Application Examples

GLIDCOP® is used for applications that require high thermal or electrical conductivity, minimal softening after high temperature exposure, and high strength. Common GLIDCOP® applications are as follows:

Resistance welding electrodes

- MIG welding tips
- Back-up contact bars
- Railway collector contact bars
- Surgical cauterizing scalpels
- Electrical connectors
- Incandescent light bulb lead
   wires

Electrical packages - heat sinks, lead wires
Vacuum tube components
- Conductors for high field magnetics research
- Components for particle physics research