Shieldings for Neutron Guides
Borated Aluminium | LCB | Housings with Integrated Shielding
For AluBor, we produce the material by melting and homogenously mixing high-purity aluminium with boron carbide (up to 10 wt%). That Metall Matrix Composite (MMC) is then cast into blocks with dimensions of up to 100 × 300 × 1000 mm³.
In vacuum environments, boron-loaded rubber or polyethylene can generate contaminating “neutron-absorbing dust” over time. In contrast, AluBor remains stable and clean under long-term operation.
This makes AluBor a clearly superior choice for applications requiring durability, cleanliness, and long-term reliability.
Our LCB shieldings, made of a radiation and vacuum hard epoxy, highly filled with boroncarbide. We developed a vacuum mold injection technique to produce 10.000 pieces per year. The accuracy is 0.02 mm.
Boron based (LCB) shielding of neutron guides, inside the vacuum housings. Inside of round or rectangular vacuum housings, we implement a 3-6 mm thick layer of LCB.