Lead Products and Lead Weights by Nuclear Lead

As a manufacturing facility of custom industrial lead products, Nuclear Lead Company has fabrication experience that includes industrial products, such as lead castings and lead weights, to meet any specification. Our expertise, coupled with high-quality lead machining equipment, allows us to develop virtually any lead product you desire.

Surface finishing and painting are available on all industrial lead products. We offer custom short-run and production casting. Other services include lead mold manufacturing, pattern making, lead machining, and steel welding.

Lead castings

Lead Casting by Nuclear Lead Company Inc

Available in assorted lead alloys or antimonies, Nuclear Lead Company’s lead castings are gravity poured or pumped, depending on the application or size.

We can develop custom castings for any project you have in mind and in any shape you need. Whether you require a small casting whose measurements must be precise or a larger casting for a building, you can rest assured you will receive products that meet your exact specifications. We have extensive experience producing castings for application in areas where medical radiation shielding must be present. You can count on us to fabricate lead castings of the highest caliber for your lead-lined and lead-poured components.

Lead Weights

Lead weights serve a wide range of purposes. From strategic placement and balancing to stackable counterweights or lead interlocking bricks, Nuclear Lead Company can create a custom solution for your lead weight and lead ballast needs. Lead counterweights are commonly used in boats, heavy lifters, cranes, elevators, large machinery, and race cars.

Marine ballast, or counterweights, provides stability to sailboats and large ships. In the case of a sailboat, ballast, in the form of lead castings on the bottom of the hull, ballistic shot bags, or lead ingots, cause the boat to settle deeper in the water, thereby making it more resistant to winds that fill the sails. A motorized boat’s counterweights balance the weight and height above the water so the boat can stay afloat despite any heavy waves or winds. If you’ve recently upgraded your pleasure boat, you may have added weight, as well. Trim-ballast can bring your boat back into balance.

Forklifts may also need counterweights to guarantee an even weight distribution. Stack type counterweights, often consisting of cast-metal housings or metal plates of lead, can be removed or added as needed for maximum lift weight.

If you want to increase the capacity of your existing elevator, lead counterweights are the most efficient option due to the density of lead compared to its steel counterpart. Our team can work with yours to come up with the best solution for your situation.

The aerospace industry relies on our convenient bags of lead shot to test different scenarios in their planes, from uneven loading to brake testing.

We can meet any need you may have regarding lead weights, so don’t hesitate to inquire about how we may assist you.