COMMITTED TO INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AND SUPERIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OVER 90 YEARS. Ampco Metal is an integrated metal producer, offering under the Ampco® and Ampcoloy® brands the widest range of premium speciality bronzes and copper alloys, famous for their exceptional physical and mechanical properties. Professional value-added services, exceptional product quality and short delivery times are internationally guaranteed from our warehouses in Europe, USA and China. Round bar, rectangles, tubes and plate are all readily available from stock and cast or forged shapes can be produced specifically to your requirements. In addition to our activity in alloys, Ampco Metal has invested extensively in the latest machining technology and has the expertise to deliver highly competitive, pre-machined or fully-machined precision pieces, as required. EUROPE (International Headquarters) : Ampco Metal S.A. Route de Chésalles 48 1723 Marly 1 SWITZERLAND Tel.: +41 26 439 93 10 Fax: +41 26 439 93 01 AMPCO METAL YOUR SOLUTION PROVIDER COPPER-BASED ALLOY SOLUTIONS USA : Ampco Metal Inc. 1117 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights 60005, Illinois FULL PRODUCT RANGE USA Tel.: + 1 800 844 6008 WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY Fax: + 1 847 437 6008 EXPERT ADVICE ASIA : Ampco Metal (Foshan) Co.Ltd. Warehouse 3-A, No 9 Xinyue Road Jinqiao Industrial city, Wusha Daliang Town, Shunde, Foshan Guangdong Province, P.R. China P.C. 528333 Tel.: + 86 (0) 757 2232 6571 Fax: + 86 (0) 757 2232 6570 In addition to the above, Ampco Metal has www.ampcometal.com an extensive network of manufacturing, distribution and commercial facilities [email protected] throughout Europe, the USA and China. Please consult www.ampcometal.com for your nearest Ampco Metal outlet. www.ampcometal.com PRODUCT OVERVIEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR PREMIUM COPPER ALLOYS AMPCO METAL – The first name for premium copper alloy solutions As one of the world’s leading providers of innovative The continuous development of Ampco Metal alloys Ampco Metal alloys combine proprietary metallurgical copper-based alloy solutions, Ampco Metal is an and our licensed products, together with our patented controls and thermal treatments to provide the ultimate international company with production capabilities production techniques and extensive machining in performance and dependability, with exceptional and essential stockholding throughout Europe, facilities, have resulted in our being able to offer the physical and mechanical properties produced through USA and China. widest spectrum of metal solutions and services. strictly controlled manufacturing and laboratory procedures. Since the foundation of the Company in 1914, Our technical understanding means that Ampco Ampco Metal has dedicated itself to providing alloys can be tailored to fulfill specific customer The resulting alloys offer our customers a range of complete customer satisfaction, through its requirements. Only Ampco Metal has the precise products that stand ready to serve existing markets exceptional service levels and by supplying our engineering and metallurgical expertise to provide – exceeding the requirements of the industry’s most customers with their precise copper alloy needs. true solutions to your application needs. demanding applications, yet ready to meet the challenges of new and developing market sectors. By selecting Ampco alloys* over commercial bronzes, We offer the broadest range of material forms: you can achieve: • Continuous Cast Rod, Bar, Tube • 20 – 40% higher wear resistance due to • Extruded Rod, Bar, Tube higher mechanical properties • Trouble-free operations as no nickel contamination • Forgings • 30 – 50% greater resistance to corrosion • Plate • Welding Wires These factors can result in greater component life • Fully Machined Parts and lower maintenance downtime expenditure. * Please ask your local Ampco Metal office for advice on our best alloy for your application. 2 ASK US ABOUT CUSTOM ENGINEERED ALLOYS - [email protected] PRODUCT OVERVIEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW Aluminium Bronzes Manganese Bronze Alloys Nickel-Aluminium Bronzes Ampco 8 Ampco 21 The exceptional sliding and thermal Ampco 673* Ampco 45 Ampco M4 Offers excellent corrosion-resistance Used for heavier loads under abrasive transfer characteristics of Ampco 25 Widely specified for applications such A high strength alloy with mechanical A truly exceptional alloy that has been and outstanding friction tolerance. conditions where no impact forces are have been proven to eliminate such as bushings, cams, nuts and bolts, properties beyond the range of com- heat-treated utilising the marannealing Used in applications such as fittings, present, for