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Highly Controlled and Customizable Metal Additives for Plastics

Add detectability, wear resistance, magnetic control, or anti-static properties directly into plastic compounds using precision metal powders

Engineered for food, pharmaceutical, automotive, and industrial applications with custom particle sizes and alloys for specific compounding needs.

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What's included in this e-Book?

  • The benefits of stainless steel and bronze metal powders as plastic additives
  • How metal additives improve detectability, wear resistance, damping, and functional performance in polymers
  • Key material insights into particle size, density, and dispersion in polymers
  • Applications of metal additives in detectable, magnetic, and anti‑static plastics
Enabling Detectable Polymers

Our metal powder additives enable magnetic and X-ray detectability in plastic compounds, helping prevent foreign-object contamination in food, pharmaceutical, and industrial environments. When compounded into polymers, our powders allow plastics to be easily identified during inspection.

Functional Performance in Plastics

Incorporating metal powders into plastics allows manufacturers to precisely tailor wear resistance, vibration and acoustic damping, density, and mechanical stability. Our metal additives are ideal for applications requiring improved durability, controlled magnetic properties, or enhanced functional performance.

Controlled Magnetic Properties

By compounding plastics with specific metal alloys, magnetic properties can be precisely controlled to support conveyance, positioning, and adhesion in automotive and industrial applications. Our powders enable movement or retention using magnetic systems while maintaining consistent material integrity.

Improved Plastic Wear Resistance

The addition of durable metallic particles to polymer compounds significantly enhances wear resistance in finished components. These metal‑reinforced plastics are suited for applications exposed to friction, repeated movement, or mechanical stress, delivering longer service life and improved reliability.

Metal Additives for Plastics

Stainless Steel & Bronze Metal Powders

Custom stainless steel (316L, 304L, 430L, 410L) and bronze metal powders engineered for use as plastic additives and fillers, improving detectability, durability, and functional performance in polymer compounds.

Metal-Filled Polymer Composites

Metal powders compounded into plastics enable controlled magnetic properties, wear resistance, vibration and acoustic damping, density control, and electrical conductivity for critical applications.

Custom Particle Sizes & Morphologies

Available in fine particle sizes (~30 microns) for uniform polymer dispersion and coarser sizes (~75–125 microns) for enhanced performance. Custom solutions support specific compounding and performance requirements.



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AMETEK Specialty Metal Products – 60 years of Metallurgical Expertise


AMETEK Eighty Four is a leading producer of precision metal powders for critical industrial, automotive applications. With over 60 years of metallurgical expertise, our metal powders and clad plate materials are trusted by customers worldwide.

We are part of AMETEK Specialty Metal Products, a business of AMETEK Inc., a global leader in industrial technology serving highly specialized niche markets.