We are regularly approached by engineers and operators of mechanical equipment in submarines, aircraft, power stations, high-performance vehicles, processing facilities and more who all have the same problem: their materials are not performing or they cannot find a material that will give them multiple often conflicting properties.
The result is that they have to compromise. Copper Alloys doesn’t like compromising, and therefore we will work with them to develop new material technology to overcome their specific engineering challenge.
It all starts with world-class foundry controls. It is impossible to forge bad metal into great metal, so you need very good input metal which can then be worked to a greater extent into even better metal. Copper Alloys and we work hard to get small homogenous grain structures even in the cast billet. This is achieved through the application of proprietary casting techniques and controls.
You can get exactly what you want with full transparency. The capability and capacity at Copper Alloys is defined by the people and organisations it works with. Our mission is to build bespoke material and engineering solutions for our customers that ultimately drive performance improvements and reduce the total cost of ownership.
If the data is available, try the Alloy Selector or speak to one of our metallurgical engineers. If something new or enhanced is required, Copper Alloys has invested in R&D melting and heat treatment furnaces designed to make small-batch trial material which can pin down the specific blend of properties for your application. For many customers, the resultant material technology is a source of competitive advantage and helps them to increase market share and margins.
Yes, Copper Alloys produces some of the most advanced material technology available and is used to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in material science. Speak to or email one of our metallurgical engineers with your requirements and we will present the options to you.
There could be several reasons for this, but often the root cause is sub-optimal materials. Engineers typically have to compromise on the guaranteed operation life of equipment because of unstable alloys that struggle to resist forces such as corrosion, impingement or erosion in a consistent manner. This means they have to work to worst case scenarios which limits performance, typically results in over-engineered components and reduces sustainability. Speak to one of the metallurgists at Copper Alloys to see how you could benefit from a material selection review. This can happen on a small scale or we can send a team to do a workshop on best practice material selection with your engineers. This can also massively help design for manufacture.
Identify the critical factors limiting performance and look to improve material selection to reduce them.
Copper Alloys ships globally and is used to working with small and medium-sized engineering organisations who are not used to buying outside of their country. We make everything simple and import on your behalf so it feels like a local company.
Copper Alloys Ltd makes over 240 different alloys all from our base in the UK to the same exacting standards.