Technical Ceramics
Morgan at ASNT 2025
Meet our ceramics and braze alloys experts, at ASNT 2025.
Booth #410: Orlando, FL, USA, 06 - 10 October 2025
Learn more about the products we will be exhibiting
Morgan Advanced Materials CD coating technology has now been in series production for five years.
There is a growing market trend for higher voltages and smaller assemblies for improved performance, less maintenance and reduced total cost of ownership.
The most important issue is a significant reduction in the conditioning time of a produced X-Ray tube which can take several days. Manufacturers pushing to increase their productivity to meet market demand.
The adoption of CD coated power tubes enables the manufacturer to improve tube performance and significantly reduce the conditioning time providing added capacity and avoiding further investments in conditioning equipment.
We have received confirmation from our customers that CD coating also has a very positive effect on the long-term performance of the X-ray tube. One reason for this is the re-charge transport management.
Another unique selling point is the possibility to measure the leakage currents generated on the surface on a wide variety of design shapes. These leakage currents are documented for each product and made available to the customer. This gives the customer 100% certainty that the product has the required properties.
Due to this premium service and the high reproducibility, our customers have great confidence in our products.
Our customers entrust us with the hermetic high-vacuum sealing of X-ray tubes because we do not compromise on quality.
For decades, Wesgo® Metals division of Morgan Advanced Materials has been the leading supplier of braze alloy solutions for imaging and radiology devices. Our high, purity-low vapor pressure alloys in both precious and non-precious formulations are vacuum casted, quality checked, and processed to their final form, all in house.
Wesgo® has been entrusted for high vacuum hermetic sealing in x-ray tubes because we never compromise on quality. Alloys such as Palcusil®, Nioro®, and Nicoro® form strong hermetic seals, and are available in wire, foil preforms and paste.
Why is Dielectric Strength Now a Key Driver in Power Tube Specification?
There are several variables that can affect the dielectric strength of a material, including the raw material quality and the way in which it is processed during manufacture. Within its application setting, thickness, operating temperature, and thermal cycling frequency can all impact on performance and service life. Morgan manufactures its own raw materials from specially selected bauxite sources with careful process control to ensure optimized material properties.
Enhancement of stability and equipment reliability is the other key industry driver for the development of high dielectric strength products, like Morgan’s AL300™ power tubes. The outstanding dielectric performance of this material makes brazed assemblies more dependable in quality and performance, which importantly, offers manufacturers increased Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).