Niobium for Defense Applications
Elmet Technologies provides niobium for defense applications to support the military and defense industries’ mission-critical practices. Products in the defense industry must perform to stringent functional and regulatory standards. Either guaranteeing the safety of operators or helping to combat threats efficiently and ethically is paramount.
We follow strict quality control procedures to ensure the highest standards for these high-stakes applications, which are critical to national security. Military and defense contractors rely on Elmet Technologies expertise in manufacturing products that require the unique material properties of niobium, its alloys, and other refractory metals.
High-Quality Specialty Parts
We provide a range of premium specialty parts and services designed to meet your unique needs:
- High-reliability diodes and battery parts for night vision goggles
- Specialty tolling services
- More options available
Applications for Defense
Aircraft
- Blade Balancing
- Rotor Vibration dampening
- Control stick vibration isolation
- Elevator and Aileron balance
- Counterweights
Ordinance
- Fragmentation spheres and cubes
- Kinetic Energy Penetrators
- Fuse components
- Scored plates
- Guidance and targeting systems
Warheads
- Explosively formed penetrators
- Shaped charge liners
- Forging blanks
- Fragmentation liners
Missiles
- Rocket Nozzles
- Hot gas valves
- Thrust vectoring vanes
- Guidance system weights
- Propellants
Built for innovation: A Century of Refractory Metal Expertise
Elmet has over 100 years of experience manufacturing refractory metals, giving us the experience to provide both innovative and adaptable solutions for mission-critical use by the defense industry. We make sure to follow strict quality control procedures, so all products meet the most demanding specifications.
Excellence in American-Made Refractory Metals
When you purchase from Elmet Technologies, you can confidently trust that you are receiving the finest quality refractory metals, sourced exclusively from Western providers and manufactured right here in the USA. Our extensive range of products, including coil, plate, sheet, and rod, is manufactured to meet the most rigorous standards at our three ISO-registered facilities in Lewiston, Maine, Euclid, Ohio, and Coldwater, Michigan.
We pride ourselves on being the last and only fully integrated US-based producer of both molybdenum and tungsten flat and round mill products. Additionally, we are a dedicated and leading partner to the defense and aerospace industries, as well as others seeking a world-class refractory metals partner.
