How Does clad plates supplier Work?

For over fifty years, AMETEK Specialty Metal Products has been at the forefront of developing roll-bonded dissimilar metals.

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Our ASTM-certified clad plate materials offer a unique advantage by combining the superior properties of each metal, including strength, corrosion resistance, lightweight characteristics, cost efficiency, and thermal and electrical conductivity. The result is a composite material that outperforms any individual metal.

Clad Plate Alloys

Clad metals produced by our roll bonding technology combine two or more metals into a single sheet or plate to produce a metallurgically bonded clad. It can then be cut, welded or formed into a finished part ranging from chemical processing chambers to pressure vessels.

We specialize in cladding stainless steel or nickel alloys to carbon steel as well as triple layer clad plates bonding stainless steel to an aluminum core.

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• Nickel Clad Steel, Stainless Clad Steel and Stainless Aluminum Clad
• Other specialized materials include:
  Inconel® Clad Steel, Hastelloy® Clad Steel, 276 Clad Steel, Armor Plate, Copper Clad Steel, Titanium Clad Steel, and Stainless Cladded Tool Steel.

Our expert metallurgists are available to help you develop custom product specifications tailored to your exact needs.

Clad Plate Sizes

Our clad plate materials are available in the following standard sizes:

• Widths: Up to 120”
• Lengths: Up to 480”
• Thicknesses: Ranging from 3/16” to 1”
• Clad Percentage: From 5% to 40% of the overall material thickness

Additionally, we offer custom processing services, including: Close dimensional and flatness tolerances, glass beading or sand blasting one or both sides, cutting to circles or special shapes.

Clad Plate Advantages

When faced with a unique challenge, a clad metal could provide the ideal solution. Our clad plate metals offer a combination of properties and benefits that are not achievable with monolithic metals, including:

• Improved Mechanical Properties: Enhanced strength, corrosion resistance, temperature resistance, and thermal conductivity
  
• Superior Metallurgical Bond: Achieved through roll bonding
  
• Reduced Maintenance & Extended Lifespan: Offering long-term reliability and performance
  
• Highly Customizable: Tailored to meet specific application needs

Clad Plate Applications

Clad metals offer unique properties that, combined with a wide variety of cladding and backing materials, make them ideal for numerous demanding industries. These materials are commonly used in sectors such as chemical and petroleum processing, defense, paper and pulp, and food processing.

Typical applications include Pressure Vessels, Braising Pans, Boilers, Griddles,  Steam Vessels, Cryogenic Transition Plates, and Specialty Knives.  

What is Roll-Bonding?

Roll bonding is a process where a specially prepared "sandwich" of backing and cladding materials is passed through a hot rolling mill, reducing thickness and bonding the backing steel to the clad material.

Parting compound separates each clad pack before welding and roll bonding to yield two separate clad plates. After cutting to size, the plates are cleaned with abrasive blasting to achieve a bright, clean surface.

Roll bonding provides significant advantages over explosive bonding, including more consistent mechanical properties and greater dimensional control.

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Clad Plate Fabrication

Clad plate can be fabricated into different shapes, which allows designers the freedom to produce custom products for a wide range of applications.

Forming:Clad materials are compatible with most fabrication methods, including shearing, plasma cutting, drawing, bending, hot forming, machining, drilling, and punching.

Welding:To fuse clad materials, the backing material is typically welded first using the appropriate filler material. The clad side is then welded with an electrode or filler metal suited to that surface.

ASTM Certified Clad Plate

Our clad plates are engineered to meet and exceed the highest industry standards, including: 

• ASME BPVC Section II and ASTM Standards:
  Includes A263, A264, and A265 for pressure vessel fabrication. 
• Typical Requirements:
  Supplied per SA264 with shear and bend tests and 100% ultrasonic testing (UT) per SA578-Level B. Plates are hot rolled and cleaned for optimal quality.
  
  
• Additional Options:
  Materials can also include HIC (Hydrogen Induced Cracking) resistance, Simulated PWHT (Post-Weld Heat Treatment) coupons, and Charpy Impact testing to meet specific project needs. 

Short Lead Times and Small Batches

To meet demanding delivery timelines, we keeps an inventory of key materials, including A-285 Grade C and A-516 Grade 70 carbon steel, Nickel 200, 304L, and A-36 stainless steel. Additionally, we: This approach ensures flexibility and timely delivery for all your requirements.