National Bronze & Metals Inc. C95500 Nickel Aluminum Bronze "9D" Rectangles

C95500 Nickel Aluminum Bronze "9D" ASTM B505

Typical Uses for C95500 Nickel Aluminum Bronze "9D":

• BUILDERS HARDWARE: Window Hardware
• CONSUMER: Piano Keys, Musical Instruments
• ELECTRICAL: Electrical Hardware
• FASTENERS: Stuffing Box Nuts
• INDUSTRIAL: Pickling Equipment, Valve Guides, Piston Guides, Valve Seats, Pump Fluid Ends, Glands, Worms, Worms Wheels, Hot Mill Guides, Hand Gun Recoil Mechanisms, Landing Gear Parts, Air Craft Components, Wear Plates, Welding Jaws, Landing Gear Parts, Glass Molds, Machine Parts, Sewage Treatment Applications, Valve Components, Bearings, Bushings, Valve Bodies, Gears
• MARINE: Marine Applications, Covers for Marine Hardware, Ship Building, Marine Hardware
• ORDINANCE: Government Fittings

C93200 High Leaded Tin Bronze / Bearing Bronze CDA 932, SAE 660

C93200 High Leaded Tin Bronze / Bearing Bronze has excellent machining properties, good hardness, strength and wear resistance with excellent antifriction qualities. The alloy is not subject to dezincification and has reasonable corrosion resistance to seawater and brine making it suitable for pump and valve components.
C93200 is suitable for bearings, bushings having medium loads and speeds with adequate lubrications.
Typical Uses for C93200 High Leaded Tin Bronze / Bearing Bronze:

• AUTOMOTIVE: Automotive Fittings
• FASTENERS: Washers
• INDUSTRIAL: Thrust Washers, Pumps, Bushings, Machine Parts, Main Spindle Bearings, Machine Tool Bearings, Bearings for Cranes, Trunion Bearings, Roll Neck Bearings, Rolling Mill Bearings, Linkage Bushings for Presses, Fuel Pump Bushings, Water Pump Bushings, Diesel Engine Wrist Pin Bushings, Forging Press Toggle Lever Bearings, Hydraulic Press Stuffing Box, Hydraulic Press Main Lining, Pump Impellers, General Purpose Bushings, Fittings, Pump Fixtures, Insert Bearings, Bearing

C17510 Beryllium Copper ASTM B441 (ROD), ASTM B534 (PLATE) , RWMA Class III

Primarily utilized in applications that require high thermal or electric conductivity. The alloy offers good strength and hardness characteristics coupled with conductivity in the range of 45-60 percent of copper with ultimate tensile and hardness properties approaching 140 ksi and RB 100 respectively.
Typical Uses for C17500 Beryllium Copper:

• ELECTRICAL: Instrument Parts, Connectors, Heavy Duty, Relay Parts, Conductors, Switch Parts, Fuse Clips
• FASTENERS: Washers, Fasteners, Lock Washers, Retaining Rings, Roll Pins, Screws, Bolts
• INDUSTRIAL: High Flux Electromagnets, Thermal Transfer Plates, Welding Equipment, Springs, Die Casting Plunger Tips

C95400 Aluminum Bronze ASTM B505

C95400 Aluminum Bronze is the most popular, all purpose aluminum bronze alloy. It provides high yield and tensile strength, good ductility, weldability and exceptional resistance to wear, fatigue and deformation under shock or overload. Typical applications include bearings, gears, valve components, wearplate and wearstrip. Conforms to continuous cast specification ASTM B505 and centrifugal cast specification ASTM B271.

Typical Uses for C95400 Aluminum Bronze:

• AUTOMOTIVE: Weld Guns
• FASTENERS: Nuts, Large Hold Down Screws
• INDUSTRIAL: Pickling Hooks, Bearings, Pawl, Worm Gears, Machine Parts, Spur Gears, Heavily Loaded Worm Gears, Pump Parts, Landing Gear Parts, Valve Bodies, Valve Guides, Valve Seats, Bearing Segments for the Steel Industry, Pressure Blocks for the Steel Industry, High Strength Clamps, Bushings, Valves, Gears
• MARINE: Ship Building, Covers for Marine Hardware
• ORDINANCE: Government Fittings

C11000 Electrolytic Tough Pitch Copper CDA 110 ETP, ASTM B124, ASTM B152, ASTM B187, ASTM B188, ASTM B272

High electrical and thermal conductivity, good corrosion resistance and solderability. C11000 is used for welding fixtures, anodes, bus bar in electrical power installations, ground straps, commutators and current carrying hardware. Its inherent fabrication qualities readily permit it to be bent, soldered, drilled, peened, riveted and formed to fit almost any design specification. This copper has excellent hot workability. It becomes soft and ductile at a red heat.
Typical Uses for C11000 Electrolytic Tough Pitch Copper:

