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Tungsten is a prized transition metal for high-performance, heavy alloys, primarily due to its high density. Though it has a lower relative atomic mass than other heavy metals such as lead, tungsten has a density almost two times greater than lead (19.3g/cm³). One of the many benefits of this high density is an inherent ability to attenuate specific wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.

The opacity of tungsten extends well beyond the visible region of the energy spectrum into the realms of ionizing radiation. This is ideal for X-ray shielding applications in the medical industry. Pure tungsten is rarely used in imaging or radiotherapy applications due to its relatively poor workability. Introducing nominal amounts of copper, iron, and/or nickel into the matrix of a tungsten alloy makes it much easier to machine into intricate shapes for critical engineering parts in the medical sector.

Tungsten alloys are subsequently used in diagnostic medicine and advanced therapeutics due to its exceptional radiation management capabilities. But its excellent engineering mechanical properties, coupled with good workability cannot be overlooked, as these characteristics enable tungsten alloys to be formatted as complex configurations like multi-leaf collimators.

As cancer therapeutics and imaging become more sophisticated, the need for highly reliable radiation management systems only grows. Consequently, precision-engineered tungsten alloy parts are employed in an ever-growing range of medical applications. A brief selection of these includes:

● Computed tomography

● External beam radiotherapy

● Nuclear Medicine

● X-ray imaging

The superior workability of tungsten alloys compared to the pure refractory means they can be configured in various ways to suit this growing and increasingly versatile demand. Anti-scatter grids and collimators are among the most typical components fabricated from tungsten alloys for use in medical imaging, but greater innovation has enabled more efficient component designs for radiation beam management and shielding.

Multi-leaf collimators comprised of multiple, independently mobile tungsten leaves can dynamically manipulate beams to ensure they are always delivered in tightly conformed shapes while carefully managing radiation dosage. Source collimators and isotope containers are likewise available in a range of increasingly complex formats to suit new and improved radiological systems.

T&D supplies custom components for advanced medical applications, using the best material per individual customer specifications.

Primarily due to Tungsten Heavy Alloy’s high density, which is nearly two times greater than lead, one of the many benefits of this category of high densitymaterial is its inherent ability to attenuate electromagnetic radiation of specific wavelengths. Tungsten and heavy Tungsten alloy are of course inherently opaque and thus impervious to optical rays, and this characteristic extends well beyond the visible spectrum of light and into the spectral realm of energy such as ionizing radiation.

Heavy Tungsten Alloys are ideal for X-ray shielding applications in the medical industry. The alloying of tungsten makes it easier for us to produce the complex shapes and forms design engineers developed for critical medical devices & technologies. Due to tungsten alloy’s exceptional radiation management capabilities, these alloys are used in advanced radiation therapies as well as diagnostic medicine practices. Collimators, including multi-leaf variants are also enabled by the complex shapes available and mechanical properties of heavy tungsten alloy which T&D processes have perfected

T&D tungsten alloys are also used in various therapeutic and diagnostic medical technologies. For multileaf collimators, Tungsten heavy machined plates are used in comprising the individual leaves moving independently both in and out of a particle beam’s path. The multileaf collimator directs a beam while focusing radiotherapy treatments to appropriately conformed shapes, thereby ensuring patients receive correct therapy doses.

T&D Manufacturing provides both raw materials and finished components with tight tolerances and dimensional specifications to the demanding and rapidly changing medical market. Precision-made tungsten parts and high-density tungsten alloys are used in a variety of applications, from multi-leaf collimators and medical isotope production, transport and containment to radiation shielding materials, syringe shields, lead shielding replacement parts, and oncology treatment systems and instruments.

T&D provides materials and finished components to the medical industry are used in the following products:

● Multileaf collimators

● Medical isotope transport and containment

● Radiation shielding materials

● Radioactive source containers

● Syringe shields

● Lead shielding replacement

● Radiotherapy machines

● Computer tomography scanners

● Refractory tungsten metals and alloys

● Tungsten alloys for shielding

● CT scanners

● CT and X-Ray security machines

● IMRT – Intensity modulated radiation therapy

● Oncology treatment systems

● Oncology instruments

● Tungsten alloy mobile shielding

Multileaf Collimators

T&D tungsten alloys and finished component parts are used in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic medical technologies. High-density alloys for multileaf collimators are used to comprise the individual leaves, which can move independently in and out of the path of a particle beam. This crucial device directs a beam and focuses radiotherapy treatment to precisely conformed shapes, delivering correct therapy doses to patients. Multileaf collimators are widely used in radiology departments and are an integral part of radiotherapy.

Radiation and Lead Shielding Materials

The density and strength of tungsten alloys make them the first choice for radiation shielding applications. T&D’s tungsten alloys are used in this capacity in both medical and industrial settings. Their energy-absorbing qualities are excellent choices to protect sensitive electronic equipment, as well as delicate human tissue. We deliver X-ray target and stationary anodes for a variety of X-ray applications. We also supply rhenium tungsten discs used in X-Ray tubes. Tungsten alloys provide unsurpassed strength, control and protection.

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