Anomet Products' Precious Metal Clad Wire Is One-Tenth the Cost of Pure Precious Metal

SHREWSBURY, MA--(Marketwire - Apr 19, 2011) - Anomet Products, Inc., the leading producer of composite metal products, is custom manufacturing clad wire that features a true metallurgical bond and provides superior or equal performance to pure precious metal wire at about one-tenth the cost of pure precious metal.

Anomet Precious Metal Clad Wire features precious metal metallurgically bonded to a core material with 2% or more cladding thickness offered in sizes from 0.002" to 0.125" O.D. as a cost-effective alternative to solid wire. Providing superior or equal performance to pure precious metal, this clad wire can include platinum for oxidation-, corrosion-resistance, and bio-compatibility, gold for contact resistance, and silver or palladium which can be clad to a variety of lower cost core materials.

Manufactured to precise OEM specifications and supplied on spools, Anomet Precious Metal Clad Wire can be clad to core materials such as copper, Kovar^®, nickel-iron, molybdenum, stainless steel, tantalum, and titanium. They have a smooth surface finish and are more ductile and formable than filled or plated products. Typical clad wire applications include microswitches, connectors, and components for aerospace, electronic and medical devices.

Anomet Precious Metal Clad Wire is priced according to construction and quantity. Samples and price quotations are available upon request.

About Anomet Products

Anomet Products is well known as the leader in innovative composite metal products. Founded in 1976, Anomet specializes in the manufacture of custom clad metal composites featuring a true metallurgical bond. The company has been dedicated to developing new products using advanced metallurgical technology resulting in long lasting, high reliability, cost effective materials. Given that material costs today represent 90% of the overall cost of products, Anomet specializes in helping reduce costs while improving the material properties and quality.

Producing clad wire, rod, bars, ribbon, and plates, Anomet Products can offer a wide range of metal alloy compositions available with virtually any ratio or thickness. Major industries served include aerospace, automotive, appliance, defense, corrosion protection, electronic, electrochemical, industrial, medical, and oil & gas industries. Each year, Anomet reinvests a considerable amount of its resources in R & D in order to stay on the leading edge in the industries it serves.