Tungsten Alloy Medical Equipment Counterweight

1. What’s Tungsten Alloy Medical Equipment Counterweight?
Tungsten alloy medical equipment counterweight is high-density balance weight for mass compensation, center-of-gravity adjustment, torque balancing, and dynamic balancing in medical equipment, mainly including medical imaging systems, surgical robots, rehabilitation equipment, and precision inspection instruments. CTIA's tungsten alloy counterweight features high density, compact size, lead-free material, selectable magnetic properties, and X-ray and gamma-ray attenuation, concentrating substantial mass within limited space while supporting mass distribution and center-of-gravity adjustment for moving components and stable equipment operation.

2. Features of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Medical Equipment Counterweight
(1) High Density for Compact Spaces: With density of 16.5–18.8 g/cm³, tungsten alloy provides the required mass in a small volume, making it suitable for confined internal spaces in medical equipment.
(2) Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe: Lead-free, non-toxic, and non-radioactive tungsten alloy complies with RoHS and REACH directives, avoiding potential health and medical-environment contamination associated with traditional lead counterweights.
(3) Combined Counterweight and Radiation Shielding: Tungsten alloy strongly attenuates X-rays and gamma rays, allowing the counterweight to also function as a radiation shielding component while providing mass balance and helping optimize equipment structure.
(4) Flexible Structures for Precision Installation: Available as counterweight plates, blocks, rods, rings, screws, and complex irregular parts, with holes, slots, threads, locating surfaces, and other machined features to fit different mechanical installation spaces.
(5) Material Options for Different Equipment: W-Ni-Fe offers good strength and overall mechanical properties for general medical machinery and cantilever systems, while W-Ni-Cu has low magnetic response with relative permeability close to 1, making it suitable for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and other medical equipment operating in strong magnetic fields or subject to strict magnetic-environment requirements.

3. Applications of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Medical Equipment Counterweight
(1) CT Equipment: Used in rotating gantries, X-ray tube assemblies, and other moving components to adjust mass distribution and improve rotational balance.
(2) Radiation Therapy Equipment: Used in rotating gantries, treatment heads, and other moving components to adjust center of gravity and gravitational torque.
(3) Surgical Robots: Used in robotic arm joints, end-effectors, and other locations requiring mass compensation to balance gravitational torque and support motion control.
(4) C-Arm X-Ray Systems: Used in C-arm rotation structures, suspended arms, and other locations requiring gravity compensation to adjust center of gravity and overall balance.
(5) Medical Centrifuges: Used for high-speed rotating components to achieve dynamic balancing through mass adjustment and reduce operating vibration.

4. Specifications of CTIA's Tungsten Alloy Medical Equipment Counterweight
(1) Material System: W-Ni-Fe, W-Ni-Cu
(2) Tungsten Content: 90%–97%
(3) Density: 16.5–18.8 g/cm³
(4) Dimensions: Customizable
(5) Structural Forms: Counterweight plates, blocks, rods, rings, screws, and complex irregular parts
(6) Surface Treatment: Grinding, polishing, customizable

CTIA GROUP (CTIA) draws on nearly 30 years of tungsten alloy manufacturing expertise and capabilities in powder metallurgy and precision machining. CTIA provides tungsten alloy counterweights based on equipment space, weight, center-of-gravity, and magnetic-property requirements, supporting structural design, material selection, precision machining, quality inspection, sample production, and batch supply.

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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