Mined tungsten ore is ground into a powder that is typically molded into a bar shape, which can then be cold or hot-rolled into flat sheets, and further flattened into tungsten foils. This process incorporates a vacuum annealing furnace, which is an important tool used for the heating and cooling process that strengthens the tungsten. Further equipment used when processing tungsten for tungsten foils include various types of mills, straighteners, hydraulic plate shears, water jets and pressing machines. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Metal Associates
Pompton Plains, NJ | 800-838-1978Our company offers a diverse selection of tungsten items. We have highly trained and competent engineers who can successfully create you a metal solution regardless of how big or small. The expertise of our staff is unmatched.
Metalmen Sales Inc.
Long Island City, NY | 800-767-9494Metalmen provides worldwide distribution of all stainless steel. With our wide range of products, we offer expert market advice and complete metalworking as a custom response supplier serving industry.
Thermo Shield
Portola Valley, CA | 650-851-1859We carry a supply of metal materials which includes tungsten. Thermo Shield offers 99.95 percent pure tungsten supplies such as tungsten bar, tungsten foil & tungsten plate. Tungsten rod & wire will be available to you soon. We offer same day shipping and no minimum for our large stock of metal fasteners.
Stanford Materials Corporation
Lake Forest, CA | 949-407-8904At Stanford Materials, we strive to provide a versatile selection of tungsten products to meet the needs of a wide customer base. Since 1994, we have supplied our products to customers around the globe. We supply various tungsten materials, such as pure tungsten, tungsten radiation shielding, tungsten alloys, tungsten sheets, plates, and more. We offer all of our tungsten products at a high quality and at very competitive prices.
Titan International, Inc.
Pottstown, PA | 800-435-4644Titan International, Inc. is a dedicated supplier of quality products to the metal finishing industry. Through our partnering with a wide base of suppliers, Titan International is able to provide a broad metal product line. In addition to supplying high purity metals and metal powders, we will buy and/or sell your bulk scrap metal, including tungsten, tungsten carbide, nickel, and other metals.
Tungsten Foil - MetalmenSintering is a significant and necessary aspect of the processing of tungsten bars, which are what tungsten foils are developed from. The tungsten bar is rolled through a press, which compresses the tungsten with great pressure, consolidating the tungsten particles. The result is a thin foil of tungsten, which is fragile and bends under its own weight. The foil may be rolled down to a thickness of only 0.001 inches and can vary in width. Tungsten foil normally comes in sheet or coil form, depending on its thickness. Tungsten foils can have a variety of finishes, but most commonly have a similar appearance to that of steel.
Tungsten is appreciated for its high melting point, good corrosion resistance and significant strength when combined with other metals. In addition to tungsten foils, tungsten suppliers produce tungsten in bar, sheet, rod and powder form. Tungsten foils, as well as other forms of tungsten, useful for many different industries, including the construction, engineering and medical industries. Commonly, tungsten is combined with other metallic elements, as to provide greater strength and resistance to wear-and-tear; these are called tungsten foil alloys.
Combining tungsten with steel is a typical example of this. Tungsten alloying is commonly used for things such as radiation sheets, light bulb components, packaging materials, cables, shipbuilding, electro-vacuum industries, metallurgical machinery and electronics. High purity tungsten foils and sheets are also available, though not commonly used due to their brittle and hard condition; because pure tungsten is highly conductive to electricity, though, highly pure tungsten foils are used mainly in electrical applications.