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Free machining brass is the most versatile and commonly used copper-alloy bar stock used in both the North and South American Markets, second only to copper itself! It is used to make a variety of screw machine products.

It’s 100 percent machinability stems from a favorable interaction between the material’s basic structure and a few percentages of lead. The result is an alloy with good engineering properties and the ability to be machined at an extremely low cost.

Shapes:
Round, Square, Rectangular, Hexagonal, Profile.

Common Fabrication Processes:
Hot Forging and Pressing, Hot forming and bending, Machining.

Typical Uses:
Architecture:
Handrails, Thresholds, Terrazzo Strip, Shower Doors, Privacy Sun Grills, Trim, Store Fronts, Architectural Forgings, Extrusions, Architectural Mouldings, Window Mullions, Bathroom Partition Brackets, Door Frames, Elevator Trim.

Builders Hardware:
Lock Bodies, Drawer Pulls, Slide Bolts, Drawer Handles, Lock Cams, Hinges, Butts.

Consumer:
Straight Edges, Picture Frames, Hot Combs (to Straighten Hair), Fireplace Screens, Lamps, Handles, Squeegee Retainers, Funeral Urns.

Industrial:
Valve Seats, Valves, Gauges, Press Brake Ram Clamps, Forgings, Valve Stems, Valve Trim, Wheeled Racks.

Ordnance: Gun Sights.