Lead, metals and plastics are used in many applications.
What are Lead counterweights? Lead Counterweights are used in many systems. Typical uses include elevators, cranes, bridges and funfair rides. A famous example of a building that used counterweights to maintain stability is the leaning tower of Pisa, which is no longer slowly falling to the ground! Typically the Lead counterweight is designed in such … Read more
Lead Test Weights In many applications it is necessary to test the capabilities of a particular system, to determine values such as the maximum allowable weight for example in testing of elevators and hydraulic hoists. In addition, test weights are required to ensure the accuracy of weighing machines such as agricultural scales Lead Counterweights Some … Read more
Lead Weight used for Ballast Lead because of its high density, softness and relatively low cost is often used to provide weight to counter buoyancy in water bourn applications. Examples of this include ship ballast such as sail vessel keels and general hold ballast and lead weight belts for divers. Lead Weight Ballast Lead ballast … Read more
Because of lead’s high density and relatively low cost, it has found numerous uses in the form of lead weights, lead ingots and lead billets. Some common uses include counterweights, ship ballast, fishing sinkers, diving weights and in sports handicapping. Lead Counterweights lead counterweight is an equivalent counterbalancing weight that balances a load. A counterweight … Read more
Lead Shot Lead Shot consists of small balls of lead of varying sizes, depending on the application. The main use today is as a projectile in shot guns, though there are several other applications as mentioned below. Originally, lead shot was used in muskets and early rifles. To control the hardness of shot used in … Read more
Lead Casting Methods Lead is useful for many applications, in particular lead casting – pouring liquid metal lead or alloy lead into a prefabricated mold – can be used for a range of projects ranging from home casting for collectors, fishermen and hunters to large industrial castings for ship keels and ballast weights. There are … Read more
Lead ingots Often lead ingots are purchased by enthusiasts who wish to cast their own items, such as lead bullets and lead fishing sinkers and other lead ballast applications. Care should be taken when casting with lead. Melting lead and casting lead objects can expose you and others in the area to lead, which is … Read more
Because of its high density and resistance against corrosion, lead is commonly used for marine ballast in ships and sailing vessels. Lead ballast is either external ballast, which is built into the keel or is internal ballast which can be in many forms including lead blocks, lead balls or lead ingots. Lead Marine Ballast for … Read more
Lead bricks are widely used in various applications such as lead ballast, radiation shielding and X-ray shielding and for racing weights in auto racing. Lead brick can be made in numerous sizes and shapes, including interlocking bricks that are preferred for lead shielding applications. Standard lead bricks, which weigh about 26lbs, are the same size … Read more
As with most metals, lead casting (heating the metal to its liquid form and then pouring into a mold) is a common method of creating the basic or complex shapes used in numerous applications. Because lead is very soft and ductile, it is often melted with other metals to create lead alloys with specific required … Read more