Superconductors
Low-temperature superconducting (LTS) wires and cables made to your exact specification
UKLT niobium-tin Nb3Sn superconductors
UKLT has been producing niobium-titanium (NbTi) -based superconducting wires and cables for nearly fifty years. We are the world's leading producer of special copper and low-temperature superconducting (LTS) wire and cable for many applications.
It has also been making niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) composite wires for several decades. UKLT's niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) wires are made via our unique internal-tin (IT) process and specifically designed for a variety of high field applications including fusion and high energy physics.
UKLT supplied advanced and high quality Nb3Sn conductors in mass production scale starting in 1990 for the ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) program. The ITER CSMC program was one of the most significant steps forward in fusion technology.
Our superconducting wires are generally designed with specific application in mind and their features vary widely among the different products offerings. Our products range from wires with single superconducting filament to thousands of fine filaments.
The more we discover about superconductors, the more they will touch our lives. And UKLT expects to remain at the forefront of future expansions into the burgeoning fields of MRI and NMR imaging, high energy physics, fusion energy development, levitating trains, power transmission, energy storage, silicon crystal growers for computer parts, and proton beam therapy for cancer treatment.
Superconductor types
Enameled monolithic wires in round and rectangular configurations
Wire-in-channel or cable-in-channel integrated conductors
Nb-Sn conductors by 'internal-tin' and 'bronze' methods
Our engineering team can work with you to modify existing configurations to suit your particular application or to come up with an entirely new conductor product.
Relevant industries for Superconductors
Healthcare
Copper has been used in fighting disease for hundreds of years. Today highly specialised copper products continue to influence healthcare.
Scientific Applications
Unmatched experience and dependability in delivering extremely complex products for a wide variety of scientific applications.
Electronics
We produce a wide array of solutions in various alloys and shapes, and component parts for the computer, audio-video and ballast industries.