Tungsten Alloy Ball Counterweight

1. What's Tungsten Alloy Ball Counterweight?
Tungsten alloy ball counterweight is a spherical balancing component made from W-Ni-Fe or W-Ni-Cu alloy. W-Ni-Fe generally exhibits magnetic properties, while W-Ni-Cu has low magnetic permeability, allowing the material system to be selected according to magnetic requirements and application conditions. CTIA's tungsten alloy ball counterweight utilizes the high density and relatively high strength of tungsten alloy to concentrate the required mass within a compact spherical form, making it suitable for equipment mass compensation, center-of-gravity adjustment, rotational balancing, and moment-of-inertia control in automotive, aerospace, robotics, precision machinery, and industrial equipment.

2. Features of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Ball Counterweight
(1) High Density and Compact Size: Tungsten alloy has a density of approximately 16.5–18.8 g/cm³, compared with approximately 7.85 g/cm³ for ordinary steel and 11.34 g/cm³ for lead. At the same ball diameter, tungsten alloy provides greater mass per ball, making it suitable for structures with specific mass and installation-space requirements.
(2) High Strength and Wear Resistance: Typical W-Ni-Fe alloy has a tensile strength of approximately 700–1000 MPa, together with relatively high hardness and wear resistance, allowing tungsten alloy ball counterweight to withstand mechanical motion, vibration, and impact loads.
(3) Spherical Structure for Easy Assembly: The spherical shape has no obvious installation direction and can be installed by embedding, filling, or multiple-ball configurations, making it suitable for cavities, ball grooves, sleeves, and other installation spaces.
(4) Flexible Mass Configuration for Balancing: The local mass distribution can be adjusted by changing the number, size, and distribution of tungsten alloy balls, making them suitable for balancing certain rotating or moving components.
(5) Precision Machining and Customization: Precision machining is available for ball diameter, roundness, surface roughness, individual ball weight, and structural features such as through holes, blind holes, flats, and steps.

3. Applications of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Ball Counterweight
(1) Aerospace and Defense: Used for balancing and inertia adjustment in flight control mechanisms, control mechanisms, and gyroscope rotors.
(2) Automotive and Racing: Used for wheel balancing, rotating-component counterweighting, and structures in racing applications with specific space and mass-distribution requirements.
(3) Consumer Electronics and Gaming Equipment: Used as miniature vibration counterweights and haptic-feedback components inside mobile phones, game controllers, and similar devices.
(4) Mechanical Watches: Used in automatic watch rotors, oscillating weights, and other mass components requiring specific inertia within compact structures.
(5) Sporting Equipment and Fishing Gear: Used for golf club weighting and high-density fishing weights, providing the required mass within a compact volume.

4. Specifications of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Ball Counterweight
(1) Material: W-Ni-Fe, W-Ni-Cu
(2) Tungsten Content: 90%–97%
(3) Density: 16.5–18.8 g/cm³
(4) Diameter: 0.5–100 mm, customizable
(5) Roundness: Up to 0.002 mm, customizable
(6) Structural Forms: Standard balls, hemispherical balls, perforated balls, slotted balls, flat-sided balls, and customized balls
(7) Surface Condition: Ground or mirror-polished, customizable

CTIA GROUP (CTIA) has nearly 30 years of experience in tungsten alloy manufacturing, with capabilities covering tungsten alloy formulation, powder metallurgy forming, liquid-phase sintering, and precision machining. CTIA provides tungsten alloy ball counterweights tailored to the required material system, ball diameter, roundness, individual weight, and structural configuration, with material, dimensional, and weight controls supporting batch consistency and meeting equipment requirements for precise counterweighting and balancing.

For any inquiry, please contact tungsten alloy manufacturer: CTIA GROUP

Email: sales@chinatungsten.com

Tel: 0086 592 5129696 / 0086 592 5129595

Website: tungsten-alloy.com

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