Swissmetal Industries SA
Industrial Applications

Industrial Applications

Swissmetal Industries’s products for machines and appliance manufactures feature a wide variety of alloys of different shapes and mechanical strength to match the wide range of customer specifications.

Customers can achieve high added value by working together with Swissmetal Industries at an early stage to identify the best solutions in terms of materials and cost-effectiveness.

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 –

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
58H CuZn39Pb2 C37700/C38000 CW617N  C3603/C3604
61D CuZn36Pb3 C36000 CW603N  C3601/C3602

 

Machinable Nickel Silvers

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
NM2 CuNi7Zn38Mn2Pb3 – CW723R –
NM3 CuNi7Zn38Mn3Pb3 CW400J – –
NM6 CuNi12Zn37Mn6Pb2 C79860 CW407J –
N09 CuNi10Zn42Pb2 C79620 CW402J –

 

Aluminium bronzes

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
A9N CuAl9Ni3Fe2 C63200 CW304G C6280
A9F CuAl9Fe5Ni5 C63280  CW307G C6301
A9K CuAl9Fe4Ni1 C62300  – C6191
A10N   CuAl10Ni5Fe4 C63000
AMS4640
CW307G –
CAN15   CuNi14Al3Fe – – –

Special brasses

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
PS2 CuZn16Si2Pb1 C69750 – –
SM56 CuZn41FeMnPb1 – CW723R –
SM58 CuZn37Mn3Al2PbSi – CW713R –
SM59 CuZn35Ni3Mn2AlPb – CW710R –

 

Leadfree alloys

 

 

Designation ISO ASTM EN JIS
C97S CuNiTeP C19100 – –
E63P CuZn37 C27400 CW508L C2720
E70 CuZn30 – CW505L  –
E72 CuZn28 C25600 CW504L  –
E85 CuZn15 – CW502L  –
E90 CuZn10 C22000 CW501L C2200
E95 CuZn5 C21000 CW500L  C2100

 

Typical applications: there is virtually no limit to the types of machines and appliances in which copper alloys can be used to advantage.

  • Outstanding machinability
  • Excellent hot formability
  • Special sliding and / or friction properties
  • High mechanical strength at elevated temperature
  • Corrosion resistance
  • Resistance to scaling, even at elevated temperatures
  • Non-sparking
  • Non-magnetic