What is AMPCO 21?

AMPCO® 21 is used for guide port bushings and wear strips replacing hardened steel and for some cams when no impact is involved. However, the largest single use is as die rings, inserts, forming rolls, etc. in forming, bending or drawing operations, especially when stainless steel is the material being processed.

What is Ampco bronze made of?

Aluminium bronzes are part of a copper alloys family containing aluminium as their principal alloying element. The properties of these alloys are governed by the properties of copper and aluminium when melted and casted together in rigorous and well-controlled processes.

What’s the scrap value of bronze?

Scrap Metal Prices Per Pound:

Which is more durable brass or aluminum?

Steel, aluminum and brass sheet metal are all relatively strong and offer a high level of protection against corrosion. Steel, however, is the strongest, whereas aluminum is the lightest. Brass, on the other hand, is the most conductive of these three metals.

Can you mix aluminum and copper?

Copper and aluminum can be combined to form a copper-aluminum alloy. An alloy is a mixture, and therefore does not have a chemical formula. When this solution cools, the intermetallic compound CuAl2, or copper aluminide, can form as a precipitate.

Are purple wire nuts safe?

Purple wirenuts will occasionally not grab your wires but for the most part are reliable. AlumiConn lugs are solid and the only complaint is the occasional lug port is pre-set just a bit too tight.