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Specialty Materials and Processes
The sub-categories below represent HeatWave Labs' broad offering of specialized materials. Contact
HeatWave Labs
for detailed information or a quotation.
Stock Materials
Thermoshield Bar, sheet, foil, tubing, ribbon, wire
Seamless Moly Tubing
TB-189 Pure Rhenium Ribbon
TB-189 Pure Molybdenum and Moly/Rhenium Sheet
TB-189 Pure Tungsten, Molybdenum and Tantalum Foil
Rhenium, Tungsten/Rhenium and Moly/Rhenium Rod
Molybdenum/Rhenium Tubing
Pure Rhenuim, Tungsten/Rhenium and Molybdenum/Rhenium Wire
TB-206 Alumina Screws, Nuts and Washers
Single and Multi-bore Ceramic Tubing
TB-206 Ceramic Hat Washers
Tantalum Sheathed Heating Element
Refractory Metal Based
Composite Materials
W/Cu, Mo/Cu
Thermal Management Materials
Controlled Expansion Materials
Structural Components
Refractory Metal and Ceramic
Foam Materials
Tungsten, Mo, Re, Al
2
O
3
, Be0, BN
15-100% Density
User Specified Pore Size and Distribution
Boron Nitride
Heavy Tungsten Alloys
W/Ni/Fe
W/Ni/Cu
Custom Alloys
Up to Ø12"
Wrought Tungsten and Molybdenum Replacement Parts
High Purity W&Mo
Precision Machining
Clean Packed
Special Processing
>2350°C Wet or Dry H2
Vacuum Processing
Brazing, Sintering, Greening, Cleaning
Isopressing
Laser, TIG, Spot welding
Machining, Grinding, EDM
Filament winding and coating
Chemical etching
Plasma spray coating
Reference Documents
TB-117 Emission Characteristics of "M Type" Dispenser Cathodes
TB-119 Emission Characteristics For Scandium Type Dispenser Cathodes
2002 Cathode Life Test Facility Annual Report, TriService/NASA
Using multispectral imaging to measure temperature profiles and emissivity of large thermionic dispenser cathodes/Los Alamos Labs
Thermal Imaging and Current Emission Measurements On a Large Thermionic Dispenser Cathode/Los Alamos Labs
TB-123 Design Concepts for High Temperature Cathode and UHV Sample Heater Packages
TB-134 Practical Aspects of Modern Dispenser Cathodes
TB-135 Modern Dispenser Cathodes - Cronin
"Electron Beam Formation, Focussing and Collection in Microwave Tubes," Handbook of Microwave Technology, R. True -
available by request
TB-147 Processing and Handling of Dispenser Cathodes
TB-128 Notes on Dispenser and Oxide Cathodes
TB-160 thru 164 Processing and Specifying Oxide Cathode Coatings
Optical Pyrometers
TB-183 Electron Optics Simulation -
available by request
TB-172 Standard Electron Grids
TB-201 Electron Gun Opening Procedure -
available by request
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