Patents Assigned to Nordic Brass Gusum AB
  • BRASS WITH IMPROVED DEZINCIFICATION RESISTANCE AND MACHINABILITY
    Publication number: 20160340759
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an essentially arsenic-free brass alloy with improved (i) dezincification resistance, (ii) machinability, and (iii) protection against intergranular grain boundary corrosion, wherein said brass alloy comprises 62-68% by weight of Cu, 0.02-1.00% by weight of Pb, 0.2-0.6% by weight of P, 0.02-0.06% by weight of Sb, and balance Zn, and the brass alloy being characterized in that it comprises <5% of ?-phase, preferably <1%. In addition, the invention concerns a method for the production of said brass alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: Nordic Brass Gusum AB, IMI Hydronic Engineering AB
    Inventors: Jan NILSSON, Cato MARTINSEN MERELID