Bronze Casting

Tennetek produces castings in several bronze alloys including Manganese Bronze, Silicon Bronze, Tin Bronze and Aluminum Bronze. Bronze castings are ideal when properties such as strength, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance are important. We are able to produce bronze castings to your specifications up to 35 pounds. In addition to our in house machining capabilities we also offer other finishes such as burnishing and polishing.

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Typical Bronze Applications

  • Gears
  • Bushings
  • Machine Components
  • Valve Components
  • Bearings
  • Marine Applications
  • Decorative Pieces

Complete Secondary Services

In addition to quality metal part casting, Tennetek offers machining, subassembly, powder coating, plating, heat treating, metal finishing and more.

Bronze Alloy Properties

Alloy
CDA Number
Description
Density lb/in3
Machinability *
424
C86300
Manganese Bronze
0.283
80
421
C86500
Manganese Bronze
0.301
26
12A
C87600
Silicon Bronze
0.3
40
9D
C95500
Aluminum Bronze
0.272
50
80-10-10
C93700
High Leaded Tin Bronze
0.32
80
C92200
Leaded Tin Bronze
0.312
42
* Free cutting brass =100

Alloy
Typical Tensile Strength
Typical Yield Strength
Brinell Hardness 500 kg load
Brinell Hardness 3000kg load
Rockwell Hardness B Scale
424
119 ksi
67 ksi
225
421
71 ksi
29 ksi
100
130
12A
66 ksi
32 ksi
110
135
76
9D
100 ksi
44 ksi
195
87
80-10-10
35 ksi
16 ksi
60
40 ksi
20 ksi
65