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Carpenter Technology Corp.
101 West Bern St.
Reading, PA 19601
USA
800-654-6543 (phone)
610-208-3080 (fax)

Web site
Web: www.cartech.com

Founded
1889

Contacts
Carpenter Customer Service
Tele: 800-654-6543
Tele: 610-208-2000
Fax: 610-208-3080

Staff
4025

Certification:
Carpenter Specialty Alloys
ISO 9001: 2000

Focus
Orthopedics, cardiology, general surgery, instrumentation, dental

Background
Carpenter Technology Corporation is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of specialty alloys, as well as engineered parts made from metallic and ceramic materials.

You'll find these specialized materials used in the medical, aerospace, automotive, industrial, power generation, and consumer products industries.

The company's specialty materials are known for their dependability, strength, toughness, corrosion resistance, and the ability to stay intact in high temperatures. For information visit www.cartech.com

Carpenter Technology Corporation leads the development and production of specialty materials including stainless steels, titanium alloys, cobalt base alloys and ceramic products to meet the highly specialized demands of medical products designers and manufacturers.

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Carpenter helps its customers advance medical technology with customer-centric service and its alloy development efforts that have produced a diverse product line. Carpenter has developed a number of materials that have been used throughout the medical industry.

• BioDur® medical alloys have been used in orthopedic implants, fixation devices, and dental instruments, among other applications. The BioDur line can deliver a host of characteristics depending on the specific alloy, including biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, surface condition, strength, machinability, formability and more.
• Carpenter’s Dynamet operation manufactures high-strength, lightweight titanium in various wire, bar and shaped forms to meet a variety of fabrication needs.
• Carpenter’s engineered products division produces specialty materials available for medical purposes including shape products, precision cold-drawn shapes and ceramic components.

Carpenter is committed to research and development efforts for new and improved materials. As medical advances demand more rigorous applications, Carpenter will provide next-generation metals and specialty products that make breakthrough medical designs a reality.

Carpenter also provides advanced melting capabilities that ensure exceptional material purity, including Electric Arc/Argon Oxygen Decarburization (ARC/AOD); Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM); Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR); ElectroSlag Remelting (ESR); VIM-Inert Gas Atomized (VIM-IGA) Powder Metal Processing.

Alone or in combination, these capabilities allow Carpenter to produce alloys that have been used to meet the service requirements of a broad range of medical applications.