Tungsten Alloy Ballast in a Formula 1 Car

Formula 1 cars are weighed during the Grand Prix weekend to ensure they comply with the minimum weight requirement of 640 kg. Teams use tungsten alloy ballast to ensure the cars run at the minimum weight.

Ballast was once made of iron or lead. Nowadays, a much more advanced material is utilized: a tungsten alloy .

Tungsten alloy could ,made into various balance and ballast components to allow engineers the opportunity to optimise vehicle handling. Ballast is normally located underneath the floor of the car as close to the ground as possible to maintain a very low Cg (centre of gravity).

Tungsten Ballast for F1Racing Car

Tungsten ballast is a F1 specific tuning option. Ballast allows you to add weight to an already light car, with the specific intention of altering the weight distribution of the car. This works hand in hand with tungsten weight Balance. Modern F1 car have tungsten ballast of more then 150 Kg. Applying very expensive and very heavy metal ballast in precise places, usually but not always on the underside of the monocoque, on the as lowest place as possible to further lower the center of gravity.

As on most cars, the RB4 has tiny blocks of tungsten inside the wing's main profile, hidden from view within covered housings. But in addition to this 'standard' ballast placing, the RB4's endplates also have detachable aerodynamically shaped covers which hide extra ballast pieces (picture down). The ballast may look small, but the high density of the ballast metal means they can carry 5 to 7 kilograms. This allows the weight distribution of the car to be moved more forwards, improving its overall weight distribution.

Tungsten alloys provide maximum weight in the smallest possible space. The components are manufactured according to the customer’s project.

Specification of Tungsten Heavy Alloy Golf Weight

Tungsten alloy golf weight is now well known as the best material for this significant role of golf club balance weight. Through adopting tungsten alloy golf weight can greatly improve performance of golf clubs; so many users like to use them.
A golf club head includes one or more balance weights for swing balancing the golf club. The balance weight is selected from a plurality of balance weights and mounted in a weight cavity formed in the golf club head.
Because of their unique properties, tungsten alloy golf weights are well suited for use as weights for sports equipment. The product has a density twice that of steel and weigh seven times more than aluminum.
We have more than 10 years manufacture experience in tungsten alloy golf weight. We welcome the opportunity to cooperate with our customers in the design of individual specifications of tungsten alloy golf weight. Our mission is to meet individual customer requirements of it. Flexibility is our strength. We pride ourselves on being able to find the right solution to customer's problems of product. It is one of our leading products. We can provide all kinds of product as your requirements.

Tungsten Counterweight for Aerospace

Both government agencies and the private industry sector rely on tungsten alloy material for quality aerospace components. With high-density materials, tungsten aerospace counterweight  can be achieved in tight spaces. Some of the components we manufacture for the aerospace industry include, but are not limited to:
Rotor blades
Propellers
Inertial systems
Fluid control systems
Bucking bars
Trim weights
Aircrafts balance weights
Aircraft ballast weights
Anti-vibration metals
Helicopter Blade Weights
Instrumentation components
Missile components
Vibration dampening components
Ordnance
Airplane Rudders
Prototype models

Tungsten Weight Properties

Tungsten alloys weight have many special properties such as high density (15.8-18.7g/cm3), high melting point, wear resistance, high tensile strength, good elongation capacity, low vapor pressure, excellent thermal stability and high radiation absorption capacity, etc.. And due to these advantages they are widely used in various fields including the sports, industry and medicine, etc.. The most common high density Tungsten alloys are W-Ni-Fe and W-Ni-Cu.

Tungsten Weights, Counterbalances & Ballasts

Counter weights made from tungsten heavy alloy compensate for oscillations, weight transfers, imbalances and vibrations, create or shift centers of gravity and more generally ensure the optimum balance.

Counterbalance weights are crucial components in many different applications. They help reduce the loads that parts are exposed to and consequently increase their service life. Such as:
Aviation and aerospace: Propeller and rotor blades, Aircraft weights
Automotive industry: Crankshaft counterweights/balancing and chassis weights, Vibration dampening governors, Balances of flywheels and turbines
Watch industry: Bobs/weights on watch rotors
Optical industry: Microscopes and measuring instruments

Pinewood Derby Tungsten Putty

Pinewood derby tungsten putty is a moldable material made from tungsten powder and a polymer binder. Tungsten putty will not harden under normal conditions, and has a density of 10 g/cm3.

Tungsten Putty is an easy way to fine tune the weight of your pinewood derby car. Made to be malleable, you can quickly and easily place the last bit of weight to any derby car. Pinewood derby tungsten putty can be used at home when building your car or brought to the track to help bring your car up to weight on race day.

Simply add the tungsten putty to any small crevice or hole. Our tungsten putty is very sticky and doesn't need glue or anything added to help keep the putty in position. It can be pulled, pinched, cut and formed into whatever shape you need.
Pinewood derby tungsten putty can easily be used for final adjustments to the weight of pinewood derby cars. Simply pinch off a small piece of the tungsten putty, knead it until it's pliable, and press pinewood derby tungsten putty into any cavity or hole in the car.