Royston Lead Company Profile
Royston Lead has established a highly respected reputation throughout the world for the manufacture and supply of engineered lead products under the brand names of Royston Lead Products, Jamestown Metals Ltd and Jamestown Metal Resources. The company was founded in 1920 and supplies building, chemical, nuclear, acoustic and medical industries globally with milled lead, DM cast lead and quality lead roofing products. The key aim of Royston Lead is to satisfy the requirements and specifications expected by the customer to an exemplary standard and to be at the forefront of the lead industry.
Royston Lead is based in Barnsley and excels at maintaining a reputation for on-time deliveries and extending the capabilities of the production facilities. Recent developments have included the installation of a custom made self-contained unit for melting and extruding lead sections based on fully solid material, rather than the traditional process of semi-solid extrusion.
Industry solutions from Royston Lead include:
Medical
Royston Lead produces a vast array of lead products to the medical industry and provides advice on the design and manufacture of bespoke research and storage facilities. The company has provided a range of solutions to protect both patients and medical staff from exposure to radiation from x-rays, gamma rays and electron beams which are all commonly found in hospitals.
Radiation therapy has become the leading choice of treatment for cancer patients and the rapid development of modern medical treatment has led to an increase in the need for extra protection. Lead is the preferred material for radiation shielding and can be found in applications such as lead lined treatment rooms, mobile shielding screens, static shielding screens, protective clothing and storage flasks.
Nuclear
Lead is used for nuclear shielding applications to ensure safe operation and maintenance. Royston Lead’s manufacturing capabilities include lead filling applications such as transfer flasks and large storage caskets. For nuclear power stations and naval applications, the product range includes interlocking bricks and blocks, plates, foils, pipes and sleeves. Also available are other cast and rolled forms of lead which all ensure a radiation safe environment for nuclear power station personnel.
Lead is particularly favourable within the nuclear industry due to its strength, hardness, corrosion resistance, high density, low melting point and good casting properties. These properties, coupled with the fact that lead can be very easily machined, precision engineered and alloyed with other metals, whilst maintaining metallurgical conformity and consistency make lead a perfect solution for radiation shielding.
Acoustic
For many years lead has been used as a sound barrier in many industries due to its high density, high internal damping and low bending stiffness and is an ideal alternative to plywood, plasterboard, glass and steel. Lead has a much higher coincidence level than these traditional materials and consequently creates a more effective barrier to the transmission of airborne sound than the majority of used sheet materials within the acoustics industry.
Chemical
Royston Lead has developed anti-corrosion products in a vast number of environments and is a leading choice within the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The company has excellent lead burning facilities both on-site and in-house and has the capability to loose line or homogeneously lead line most products using chemical and antimonial lead alloys. Royston Lead manufactures varying grades and alloys of lead which provide precise degrees of corrosive resistance demanded by the most stringent design requirements and can be attached to most products. The team at Royston Lead can assist in the design, manufacture, installation and testing of specialised tanks and vessels, as well as providing a skilled team of qualified lead burners for on-site requirements.
Anodes
Due to its electro-chemical properties, lead has proved to be an essential element in anodes in a wide and varied field of applications. Lead alloys are specified for the production of anodes for corrosion protection on ships, piers and other marine structures. These alloys are also used within the electroplating industry where lead anodes can be used in various sizes for plating the smallest part to continuous plating of fifty tonne coils of steel tin plate. Lead anodes are becoming a favourable choice of the mining industry, where by the application of new chemical technology, it is possible to electrowin metals including copper, nickel, cobalt zinc and manganese from solutions directly leached from the ore.
Buildings
Lead has been a leading choice of the construction industry throughout the world for centuries across a range of climatic conditions. Roofing and flashing applications are made using lead as it is durable, flexible, corrosion resistant, maintenance free, weather proof and easy to work with. Lead is attractive and eye-catching and is often specified by architects, builders and engineers.
Using state-of-the-art, fully computer controlled plant, Royston Lead can fabricate high quality, consistent lead products with short lead times. When extruded or continuous cast, lead can be used to create window and sash weights for both traditional windows and modern UPVC double glazed units. There are square, rectangular or round profiles in a range sizes to suit any requirements. All sections have a hole running through the centre and can be cut to any length. The weights can be utilised on both round and square profiles and are available as 1, 2 and 5 pound weights. In sheet form, the lead can be used as a sound barrier in industrial and commercial buildings.
Ballast
Royston Lead provides a comprehensive range of lead solutions for ballast for a vast array of nautical vessels including warships, submarines and merchant shipping.
Royston Lead is committed to providing a wide and varied range of lead solutions across a vast array of industries. The friendly and experienced team welcomes enquiries and can provide in-depth information on the products and services provided by Royston Lead. The company has two locations based in Barnsley and Renfrew, near Glasgow and has the capability to offer a reliable nationwide delivery service to merchant branch locations or to a site as required.