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Bronze
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Phosphor Bronze
An alloy of Copper, Tin and Phosphorous which offers strength, toughness, and low coefficient of friction.
Material Grades used
PB1, PB2
General Uses
- Bearings with heavy loading
- Gear Wheels
- Axle boxes
- Unlined heavy comprised loads & shock
- Wear resistance service
- Piston rings
- Hard bronze bearings for steel shafts
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Leaded Phosphor Bronze
The addition of lead improves plasticity and the reduction of tin lessens corrosion and abrasion resistance.
Material Grades used
LPB1
General Uses
- Bearings
- Armatures
- Low duty bushes
- Railway wagons
- Valves
- Steam pressure fittings
3
Leaded Bronze
Has excellent machining properties, good water and corrosion resistance as well as medium strength.
Material Grades used
SAE660, LB2
General Uses
- General purpose bushing
- Higher shaft speeds
- Bearings in contact with mine waters
- Water resistance service
- Machinery bearings
- Roll neck bearings
4
Aluminium Bronze
Valued for their higher strength and corrosion resistance including sea water.
Material Grades used
AB1, AB2
General Uses
- Gear wheels
- Worm wheels
- Valve guides & stems
- Propellers & Impellers
- Pump parts
- Marine equipment
- Papermaking machinery
- Pressure tight castings
- Acid resisting machinery
- Statutory castings
Brass
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Brass
An alloy of copper and zinc, offers a variety of mechanical, electrical and chemical properties.
Material Grades used
SCB1, SCB3, DCB1, DCB3
General Uses
- Valves
- Boiler feed couplings
- Castings for mains pressure
- Furniture fittings
- Plumber fittings
- Hardware
- Ornamental Castings
- Pressure tight castings up to 200lbs psi at normal temperatures
- Ornamental parts
- Electrical switchgear
- Contactor parts
- Brush holders
2
High Tensile Brass
Valued for their higher strength and corrosion resistance including sea water.
Material Grades used
HTB1, HTB3
General Uses
- Bearing backings for heavy duty
- Pressure tight castings
- Spur gears
- Large nuts
- Stressed parts
- Marine castings and fittings
- Pump bodies
- Propellers
- Bridge parts
- Lever arms
- Bracketes structural parts
- Gears
Gunmetal
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Gunmetal
The standard admiralty composition, low speeds, high loads and hydraulic castings.
Material Grades used
G1
General Uses
- Bearings
- Unlined Bearings
- Gears
- General utility structural bronze
- Hydraulic castings
- Valve parts
- Pumps
- Shaft liners
- Pipe Fittings
2
Leaded Gunmetal
Very useful all round alloy and has been known for many years as “ounce” metal and also as “Red Brass”.
Material Grades used
LG2, LG4
General Uses
- Bearings
- General applications
- Hose couplings
- Waterpump impellers
- Pressure tightness castings
- General castings
- Pressure tightness
- Fire equipment fittings
- Petrol pump meters
- High pressure valves for liquid oxygen & nitrogen
- Small gears
- Hydraulic pressure
- Centrifugal pump castings
- Valve bodies
- Compressor parts
Copper Tin
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Copper Tin
Known for their corrosion resistance, these are stronger and more ductile than red and semi-red brasses.
Material Grades used
CT1
General Uses
- Casings
- Zinc free pump bodies
- Chemical pressure vessels
- Piston shafts
- Impellers
Aluminium
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Aluminium
Where castings require mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and strength.
Material Grades used
LM4, LM6, LM25
General Uses
- Street furniture
- Tooling
- Electrical fittings
- Gearboxes
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