by Crystal Rankin | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog
Brass provides favorable economics that few other materials can match. Made from a blend of copper, zinc and other elements, brass offers superior machinability, recyclability and overall environmental advantages. In fact, producers of brass raw materials like rod,...
by Crystal Rankin | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
Brass alloys offer a unique combination of material attributes, including excellent machinability, high scrap value, exceptional electrical and thermal conductivity and good strength and ductility, all while remaining non-magnetic and corrosion resistant. Brasses...
by Crystal Rankin | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog
Manufacturers of heavy equipment literally face bigger challenges than companies that make smaller devices and machines. The scale and weight of earthmoving and other big, heavy-duty equipment mean that making them move and function requires special engineering and...
by Crystal Rankin | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog
A brass instrument may look simple-a brass tube with pistons or a slide and a tapered bell section that flares out at the end-but it isn’t that straightforward. It’s not just the shape of an instrument that matters; it’s also the material from which its components are...
by Crystal Rankin | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog
When the Wright brothers’ first airplane took flight in 1903, the engine was housed in a crankcase made of a new, breakthrough material – aluminum. Since then, the aerospace and aviation industries have continued to adopt new technologies and materials they can count...
by Crystal Rankin | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog
In today’s tech-centric economy, everything from consumer electronics to the most advanced aerospace and industrial systems depend on copper, which has the highest electrical conductivity of any engineering metal. Thanks to the number of free electrons orbiting copper...
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