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High-Pereformance
Clad Metal Manufacturing

Manufacturing
AMETEK clad materials are manufactured by roll bonding a core or backing
with a specialty metal to produce a metallurgically bonded clad. Many
metals can be combined through this technique to provide a custom metal
with the specific properties that the designer wants.
For example, nickel clad steel is an ideal
material for withstanding the high-
temperature, corrosive environment to
which a hospital sterilizer is exposed. It also
works well in products ranging from
gourmet cookware to petrochemical
processing tanks.
Our clad materials are available in widths to
126 inches, lengths to 400 inches, and thicknesses ranging from 3/16 to
1-1/2 inch. Cladding on the steel backing can be supplied in a range of
thicknesses from 5 percent to 40 percent of the overall material thickness.
Standard composites available are stainless clad aluminum, nickel clad
steel, stainless clad steel, titanium clad aluminum, A276 clad steel, and
Inconel* clad steel. AMETEK metallurgists are
always available to assist you with developing custom
product specifications.
As an additional customer service, we can further process clad sheet and
plate to meet specifications for close dimensional and flatness tolerances,
glass beading or sand blasting one or both sides, cutting to circles or
supplying formed heads.
* Trademark of Inco Alloys International, Inc.
Processing
Roll bonding is achieved by processing a specially
prepared "sandwich" (layers of backing and
cladding materials) through a conventional plate
hot rolling mill that reduces the thickness and
metallurgically bonds the backing steel to the clad
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material. Parting compound is used between each clad pack before it is
welded and then roll-bonded to yield two separated clad plates.
After cutting to finish size, the bonded plates are cleaned by blasting with
an abrasive that is mixed with glass beads to obtain a clean, relatively
bright surface, both top and bottom, if desired.
Fabrication
Clad plate can be fabricated into different
shapes which allow designers the freedom to
produce custom products for a wide range of
applications.
Forming: Clad materials can be cut and
formed by shop operations, including
shearing, plasma cutting, drawing, bending,
hot forming, machining, drilling and
punching.
Welding: Fusing of clad materials is usually done by first welding the
backing material using appropriate filler material and then welding the
clad side with a welding electrode or filler metal appropriate to that
surface.
Quality Control, Testing
Generally, clad plate is produced to meet or exceed either
ASME A-264 or ASME A-265 codes. To meet these
specifications, AMETEK routinely performs tensile tests,
shear tests, hardness, bend tests and impact tests (Charpy
V-Notch) on modem testing equipment. Other services, as
specified by the customer, are also available such as
ultrasonic testing, thermal treatment and saw cutting.
AMETEK's total quality control begins with our selection of
high quality raw materials and follows through to an on-
time delivery of the finished product to our customers.
Inventory
To accelerate delivery times, AMETEK maintains an inventory of A-285
Grade C and A-516 Grade 70 carbon steel, nickel 200, and 304L and 316L
stainless steel.
We also:
Provide a raw material inventory and Just In Time programs for
repetitive business.
Supply small quantities for specialized requirements.
Maintain a stock of finished plates of various popular combinations
including nickel and stainless on carbon steel.


P.O. Box 427
Eighty Four, PA 15330 U. S. A.
Tel: 724-225-8400
Fax: 724-225-6622
e-mail: dick.mason@ametek.com
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