Plansee, Austria, recently invested in an ultramodern cold rolling mill to produce thin and medium-thickness molybdenum sheets up to 1000 mm wide, and to ensure increased capacity. Plansee also operates the world’s largest hot rolling mill for molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, and niobium sheets. With a rolling force of 50,000 kilonewtons, this produces sheets up to 2000 mm wide and several meters long.
Whether smooth or etched, for punching or in deep-drawing quality, a wide range of sheets is now available at a reduced price. Plansee also makes rods, wire, and ribbon of molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, and niobium. These materials withstand high temperatures, have long service lives, and retain their shape even when exposed to frequent changes of temperature. Aside from semi-finished products, Plansee also develops and manufactures custom components from refractory metals.
The Plansee High Performance Materials division has expertise in the field of molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium, and chromium components. Alloys and composite materials from Plansee are in electronics, coating technology, and high-temperature furnaces, wherever traditional materials are stretched beyond their limits.
