Product Announcements: Bimetals and Clad Alloys

Explosive cladding is a cold-welding process for similar or dissimilar metals and alloys that produces a strong metallurgical bond and small interface. TPL 's Explosive Barrel Cladding development program used recovered/recycled energetic materials to explosively clad Tantalum (Ta) and its alloys to the interior bore of gun barrels to extend their service tube life. In Government tests u... (read more)

SOURIAU PA&E's explosive metal welding process can be used to create bi-metal pipe transitions for applications that require a connection between vessels made of different types of metals. This type of work-piece is well suited for nuclear, maritime and cryogenic applications as well as in instances that use pressure vessels made from clad plate. (read more)

The explosive metal bonding process can join otherwise incompatible materials without compromising other design elements in applications such as: weld transitions, precious metal conservation, preventing galvanic corrosion, corrosive resistant linings, and more. (read more)

Design engineers are often faced with the dilemma of material selection, and frequently, they find that a combination of materials provides the optimal properties required by the design. SOURIAU PA&E's explosive bonding process can join otherwise incompatible materials without compromising other design elements. (read more)

SOURIAU PA&E's explosive metal bonding process creates high-strength, bi-metallic transitions that join dissimilar metals together at the molecular level. For the maritime industry, this means high-strength, critical parts can be manufactured incorporating stainless steel/aluminum bi-metallic transitions and welded directly to an aluminum structure without generating galvanic corrosion. (read more)