Beryllium - Import export

Our Spinodal materials are custom-engineered for safety hand tools that are non-sparking, non-magnetic and highly corrosion resistant. They benefit from age hardening techniques that further increase their strength and hardness for high performance safety tools. Alloys AM 388™ (UNS C72650) is a copper based Spinodal alloy that offers non-sparking, non-magnetic and high strength properties. AM 388™ is accepted as a safe replacement material for Beryllium Copper alloy. Safety Tool Applications Engineered for an array of hand-held non-sparking safety tools including: Corrosion resistant wrenches Hammers, axes and picks Corrosion resistant screwdrivers, pliers and spatulas

We offer two Spinodal alloy grades produced through the same wrought powder metallurgy as copper based products with nickel and tin additions. Our Pfinodal® (C72900) and AM 388® (C72650) spinodal materials deliver similar mechanical properties to Beryllium Copper alloy (C17200) but without the carcinogenic exposure risks. Advantages include: No carcinogenic elements - only copper/nickel/tin Ductile state and heat treatable Electrically conductive Reduced distortion during heat treatment Reduced stress relaxation Safe Alternative to Beryllium Copper (UNS C17200) Recently, Pfinodal® and AM-388® have been chosen as a replacement for Beryllium Copper due to the carcinogenic effects of Beryllium and fears of bans on Beryllium containing products due to REACH, RoHS, and OSHA mandates. Spinodal materials are gaining acceptance in new projects as well as legacy qualifications as manufacturers, OEMs, and consumers reject products

We manufacture bar and tube products in our corrosion resistant Spinodal alloy, Pfinodal® (C72900), for use in downhole housings, centralizers, and joints that operate in demanding subsea environments. Advantages Our Copper nickel tin Pfinodal® (C72900) bar and tube products present a combination of unique properties that deliver significant advantages for downhole oil and gas applications. Non-sparking and non-magnetic Anti-galling Anti-corrosive Heat treatable to high hardness Safe alternative to Beryllium Copper (BeCu) Pfinodal ® (C72900) Bar and Tube C72900 copper alloy materials are available in bar and tube sizes up to 6” (152.4mm) diameters as well as in both strip and plate products. Our C72900 material is generally provided as machining bar in the aged condition with many sizes available to ship from inventory. We also offer the ability to provide turnkey solutions by providing fully machined parts to OEM drawings.

AMETEK Specialty Metal Products has led the industry in the production of Pfinodal® (C72900), a highly specialized Spinodal alloy, with superior bearing properties. Our production processes and heat treatments combine to ensure the high hardness required in tough drill bit material for bearing components such as sleeves, bushings, washers and caps. Our Pfinodal® (C72900) bearing materials has been in use for 20 years under patent numbers 5527113 and 5552106 for these rock bit bearing applications. Advantages The near-net shape processing of our Spinodal materials eliminates waste thereby reducing cost for the finished product. We specialize in offering the turnkey solutions of materials that are machined, plated and packaged to your specifications. These can be shipped to your facilities around the world for incorporation in the bits, reamers and equipment needed to power the world.

Our specialized Pfinodal® C72900 material is a Spinodal copper based alloy with nickel and tin additions. It competes with Beryllium Copper alloy C17200 for electrical connectors and bearing materials where high strength and excellent formability without dimensional instability are required.

Beryllium Copper 25 is a Copper base alloy with the capability of being strengthened by precipitation heat treatment. The alloy furnishes the best combination of electrical conductivity, corrosion resistance and mechanical strength necessary for numerous electronic and electromechanical devices. The alloy is quite satisfactory for fabrication with good formability and joining characteristics. Forming is readily accomplished from the annealed temper. Severe bending will be less successful from hard or heat treated tempers and requires large fold radius ratios. Beryllium Copper 25 is able to be soldered, brazed, and welded by most standard techniques. The brazing temperature must be kept under 1450º F and cycle time minimized to avoid loss of heat treated strength. Heat treating should be performed subsequent to welding to obtain uniform high strength. The alloy is not susceptible to an increase in magnetic attraction from plastic deformation during service

HPM® Beryllium Nickel is a Beryllium-Nickel alloy capable of high strength through precipitation heat treatment. The excellent spring characteristics to 550°F make it suitable for many of the most demanding electromechanical devices. The alloy can be readily formed and even deep drawn from the annealed temper. Cold rolled tempers prior to heat treatment can be blanked and folded provided a radius to thickness ratio approaches 2.0. The optimum heat treatment for highest strength is 925ºF for 2 hours. The material can be joined using conventional TIG methods, silver brazed and soldered. Available Sizes: HPM® Beryllium Nickel is available from Hamilton Precision Metals as strip product in thicknesses from 0.0005” to 0.025” in (0.0127 to 0.635 mm) widths up to 7.0” (177.8 mm). A foil product is available as thin as 0.000085” (0.002159 mm) and widths of 4.0” (101.6 mm) maximum. The material conforms to UNS N03360.