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*ALLOY 172 BERYLLIUM COPPER

COMMON FABRICATION PROCESSES AND TYPICAL USES


CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
 
Cu Al Be Co Si
Min/Max Rem .2 1.80-2.00 .20 min 0.2
Nominal 98.1   1.9    
 
COMMON FABRICATION PROCESSES FOR 172 BERYLLIUM COPPER

Blanking, drawing, drilling, forming and bending, tapping, turning
 
FABRICATION PROPERTIES
 
Joining Technique Suitability
Soldering Good
Brazing Good
Oxyacetylene Welding Not Recommended
Gas Shielded Arc Welding Good
Coated Metal Arc Welding Good
Spot Weld Good
Seam Weld Fair
Butt Weld Fair
Capacity for Being Cold Worked Good
Capacity for Being Hot Formed Excellent
Forgeability Rating: 40  
Machinability Rating: 20  
 
Product Forms
Bar
Plate
Strip
Rod
Shapes
Tube
Wire
     

TYPICAL USES OF 172 BERYLLIUM COPPER

Electrical
Spring connectors, current carrying, fuse clips, belleville washers, electrical switch and relay blades, navigational clips, contact bridges, connectors, relay parts, switch parts
Fasteners
Fasteners, washers, screws, bolts, roll pins, retaining rings, lock washers
Industrial
Housings for instruments, springs, non sparking safety tools, shafts, pumps, springs, electrochemical, bushings, valve stems, flexible metal hose, bourdon tubes, wear plates on heavy equipment, bellows, diaphragms, welding rolling mill parts, bearings, valves, pump parts, spline shafts, tools
Ordnance
Firing pins
 
 
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