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News Release from: Danaher Motion | Subject: Titanium balls
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 March 2002
Titanium balls are lightweight steel
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Thomson Precision Ball has a new family of balls made from inert titanium.
Thomson Precision Ball has a new family of balls made from inert titanium Guaranteed to meet ISO standards and manufactured in an ISO9002/QS9000 plant, this new line of precision ball products conforms to the standards of the American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ANSI/ABMA Std 10-1989)
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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New lightweight, precision titanium balls
Thomson Precision Ball Company has introduced a new family of balls made from inert titanium, available in two materials, Type 6AL4V and Type 6AL4V-ELI
Thomson titanium balls are available in two materials: type 6AL4V and type 6AL4V-ELI.
They provide equipment and device designers a number of benefits, including: inert material; light weight; exceptional anticorrosive properties; effective operation in high temperature applications; high tensile/compression strength; and expansion properties similar to steel.
Thomson precision balls are available in a choice of 27 high- performance materials, including type 316L surgical stainless steel, 52100 chrome steel, stainless steels, Monel, K-Monel, bronze, brass, nonferrous, plastic and ceramic/silicon nitride.
Thomson Precision Ball has the only metrology laboratory approved by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for the calibration of spheres.
The scope of the accreditation includes specific ball diameter, roundness, and surface finish.
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