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Bronzes, brasses

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Use

Powders of copper, bronze, and brass are used to produce filters, and machine parts (friction bearings) manufacturing via sintering, to deposit wear-resistant, anti-friction, corrosion-resistant and anti-scuffing coatings for the restoration and strengthening of machine parts in the mining and metallurgical industry; auto, streetcar/trolleybus and water transportation; power and oil & gas equipment; and for applying decorative coatings.

Bronze (powder)

Brass (powder)

Grades, production method, chemical composition and properties

Grades	Production method	Nominal composition, properties
AP-Cu	Gas- or water-sprayed copper powder	Cu Fe<0.2 Ni<0.04 Zn<0.05 Sn<0.05 Making products by pressing and sintering. Filler for powder compounds
AP-CuFe3ZnSi (Water atomization)	Water-sprayed bronze powder for making parts	Cu Fe3 Zn0.5 Si0.1 Good compressibility. Packed density 3.6-4.1 g/cm³
AP-CuAl8.5Fe4Ni5Mn1.5	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Al8.5 Fe4 Ni5 Mn1.5 Anti-frictional properties, increased resistance to abrasive wear, erosive and cavitational resistance, high strength of coating adhesion against dislocation
AP-CuAl8.5Fe1.5Ni5Mn1.5	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Al8.5 Fe1.5 Ni5 Mn1.5 Anti-frictional properties, increased resistance to abrasive wear, erosive and cavitational resistance at low and high temperatures, high strength of coating adhesion against dislocation, quick coating comformability
AP-CuAl9	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Al9 Anti-frictional properties with good resistance to corrosion and good plasticity
AP-CuAl9Mn2	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Al9 Mn2 Anti-frictional properties, resistance to wear due to manganese strenghtening, and high resistance to corrosion
AP-CuSi3Mn1	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Si3 Mn1.3 Anti-friction properties, resistance to corrosion in salt- and fresh-water, good workability, and increased elastic properties
AP-CuPb30	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Pb30 High anti-friction properties during operation under increased pressure and high slip speeds, and high heat conductivity
AP-CuAl9.5Fe1	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Al9.5 Fe1 Anti-friction properties with good resistance to corrosion and increased mechanical properties
AP-CuSn4 AP-CuSn10 AP-CuSn20 (Water atomization)	Water-sprayed bronze powders for making parts using the PM method	Cu Sn4 Cu Sn10 CuSn20 Good compressibility. Particle size: base fraction 0-160 microns. Packed density 3.5-4.5 g/cm³
AP-CuSn15	Water-sprayed bronze powders for making parts using the PM method	Cu Sn15 Base fraction – less than 40 microns. Packed density ≥ 3.8 g/cm³
AP-CuSn8P0.3	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn8 P0.3 Anti-friction properties, increased hardness, durability, wear-resistance and corrosion-resistance, improved workability
AP-CuSn10P1	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn10 P1 Excellent anti-friction and elasticity properties, increased hardness, wear- and corrosion-resistance, improved workability, good sintering behavior during filters manufacturing using the PM method
AP-CuSn5Zn5Pb5	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn5 Zn5 Pb5 Good anti-friction properties, improved technological properties (workability), resistance to corrosion. Anti-scuffing, dense coatings on pipe threaded joints
AP-CuSn5Zn5Pb5 AP-CuSn4Zn8Pb5 (Water atomization)	Water-sprayed bronze powders for making parts using the PM method	Cu Sn5 Zn5 Pb5 Cu Sn4 Zn8 Pb5 Compressed powder for making friction bearings and thermal compensators. Particle size: 0-160 microns, packed density 3.6-3.9 g/cm³, compactibility >7.9 g/cm³ at a pressure of 600 MPa.
AP-CuSn7Pb10	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn7 Pb10 Zn1 P<0.5 Fe<0.5 Anti-friction and improved technological properties in coatings on sleeves (friction bearings) oil-seal rings. Resistance to cavitation
AP-CuSn10Pb10	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn10 Pb10 High anti-friction and corrosion-resistance properties at high pressure and high slip speeds
AP-CuSn10Pb1.5	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn10 Pb1.5 Anti-friction properties, resistance to corrosion, wear-resistance at high pressures
AP-CuSn4Zn4Pb17	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn4 Zn4 Pb17 High anti-friction properties, resistance to corrosion in deposited coatings, good workability
AP-CuSn8.5Ni3	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn8.5 Ni3 Si1 Anti-frictional, corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant properties, good adaptability in sliding couplers, and good coating adhesion against dislocation; low coating oil-absorption
AP-CuSn8Ni5Si1B1	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Sn8 Ni Si B Self-fluxing properties. Wear-resistant friction coatings on parts made from copper alloys, steel and cast iron, HRB140-160
AP-CuCr1	Gas-sprayed bronze powder for coatings	Cu Cr1 Wear-resistance combined with high electrical and heat conductivity and heat-resistance
AP-FeCu30 (Water atomization)	Water-sprayed copper-based pseudo-alloy powder	Fe Cu30 Compressed powder for making construction parts and composites using the PM method. Dampening properties and corrosion resistance
AP-Cu63Zn37 AP-Cu70Zn30 AP-Cu80Zn20 AP-Cu90Zn10 (Water atomization)	Water-sprayed bronze powders for making parts using the PM pethod	Cu Zn37 0-100 microns, 0-200 microns and other Cu Zn30 0-280 microns, packed density 3-3.5 g/cm³ Cu Zn21 0-280 microns, packed density 3.2-3.6 g/cm³ Cu Zn10 0-280 microns, packed density 3.05-3.55 g/cm³. Fluidity <35 s
AP-Cu63Zn37	Gas-sprayed brass powder for coatings	Cu Zn37 High durability and wear-resistance in coatings

Advantages

A wide selection of alloys for solving various challenges in the restoration and strengthening of parts in mechanisms and equipment using thermal spraying and deposition, and in the creation of effective wear-resistant anti-friction and frictional coatings.

A fairly wide selection of compressed copper-based materials sprayed with high-pressure water are used to make structural parts and for use as fillers in composites and paints.

There is a wide selection of particle sizes for various uses: less than 40 (45), 20-63, 40-100, 40-60, 63-125, 100-280, 140-315, 160-280, 280-400, 50-315 microns. Powders with other particle sizes can be made at the client's request.

Powders intended for coatings are applied using plasma or gas deposition (thin fractions) and plasma sintering (large fractions) onto steel, using acetylene, propane/butane, compressed air, and the gas-dynamic method.