Engineering Capacity | CASTING & FORGING Copper Alloys has developed a lead-free material for use in food and beverage industry. applications such as valve fittings, pumps and gears. Achieving FDA approved GRAS status, the material is a food-safe alloy with low friction and anti-galling characteristics in contrast to stainless steel. The alloy’s composition means it offers high corrosion resistance in both acidic and caustic environment and it’s specially developed to prevent galling when in contact with stainless steel, even in high-speed contact applications. What’s more, its alloyed-in lubrication avoids the need for externally supplied lubrication, and it holds uniform properties in all directions. Ben Turner, Managing Director of Copper Alloys said: “Through the inclusion of a specific mix of minerals and elements we created a fine dispersion of soft globular phases distributed throughout the alloy structure. These phases provide the alloy’s inbuilt lubricity and exceptionally low friction and anti-galling characteristics against austenitic stainless steels.” To ensure stringent certification and documentations, every piece is hard marked with a cast and bar number so that it can easily be traced back to the relevant material certification. Each batch is also subject to indepth assessment of chemical composition, liquid penetrant, tensile and hardness properties All certification is produced in accordance with BS EN 10204 3.1. JULY 2022
New alloy for food sector
Copper Alloys exercises precise control over alloy composition and using advanced
process technology techniques, the firm has developed a range of high-performance alloys designed to give engineers greater options for a variety of significant applications in the food and beverage industry. Traceability from source to customer is guaranteed. 8 copperalloys.net
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