• ARCHITECTURE: Skylight Frames, Roofing, Building Fronts, Flashing, Gutters, Spouting, Downspouts
• AUTOMOTIVE: Gaskets, Radiators
• BUILDERS HARDWARE: Butts, Tacks, Nails, Soldering Copper, Rivets, Cotter Pins, Ball Floats
• BUILDING: Screening, Wire Screening
• CONSUMER: Christmas Ornaments
• ELECTRICAL: Terminals, Switches, Radio Parts, Contacts, Trolley Wire, Magnet Wire, Busbars, Terminal Connectors, Conductors, Electrical, Stranded Conductors, Wire, Electrical
• FASTENERS: Fasteners
• INDUSTRIAL: Printing Rolls, Chimney Cap Screens, Heat Exchangers, Anodes, Kettles, Chlorine Cells, Rotating Bands, Road Bed Expansion Plates, Vats, Pressure Vessels, Chemical Process Equipment, Pans

C17500/C17510 offer a combination of high electrical and thermal conductivity with good strength compared to most copper based alloys. C17500 alloy is the mirror image of alloy C17510 in terms of its properties and characteristics. The alloys differ in that C17500 specifies a cobalt alloying addition (2.40-2.70 %) and alloy 17510 specifies a nickel alloying addition (1.40-2.20 %), but their performance are the same.

C18200 Chromium Copper RWMA Class II

Used in resistance welding machine electrodes, seam welding wheels, electrical switch gear, electrode holder jaws, cable connectors, current carrying arms and shafts, circuit breaker parts, arcing and bridging parts, grid side rods in electron tubes, molds, spot welding tips, flash welding electrodes, electrical and thermal conductors requiring greater strength than copper, switch contacts.
Typical Uses for C18200 Chromium Copper:

• CONSUMER: Pencil-type & Light Soldering Guns: Tips, Rod Extensions
• ELECTRICAL: Switch Contacts, Electric Motor and Generator Components, Contacts, Wire, High Temperature, Semi Conductor Bases, Parts for Electronic Devices, Cable, Connectors, Thermal Conductors Requiring Greater Strength than Copper, Switch Gears, Electrical Connectors, Electrical Conductors Requiring Greater Strength than Copper, Arcing and Bridging Parts, Circuit Breaker Parts, Electron Tube Grid Side Rods
• INDUSTRIAL: Seam Welding Wheels, Electrode Holder Jaws, Flash Welding Electrodes, Plastic Mold Components, Resistance Welding Machine Electrodes, Flash Welding Electrodes, Current Carrying Shafts and Arms, Wear Plates on Heavy Equipment, Heat Sinks, Structural Parts, Spot Welding Tips, Molds

C18150 Copper Chromium Zirconium RWMA Class II

Used extensively for cap style resistance welding electrodes. Evidence suggests that it can provide less sticking and resist deformation longer than its copper-chrome counterpart in some specific situations.
Typical Uses for C18150 Copper Chromium Zirconium:

• CONSUMER: Pencil-type & Light Soldering Guns: Tips, Rod Extensions
• ELECTRICAL: Resistance Welding Electrodes
• INDUSTRIAL: Welding Electrodes, Welding Wheels, Tips and Rod Extensions

C36000 Free Machining Brass / Free Cutting Brass

C36000 Free Machining Brass / Free Cutting Brass is ideally suited for high speed machining operations with its superior machinability, thread rolling and knurling characteristics. Its machinability rating of 100 is standard against which all other copper alloys are rated. It is easily soldered or brazed and has good resistance to corrosion.
Typical Uses for C36000 Free Machining Brass / Free Cutting Brass:

• ARCHITECTURE: Terrazzo Strip
• AUTOMOTIVE: Sensor Bodies, Threaded Inserts for Plastic, Fluid Connectors, Thermostat Parts
• BUILDERS HARDWARE: Lock Bodies, Hardware, Fittings
• CONSUMER: Hot Combs (to Straighten Hair)
• FASTENERS: Bolts, Nuts, Screws
• INDUSTRIAL: Faucet Components, Pneumatic Fittings, Fluid Connectors, Automatic Screw Machine Parts, Unions, Adapters, Screw Machine Products, Gauges, Valve Seats, Valve Trim, Valve Stems, Nozzles, Pinions, Gears
• PLUMBING: Plumbers' Brass Goods, Faucet Stems, Faucet Seats, Plumbing Fittings