Tantalum-Tungsten Alloy Springs: When Extreme Environments Demand More Than Stainless Steel
Precision-wound tantalum-tungsten (Ta-10W) refractory metal spring. Most spring specifications are solved with stainless steel or, at the extreme end, a nickel-based superalloy such as Inconel 718. But there is a narrow and unforgiving band of operating conditions where every one of those materials fails — and where a tantalum-tungsten (Ta-W) alloy spring becomes the only […]