The Lead Bricks will be used for various applications including Radiation Protection, chemical processing and lead ballast
West Bridgewater, MA, 02/26/2019 – Nuclead Inc., a leader in shielding technology and lead materials announces the shipment of several orders of lead bricks to customers throughout the USA and Canada.
Lead bricks are used in various applications such as lead ballast, radiation shielding and X-ray shielding and for racing weights in auto racing. In particular, Lead Bricks can be used in higher radiation protection requirement applications. Lead bricks can also be used to build a freestanding lead room or to provide additional shielding to an existing space and for temporary / permanent lead shields where maximum flexibility is desired.
Interlocking Lead bricks are particularly desirable in radiation protection applications.
Nuclead offers several standard sizes of lead bricks as well as custom sizes and weight up to 40,000 lbs. and 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
- Fabricate “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square Edges Lead bricks: 1.50″ x 4.00″ x 8.50″: Sold to a General Contractor in Canada for a Nuclear Power plant installation.
- Fabricate and ship 3% Antimony Lead Bricks: 3.25″ x 5.00″ x 19.75″: Sold to a machine shop in the Tennessee for its own value-added machining services.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square Edges Lead Bricks: 2.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″: To be painted 100% coverage with Black with Durachem 235. Sold to an engineering, consulting and manufacture, Nuclead provided a quick delivery for these special lead items with finishes to specifications.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Bricks: 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″; Sold to a medical OEM in California, and shipped to Massachusetts General. The bricks will be used at the Hospital for installation of medical imaging equipment for its’ radiation protection purposes around the equipment.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Bricks: 2.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″. Sold to an OEM of calibration equipment. The lead bricks will be used for X-ray Shielding during operation of the calibration process.
- Cast Lead Alloy: “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Bricks: 7% Tin/93% lead; 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00; Sold to a Chemical & Etching corporation in the Midwest. These alloy ingots will be used for a custom etching process and chemical conversion coatings.
- CNC Mill Molds and cast Pure “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Brick: 1.50″ x 5.25″ x 47.00″. Sold to an Automobile Racing team in Mississippi for weighing down their stock cars rear axles.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Radiation Brick: 2.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″. Sold and delivered to US Army / Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological & High Yield Explosives; 20th CBRNE Command; Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD for radiation shielding.
- Fabricate one ton of “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Brick: 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″; Sold to a medical equipment OEM in California for radiation shielding purposes.
- Fabricate and ship two tons of “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Brick: 2.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″; Sold to a marina in Massachusetts for ship ballast.
- Fabricate and ship “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Interlocking 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″ brick, chevron style: Sold to an inspection company using the lead brick for radiation protection during their testing of a nuclear power plant in the mid-west.
- Fabricate and ship special radiation lead brick for a laboratory in New York. The Nuclead lead brick will be used for this lead radiation shielding requirement per their specifications.
Lead Cast “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Brick: 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″. Sold to a medical imaging OEM in California that uses the lead for x-ray shielding in their equipment sold to medical facilities across the United States. - Fabricate Nuclead’s’ own brand, Chevron interlocking lead bricks: “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Interlocking: 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 12” brick, chevron style: Fabricate special lead assemblies totaling 109.50″ in length with each end flush. Sold lead assemblies to Baker Hughes / GE. These materials will be used to replace some lead shielding on one of GE’s CT machines manufactured by our company, GE Inspection Technologies.
- Fabricate and deliver “Nuclead” Brand, Cast Square edges Lead Bricks: 1.00″ x 4.00″ x 8.00″. Sold to an instrument OEM that requires the lead for its assembly process. This customer uses the lead for its heavy & soft mechanical properties. As not to damage its instruments during the process.
About Nuclead
Nuclead Mfg Co Inc. is the leading worldwide supplier of innovative Shielding, and X-ray inspection products. With nearly 40 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 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://nuclead.com/.
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