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Radiation X-Ray Shielding

We offer complete Lead X-Ray Radiation Shielding Solutions for a variety of industries & facilities including hospitals, clinics, construction, industrial non-destructive testing, power generation, security & defence, aerospace, and nuclear.

CHEMICAL – TANK / VESSEL LEAD LINING

By virtue of its resistance to chemical corrosion, Lead Sheets finds use for the lining & bonding of chemical treatment baths, acid plants and storage vessels/tanks.

Lead is highly appreciated in apparatus construction for the chemical industry and primarily for nonferrous metallurgy, thanks to its special properties such as corrosion resistance to highly aggressive media, high electrical conductivity, great density, good malleability and low melting point, as well as the fact that it is particularly easy to repair. In most cases, lead needs a base or structural material because of its relatively low strength.

HMS Metal produce varying grades and alloys of lead to provide precise degrees of corrosive resistance demanded by the most stringent design requirements and can be bonded to most products, using either a loose or homogeneous lining method.

The inert nature of lead makes it ideal for lining of chemical tanks and components used in chemical processes particularly where acid exposure is involved.

Lead is used in a variety of applications across the Chemical and Refining industries.
These include:

• Lead lined tanks for chrome plating, anodising or pickling
• Anodes for copper electro winning, copper foil production, chrome plating and anodising
• Lead lining for transport vessels for hazardous chemicals, such as phosphoric acids and bromides, to provide a long lasting chemical resistant coating
• Repair and maintenance on existing equipment, such as wet electrostatic precipitators, cooling or heating coils etc.

We can supply certified lead in any alloy such as ASTMB29.

Lead Anodes for Electrowinning & Electrolytic Refining

We produce world class, high conductivity, low corrosion Lead Anodes for metal refining purposes across the globe.

Lead Anodes are widely used in mining, electrowinning & electrolytic refining of metals such as copper, nickel and zinc.

Electrolytic refining is a process of refining bmetal (mainly copper) by the process electrolysis. As far as the mechanism of the process is concerned, duringelectrolysis, a large chunk or slab of impure b bmetal is used as the anode with a thin strip of pure metal at the cathode.

Today, practically all of the world’s copper production is electrorefined, constituting by far the largest electrolytic refining industry. The process closely related to electrorefining is electrowinninng with insoluble anodes. In this process, the metal is dissolved chemically. The pure metal is then “electrowon” using insoluble anodes, like Lead Anodes.

Lead Soundproofing for Noise Reduction

Lead has a high surface density and is correspondingly heavy. It can provide a very effective sound barrier compared to plaster, glass, concrete or many other materials. Also many other materials tend to become more rigid as they become thicker, rigid materials do not make good sound insulators since they can retransmit sound though vibration and resonances.

Lead, on the other hand, is soft and malleable. This makes it impossible to radiate sound and very difficult to be set into vibration, and has the flexibility needed to make a good sound barrier. Since lead is a metal it has a uniform density compared with wood and other materials and finally it is easy to attach with adhesive bond to gypsum board or plywood to produce structurally sound walls.

Acoustical Lead Sheet has been developed to help control noise in various interior environments: hospitals, schools, office buildings, industrial plants, apartment buildings and other multifamily buildings.

Lead is commonly used as a barrier that absorbs, sound, vibration, and radiation, as a result, lead sheet is commonly used as a sound deadening layer in the walls, floors and ceilings of sound studios. Noise is a challenge for many industries, including the music industry and in many factories with loud machinery. Lead sheet is 10 times more absorbent than glass or concrete and up to 100 times more absorbent than wood.

Lead Ballast for counterweights

Due to the many practical and protective properties of lead, it is widely used for Marine applications.

The high density of lead makes it an excellent material to use as ballast for vessels and counterweights.

We produce ballast and counterweights for vessels in any size, shape or form you need. From shot and molten lead filling our Standard lead ingots start at 25kgs, but we can supply ballast weighing many tonnes.

A wide range of sizes and lead alloys are available using zinc, copper, tin, antimony, calcium, silver and bismuth.