Electron Beam
Melting Facility

Reading Alloys has a multi-million dollar Electron Beam (EB) melting facility. This technology produces high-quality products for a variety of end uses including high purity powder products of titanium, vanadium and precursors to other metal materials.

The tremendous energy available from an electron beam, combined with the ultra high vacuum required for it's operations, refines metals such as vanadium, niobium and titanium to plus 99% purity. Multiple element alloys are produced using advanced software which control evaporation rates and beam patterns.

The facility consists of two independent furnaces. The main EB furnace is a 400KW hearth melt ideal for the refining of ultra pure metals. This unit is a key link in the Reading Alloys' production of high purity vanadium, titanium, niobium and other products for powder metals and electronics industries.

The main furnace is equipped with both a solid and a loose feed capability providing flexible raw material starting stock. Ingots of various sizes and chemistries, including ingots from consolidation to loose scrap, are produced.

These furnaces position the company at the forefront in supplying high purity engineered materials such as:

• Feed stock for metal powders

• Refractory metals and alloys of Cobalt, Tantalum, Zirconium, Titanium and Molybdenum for use in electronics, semiconductors and sputtering;

• Custom production of small  ingots;

• Research and Developmental products for Reading Alloys' customers;

• Scrap consolidation for customers;

• Alloy refinement for customers.