Swissmetal Industries SA
Connectors

Connectors

One of Swissmetal Industries’s most strategically important market segments is semi-finished products for electronic connectors and contacts. These components are used in a wide range of industries, including: information technology, aerospace, fiber optics, telecommunications, automotive, consumer electronics, and several others.

The manufacturers and users require that the materials have specific physical, mechanical and chemical properties. In this context, copper and copper alloys offer an ideal combination of desirable properties.

The production of connectors typically utilizes some form of machining, stamping, cold-heading, or other mechanical transformation. These operations require the ideal combination of machinability, formability, or cold-work ability. Swissmetal Industries’s extensive connector product line offers a world-leading breadth of solutions for our customers:

Pure or low alloyed coppers

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
C42 CuTeP C14500 DPTE CW118C –
C97 CuNiPb1P C19160 – –
C98 CuNiPb0.6P C19140/C19150 – –
C99 CuPb1P C18700 CW113C –
NIB1 CuNi1SiNIBROFOR1 C19010 CW109C –
NIB2 CuNi2SiNIBROFOR2 C64700 CW111C –
NIB25 CuNi2.5Si – – –
NIB3 CuNi3Si1NIBROFOR3 C70250 CW112C –
ECU Cu-ETP / E-Cu / Cu-a1 C11000 CW004A C1100
CUOFE Cu-OFE / Cu-c2 C10100 CW009A C1011
CUPHC Cu-PHC / SE-Cu / Cu-c1 C10300 CW020A –
CUHCP Cu-HCP – CW021A –
CUAG1OF CuAg0.10(OF) C11907 CW019A –
CUAG1P CuAg0.10P C11600 CW016A –

Free machining bronzes

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
BZ4 CuSn4Pb4Zn4 C54400 CW456K C5441
BZ5 CuSn5 C51000 CW451K C5102
BP5 CuSn5Pb1 C53400 CW458K C5341

 

Machinable leaded brasses

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
58A CuZn39Pb3 C38500 CW614N C3603/C3604
58D CuZn39Pb3/AM C38500 CW614N C3603
58F CuZn39Pb3 C38500 CW614N C3603/C3604
60A CuZn38Pb2 C37700 CW608N C3603
60M CuZn38Pb2 C37700 CW608N C3603
60P CuZn39Pb3 C38500 CW614N C3603/C3604
61A CuZn36Pb3 C36000 CW603N C3601/C3602
61B CuZn37Pb2 C35300 CW606N C3601
61C CuZn37Pb1.5 C35000 CW605N C3501
61D CuZn36Pb3 C36000 CW603N C3601/C3602
62A CuZn35Pb2 C34500
C35300
CW601N C3601
62AS CuZn35Pb1 C34000 CW600N –
62B CuZn36Pb1 C34000 CW600N C3501
62C CuZn37Pb0.5 C33500 CW604N –
90A CuZn9Pb2 C31400 – –

 

Special brasses

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
PS2 CuZn16Si2Pb1 C69750 – –

 

Leadfree alloys

 

 

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
60C CuZn40 C28000 CW509L –
58M CuZn42 C28500 CW510L –
63A CuZn37 C27200 CW508L –
BZ4S CuSn4TeZn4 – – –
C97S CuNiTeP C19100 – –

 

Typical Connectors applications:

    • Contact pins

    • Pin and socket

    • RF Connectors

    • Corrosion resistant fiber optic connectors