example, tube bending problems and enable greater defor- connector rods, shafts, worm gears mercial nickel-aluminium bronzes process to produce a material with fasteners, ball socket seats, bearings tools and mandrels, forming rolls, pilot mation levels - such that the number and lead screw nuts in corrosive resulting from a special manufacturing mechanical properties and a strength- and tie rods in brine slurry equipment. bushings, dies and drill jig bushings. of production stages may be reduced, environments, the higher lead content process employed by Ampco Metal. weight ratio far exceeding the range of Ampco 15* Ampco 21 also offers proven perfor- productivity increased, rejections of Ampco 673 results in an increase Applications that involve abrasive commercial aluminium bronzes. Suitable for moderate-wear service mance in plastic moulding applications eliminated and profits enhanced. of machinability over its sister alloy, wear, friction, mechanical deformation The high hardness of Ampco M4 bushings, sleeve bearings and bearing such as ejector sleeves and bushings, Readily polished to a high “mirror” Ampco 863, but with a small reduction or chemical erosion such as aircraft coupled with superb resistance to races, gears, valve stems, valve guides guide pins and wear plates. finish by conventional methods, in mechanical properties. bearings/bushings, pump and marine deformation and abrasion, makes this and seats. Ampco 22 Ampco 25 is chosen by the domestic Ampco 863* shafts, wear rings, valve spindles and material ideal for applications involving Ampco 18 Used principally for forming and appliance sector for the pressing of The higher strength and corrosion seats or machine tool parts, will heavy dynamic loads, abrasive wear The primary Ampco alloy for heavy duty drawing dies or wear parts under scratch-free stainless steel cooker resistance of this alloy make it an benefit from using Ampco 45. and frictional forces. In particular, applications involving wear, abrasion heavy compressive loads together with and refrigerator fronts, extractor ideal material for use in the heavy-duty The spark-resistance properties of Ampco M4 is used extensively in and fatigue, where the absence of cam rollers and followers. Ampco 22 is hoods, cooking utensils and a host construction and agricultural this alloy make it suitable for the commercial and military aircraft nickel in its composition significantly also recommended for plastic mould of other items that find a place in our equipment sectors. By outperforming production of safety tools and landing gear assemblies, for tube reduces the risk of mechanical applications requiring maximum metal day-to-day lives. The prominence of conventional bronzes, Ampco 863 has machine tool components used in manipulation tools and for parts abrasion with mating steel surfaces. to metal wear resistance. stainless steel in beer barrel produc- found considerable success in explosive environments. operating under load in adverse This is the material of choice for wear Ampco 25 tion and a subsequent need for higher applications such as bearings, worm Ampco 483* environments, such as the conditions plates, bearings, tie bar nuts, gears, A superb high hardness alloy for the deformation levels of the thicker gears, cams and in particular, segmen- Offers exceptional corrosion and experienced in off-shore drilling worm- wheels, tube bending tools, efficient production of quality steels needed to withstand the rough ted bushings and sleeve bearings. cavitation resistance with high situations. wiper dies and similar applications. pressings, principally in stainless steel handling such barrels receive in their strength, excellent ductility and good Ampco 18 is readily machined and but equally proficient for titanium, low use, has resulted in Ampco 25 draw weldability. Typical applications are should be used in critical situations carbon steels and other deep-drawn or rings becoming the essential choice found in marine service, fittings, *Please ask your local Ampco Metal where it is essential to avoid unneces- formed metals. of manufacturers in this industry. couplings, fasteners, etc. and for representative for availability. sary down-time or damage to moving With the move towards using thinner, Ampco 26 components operating within other steel parts. The mechanical properties harder steels in many sectors, A harder derivative of Ampco 25 for corrosive environments. of Ampco 18 can be enhanced by including automotive production, use in exceptional circumstances special heat-treatments devised by conventional press tools are prone to where severe service conditions are Ampco Metal to meet specific rapid heating, leading to mechanical encountered. customer demands for higher impact bonding with the moulded component Ampco 642* resistance or resistance to distortion,