds A lead bullet is a projectile. Thousands of years ago lead bullets were fired ...
Lead Lining, Lead Pipes, Lead Lined Boxes
Lead Lining for reactors, Chemical Plants and X-Ray Rooms The lead lining of Reactors, Storage Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Lead Valves ...
Radiation Shielding
What is radiation shielding? Lead sheet and lead bricks provide effective radiation shielding for electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation in the ...
Lead Caulk Applications
Molten lead and lead wool are often called lead caulk. Lead caulk can be used for waterproofing joints. Lead is ...
Lead Sleeves
Lead Sleeves in Medical, Construction and Industry There are three different interpretations of the term lead sleeves. In the medical ...
T-Cap Applications
T caps are perfect for the inclement wet weather and harsh winters of New England and the northern states. If ...
Applications for Custom Lead Bricks
Lead Bricks are typically used in reactor radiation shielding , Ship ballast and racing cars . Custom lead bricks are ...
Custom Lead Machining
3D Machining & CNC Machining Nuclead can program and machine all your lead and metal needs to within .000050". Our ...
Additional Applications for Lead Weights
Lead Test Weights In many applications it is necessary to test the capabilities of a particular system, to determine values ...
Lead Counterweight Applications
What are Lead counterweights? Lead Counterweights are used in many systems. Typical uses include elevators, cranes, bridges and funfair rides ...
Lead Brick Applications
Lead bricks are widely used in various applications such as lead ballast, radiation shielding and X-ray shielding and for racing ...
Lead Ingot Applications
Lead ingots Often lead ingots are purchased by enthusiasts who wish to cast their own items, such as lead bullets ...
Lead Shot Applications
Lead Shot Lead Shot consists of small balls of lead of varying sizes, depending on the application. The main use ...
Radiation Shielding
Radiation Shielding for commercial, industrial & other custom applications, in-stock for bulk delivery now. Radiation shielding for applications including X-ray ...
Lead Weight Ballast and Lead Weight for diving
Lead Weight used for Ballast Lead because of its high density, softness and relatively low cost is often used to ...
Lead Lined Sheetrock and Lead Lined Plywood
Lead lined sheetrock and lead lined plywood are materials typically used in the construction of radiation shielded rooms. Depending on ...
Lead Powder Applications
Lead powder either as pure lead, lead oxide or litharge lead (Litharge is one of the natural mineral forms of ...
Lead Glass and X-ray Glass Applications
Lead glass or X-ray glass is a form of glass that has lead oxide inculcated into it during the manufacturing ...
Lead Babbitt Applications
The eponymous babbitt is named after Isaac Babbitt Babbitt formulated a metal alloy in 1839 that was successfully used as ...
Lead Doors Applications Information
lead doors are doors which are lead-lined. They are a proven method of shielding against radiation and to provide noise cancellation ...
Nuclear Casks Application Information
Nuclear casks are heavily lead shielded containers used to store and or ship radioactive materials. Items such as spent nuclear ...
Lead Wool Applications
Lead Wool consists of chemical grade lead drawn in long, fine strands, it is made by scratching fine strands from ...
Lead Wire, Lead Ribbon and Lead Extrusion applications
Lead is a very soft metal and can be easily shaped into lead wire, lead ribbon or extruded into a ...
Custom Lead Alloy Pour Applications
As with most metals, lead casting (heating the metal to its liquid form and then pouring into a mold) is ...
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