Defense

Mission-Critical Metal Components For The Defense Industry

MetalTek helps the defense industry push the limits of performance through critical metal components that ensure the safety of the military and those they protect.  Our broad selection of alloys promotes longer life in environments that demand high tensile and yield strength along with resistance to corrosion and wear.  Carondelet is certified to produce HY-80 steel to NAVSEA Tech Pub 300 and is one of few manufacturers to offer HY-80 using sand casting.

MetalTek’s manufacturing expertise includes centrifugal casting, investment casting, and sand casting.  Our state-of-the-art facilities provide a range of components for defense applications such as submarine and surface ship propulsion, weapons systems, fluid control, and structural support.  MetalTek is a Level 1 supplier accredited by ISO, Nadcap, and a range of other certification programs to ensure compliance with the strictest quality demands.

You cannot be in defense halfway.  MetalTek has the technical expertise and experience to help defense customers and the military do their jobs and keep us safe.

To learn more you can reach out to us, connect with a Defense Key Account Manager, or consider a TekSession.

Learn More About HY-80 Steel

HY-80 offers high strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance for defense applications.

Typical Defense Applications

  • Aircraft loading system

  • Autonomous / unmanned vehicles

  • Bomb racks

  • Fluid handling

  • Missile systems

  • Mobile missile launchers

  • Naval Nuclear

  • Ship-to-ship material transfer

  • Steering systems

  • Submarine propulsion

  • Surface ship propulsion

  • Tracked vehicles

  • Turbine heat exchangers

  • Weapons handling

  • Weapons systems

  • Wheeled vehicles

Typical Defense Products

  • Bearing shells

  • Clutch winch drum assemblies

  • Controllable pitch propeller hubs

  • Hatch rings

  • Launcher components

  • Missile components

  • Pump and valve components

  • Seal housings

  • Shaft sleeves / shaft liners

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The confidential nature of the defense industry prevents MetalTek from disclosing images of many of the components that we manufacture. MetalTek produces shaft sleeves, valve components, propeller hubs, and many other metal casted parts. Below is a breakdown of the metal castings that we provide.

Hub Body For Propulsion System

Hub Body For Propulsion System

Complex centrifugal casted hub body replaces fabrication.

Shaft Sleeves

Shaft Sleeves

Propulsion shafting for ocean-going Military and Commercial vessels is a critical and expensive part of the propulsion system.

Joint Alloy Development For Valve Components

Valve Components

Joint alloy development makes the customer successful.

Exhaust Manifold

Exhaust Manifold

Tight tolerance capability and the introduction of internal structures through cores make investment casting a logical choice.

Propeller Hub

Propeller Hub

Some of the largest centrifugal castings manufactured by MetalTek.

Turret Base

Turret Base

Precision, reliability, and survivability are critical in protecting our troops.