The Radiation shielding products in our warehouse inventory.
Many situations require radiation shielding; including dentist offices, X-ray rooms and other medical facilities as well has nuclear research facilities.
This is the second article describing the lead shielding products, experience and capabilities of Nuclead, Inc. The first article described some of the standard radiation shielding products available from Nuclead and some examples of the metric tons of lead sheets, lead bricks and other lead products that are being shipped.
This article offers details of Nuclead’s warehouse inventory of lead shielding and other products, which is located in house and ready to ship today.
Nuclead has a large inventory of radiation shielding products.
Nuclead’s Warehouse represents the largest in stock inventory of radiation shielding products available in the USA. The inventory is located in a modern climate controlled facility located in West Bridgewater, MA. Products are available to ship immediately.
This inventory allows us to ship to customers as quickly as the need arises, in quantities up a standard truck load for any of the products in our lead shielding inventory. For example, Nuclead recently shipped a large order of lead shielding for a government cancer research facility from stock.
Lead shielding products can be shipped immediately nationwide or can be used in the fabrication of custom lead radiation shielding products per customer supplied blueprints.
As an example, Nuclead was able to supply a large order of custom finished radiation shielding parts to the US Department of Veterans affairs since the lead shielding was in stock in the warehouse. The shielding was assembled, finished and inspected using Nuclead’s Computer Coordinate Measuring Center, per supplied specifications.
Nuclead’s custom CNC machining & 3 dimensional CAD-CAM capabilities allows for the fabrication of radiation shielding to the required high tolerances, and quality that is unmatched in the industry.
Nuclead’s large inventory of lead shielding products also allows the company to accommodate surges in orders. This can occur when the price of lead is trending higher and customers want to place orders in advance of any price increase caused by increases in raw material cost since the cost of radiation shielding products is critically dependent on the costs of lead as determined on the London Metals Exchange. As a free service to customers, Nuclead monitors the price trend for lead and other metals and provides periodic market update alerts to subscribers. To subscribe to this free service please visit the nuclead.com website.
Specific examples of the lead products in the inventory include the following:
Lead Bricks for radiation shielding walls – Lead radiation shielding bricks, both standard lead bricks and interlocking lead bricks, are in stock in the following sizes:
- 1″ x 4″ x 8″ (or 12″)
- 1.5″ x 4″ x 8″ (or 12″)
- 2″ x 4″ x 8″ (or 12″)
- 2.5″ x 4″ x 8″ (or 12″)
- 3″ x 4″ x 8″ (or 12″)
The most common lead brick size is 2”x4”x8”. Nuclead has all sizes and weights of lead bricks up to 40,000lbs.
Lead Sheets – for X-ray protection, and radiation rooms in general, Nuclead has in stock a large range of lead shielding in the form of lead sheets. Pounds per square foot range from 1.0 lb per square foot to 180 lb per sq ft. available in lengths of 8, 20 and 25 feet and widths of 8 feet.
An inventory of lead foil is also available.
Powdered Lead – for radiation protective safety clothing such as lead aprons is available.
Related applications for which in-stock ready to ship products are available include counterweights for MRI’s, CAT scans and other high RPM applications.
Conclusion
The large inventory of radiation shielding products available allows most standard lead shielding products to be shipped from stock.
The lead products in inventory can be further processed to custom specifications and blueprints to meet custom lead shielding application needs. The next article in this series will focus on Nuclead’s custom lead shielding capabilities.