AMETEK EMC has been manufacturing in the orthopedic device market for decades. With regular technology improvements, we’ve adapted to the latest capabilities. Precision cutting of tube and sheet as well as precision welding with lasers is the key to our capabilities.
AMETEK offers a range of wear resistant tool steel powers used in P/M, MIM, and metal additive manufacturing. Tool steels use a combination of C, Cr, Mo, V, and W in an Fe based alloy to generate a carbide microstructure in the metal alloy.
Powder Metallurgy (P/M) tool steels offer the highest grade of performance, especially in respect to toughness, due to the extremely fine and uniform distribution of carbides resulting from the atomization process.
AMETEK offers multiple grades in the M, D, and T series of tool steels including M3-5, D-2, and T-15 among others. Each tool steel is optimized for its respective purpose to give exceptional properties. Some tool steels, such as our premium T-15 grade, can result in hardness near 70 HRC when appropriately processed and heat treated.
Materials that have been routinely produced include M-2, M3-2, M3-5, M4-2, D2, and T15.
Our Spinodal materials are custom-engineered for safety hand tools that are non-sparking, non-magnetic and highly corrosion resistant. They benefit from age hardening techniques that further increase their strength and hardness for high performance safety tools.
Alloys
AM 388™ (UNS C72650) is a copper based Spinodal alloy that offers non-sparking, non-magnetic and high strength properties. AM 388™ is accepted as a safe replacement material for Beryllium Copper alloy.
Safety Tool Applications
Engineered for an array of hand-held non-sparking safety tools including:
Corrosion resistant wrenches
Hammers, axes and picks
Corrosion resistant screwdrivers, pliers and spatulas
Customers in aerospace, oil and gas, chemical processing and other industries all rely on Superior Tube to supply precision thin wall tubing which they use to make bellows and convoluted tubing for a variety of applications.
Our convoluting grade tubes are made from several alloys such as Inconel 625 and stainless steel 321. The tubes are then hydro or mechanically formed into flexible hoses, which are often used to transport fluids and gases in various industries.
Superior currently produces bellows and convoluting grade tubing from 1.0” in outside diameter down to under .250” OD with wall thickness as light as .003”. If you have demand within or outside of this range, please contact us so we can provide a solution.
Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.