All About Lead Bricks

Medi-Ray^TM supplies all standard lead brick sizes as well as interlocking configurations. Custom designs and sizes are supplied in the shortest turn-around time in our industry. The author in this article describes about the lead bricks, its benefits, applications and installation.


Medi-Ray^TM provides the most comprehensive materials and assemblies for your lead shielding projects. The variety of lead brick designs, in-house coating services and machining capabilities provide the customer with numerous alternatives and options. Medi-Ray^TM has several custom lead brick configurations that can be altered to a customer’s requirements and provided in pure lead or antimonial lead.


Different types of lead bricks manufactured by Mediray^TM are:

• Standard Rectangular Lead Bricks
• Interlocking Lead Bricks
• Lead Barrier Walls and Caves
• Dura Block Custom Lead Bricks

 

Characteristics of Lead Bricks

 

• Cast from 99.9% pure virgin high quality lead.
• Commonly used for shielding when lead sheet lead is not in proper sizes or thicknesses.
• Versatile for many applications, including in walls, bunkers, coves, glove-boxes, hot cells, partitions, nuclear shielding, transportation of radioactive materials or as a ballast weight.
• Available as straight, rectangular or interlocking type in a wide range of sizes, thicknesses and shapes to suit your application.
• Interlocking Lead bricks offer maximum protection against x-ray beta and gamma radiation with a unique interlocking “V” shape tongue and groove configuration that prevents the leakage of radiation through gaps.
• Lead bricks can be cut on site in any direction without the fear of losing the interlocking capability.
• Lead Bricks are also available in machined finish.

 

Benefits

• Reduce exposure to harmful high energy radiation
• Create a healthful and safe environment
• Lead Bricks can be easily erected, modified, disassembled and relocated in the field to create protective walls systems and cells to suit your application.
• Can be custom designed and manufactured to your exact specifications.

 

Lead Brick Applications

Lead bricks are typically used in nuclear and radiation therapy applications. However, lead bricks can also be used for radioactive isotope creation, ballast weights and counterbalances.
The interlocking feature of these lead bricks eliminates any radiation leakage in the wall. These interlocking lead bricks are offered in sizes that are manageable and easy to stack, and they require no mortar or any other additional shielding materials.

 

Lead Brick Installation

When installing lead bricks, the best method of installation is to have the lead bricks sandwiched. The lead bricks can be sandwiched between two rows of studs or between a concrete wall and a row of studs.

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1. Medi-Ray: Medi-Ray is devoted to innovation in lead metal technology. Since 1974, Medi-Ray has been the largest supplier of radio-pharmaceutical shipping containers. Medi-Ray is mainly known for shielding radioactive products, X-ray, PET, CT or MRI equipment. For any further enquiry or to get free quotes,  call at 877-898-3003 / 914-979-2740 or fax at 914-337-4620. You can send e-mails at sales@mediray.com. Office is located at 150 Marbledale Road, Tuckahoe, New York 10707. Visit http://www.mediray.com/ for more information.