This week we fabricated and shipped, lead spacer washers to a distributor in McDonough, GA. Standard and special grades of lead washers and lead spacers are available from Nuclead. Call for quote for any size or shape. In this case the lead washers are being used for machinery rebuilding. In some older engines lead washers were placed under the head bolt nuts. Te main reason for using the lead spacer washers here is a lubrication cushion between the nuts and cylinder head so that an accurate torque can be instead of a combination of torque and drag, without this there is a tendency for the nut to catch on the cylinder head, which gives a false reading for the applied torque. The lead actually squeezes around the bolts and also forms a seal.
Nuclead also shipped lead shielding to Brown University in Providence, RI, from in stock inventory. The lead shielding will be used for their radiation research department. Lead sheets are very effective shield for many forms of radiation, the required thickness of the lead is dependent on the intensity of the radiation and the distance from the source. Nuclead is an experienced provider of sheet lead for radiation shielding applications such as radiation research laboratories, X-ray room shielding and MRI shielding and carries a large inventory of x-ray grade lead sheets, of varying thicknesses, in its warehouse, available to ship immediately. Also available is a large selection of lead lined sheetrock and lead plywood that can be used to build radiation rooms.
In addition to lead shielding Nuclead’s lead products inventory, one of the largest in North America also contains many other lead items including but not limited to:
Lead Babbitt, Lead Ballast, Lead Bars, Lead Bricks, Lead Diving Weights, Lead Fishing Sinkers, Lead Nuts, Lead Pipe, Lead Racing Weights, Lead Foil, Lead Shot, Lead Weights, Lead Ribbon, Lead Caulking and Powdered Lead
Please call us for a custom quote for any of you lead product needs.