Capabilities
Elmet Technologies offers a full range of capabilities related to powder metallurgy, advanced materials, and refractory metals manufacturing. Our service portfolio includes a variety of unique toll services: extrusion, forging, and hot and cold rolling. This provides our customers with a wide range of refractory metal solutions. By incorporating new technologies into our processes, from additive manufacturing, to new advanced machining, we believe continuously expanding our capabilities is the key to future growth.
Specific to the manufacture of glass melting electrodes and components for the glass industry, a brief overview of our capabilities include: various diameter sizes, standard and tapered threads, simple or complex thread forms, and exceptional material purity.
Our Extensive and Advanced Powder Metallurgy Capabilities
Elmet Technologies offers the most comprehensive and robust product portfolio of high-performance powders. Our quality-assured materials development and processing capabilities ensure that high-performance powders can be generated to specific customer requirements.
Elmet Capabilities: Brief Overview
- Powder Metallurgy: a comprehensive line of Mo, W, Nb, and related alloy powders
- Hot and Cold Rolling: conversion of raw material ingot into plate and sheet products
- Rotary Forging: state-of-the-art GFM rotary forge technology for precision forged bar
- Advanced Machining: precision manufacturing with fabrication of complex geometries
- Extrusion: we leverage a 5,500 ton extrusion press to extrude a wide range of materials
- Additive Manufacturing: refractory metal 3D part printing and custom AM solution R&D
- Alloy Development: programs to design new materials and high-performance products
Made In the USA
The Largest U.S. Manufacturer of Tungsten and MOlybdenum
With nearly 400 employees, across three-world class facilities, and over 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space, Elmet stands as the largest producer of refractory metals in the United States.
Lewiston, ME, USA
Our Lewiston, Maine, USA facility offers advanced capabilities for tungsten and molybdenum machining, with over 70 machines dedicated to precision fabrication. The Lewiston facility is also home to tungsten powder processing, fragmentation parts production, rod swaging, wire drawing, and more.
Coldwater, MI, USA
Our Coldwater, Michigan, USA facility has unique and leading edge capabilities with high-volume production of molybdenum powders. Coldwater offers bar and tube processing, mill products, a state-of-the-art additive manufacturing lab, and more. It is also home to a 5,550 ton extrusion press and a world-class GFM rotary forge.
Euclid, OH, USA
Our Euclid, Ohio, USA facility specializes in rolling pure tungsten and molybdenum alloys, with 5 large rolling mills for the production of plate, sheet, foil, and flat products. Euclid is home to the largest hot mill for tungsten and molybdenum in the United States. It also offers extensive tungsten heavy alloy capabilities.
Materials Capabilities: Overview
Elmet Technologies has extensive refractory metals and advanced materials capabilities.
- Pure Tungsten (W)
- Pure Molybdenum (Mo)
- Tungsten Heavy Alloy (WHA)
- Pure Niobium and Alloys (Nb, Nb-C103)
- Tungsten Alloys (WK, WLa, WRe, and more)
- Molybdenum Alloys (TZM, MoLa, and more)
Mo, W, Nb, TZM, WHA, & more
A Leader In High-Performance REfractory Metal Solutions
Elmet Technologies is a global leader in the manufacture of high performance tungsten, molybdenum, niobium, and their related alloys. Uniquely, Elmet stands as the last and only fully-integrated, 100% U.S.-owned and operated manufacturer of these products, materials, and solutions.