Custom Brass Sand Casting Valve Body

Brass castings are widely used in valve and pump field due to the excellent performance of the brass materials. At RMC Foundry, we mainly produce the brass castings by green sand casting, resin coated sand casting, investment casting and for large brass castings, we also adopt the lost foam casting and vacuum casting process. Generally, the brass castings produced by sand casting are the main category in our foundry. 

A copper alloy with zinc as the main alloying element is usually called brass. Copper-zinc binary alloy is called ordinary brass, and ternary, quaternary or multi-element brass formed by adding a small amount of other elements on the basis of copper-zinc alloy is called special brass. Cast brass is used to produce brass for castings. Brass castings are widely used in machinery manufacturing, valve and pumps, ships, aviation, automobiles, construction and other industrial sectors, occupying a certain weight in heavy non-ferrous metal materials, forming cast brass series.

Compared with brass and bronze, the solid solubility of zinc in copper is very large. Under normal temperature equilibrium, about 37% of zinc can be dissolved in copper, and about 30% of zinc can be dissolved in the as-cast state, while tin bronze In the as-cast state, the mass fraction of solid solubility of tin in copper is only 5% to 6%. The mass fraction of solid solubility of aluminum bronze in copper is only 7% to 8%. Therefore, zinc has a good solid solution strengthening effect in copper. At the same time, most alloying elements can also be dissolved in brass to varying degrees , Further improve its mechanical properties, so that brass, especially some special brass has the characteristics of high strength. The price of zinc is lower than that of aluminum, copper, and tin, and it is rich in resources. The amount of zinc added to brass is relatively large, so the cost of brass is lower than tin bronze and aluminum bronze. Brass has a small solidification temperature range, good fluidity, and convenient smelting.

Because brass has the above-mentioned characteristics of high strength, low price and good casting performance, brass has more varieties, larger output and wider application than tin bronze and aluminum bronze in copper alloys. However, the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of brass are not as good as bronze, especially the corrosion resistance and wear resistance of ordinary brass are relatively low. Only when some alloy elements are added to form various special brass, its wear resistance and resistance corrosion performance has been improved and improved.

Brass castings and bronze castings both are copper-based alloy castings which could be cast by sand casting and investment casting processes. Brass is an alloy composed of copper and zinc. Brass composed of copper and zinc is called ordinary brass. If it is a variety of alloys composed of more than two elements, it is called special brass. Brass is a copper alloy with zinc as the main element. As the zinc content increases, the strength and plasticity of the alloy increase significantly, but the mechanical properties will decrease significantly after exceeding 47%, so the zinc content of brass is less than 47%. In addition to zinc, cast brass often contains alloying elements such as silicon, manganese, aluminum, and lead. 

Materials Available for Sand Casting Foundry at RMC:
• Brass, Red Copper, Bronze or other Copper-based alloy metals: ZCuZn39Pb3, ZCuZn39Pb2, ZCuZn38Mn2Pb2, ZCuZn40Pb2, ZCuZn16Si4
• Gray Iron: HT150, HT200, HT250, HT300, HT350; GJL-100, GJL-150, GJL-200, GJL-250, GJL-300, GJL-350; GG10~GG40.
• Ductile Iron or Nodular Iron: GGG40, GGG50, GGG60, GGG70, GGG80; GJS-400-18, GJS-40-15, GJS-450-10, GJS-500-7, GJS-600-3, GJS-700-2, GJS-800-2; QT400-18, QT450-10, QT500-7, QT600-3, QT700-2, QT800-2;
• Aluminium and Their Alloys
• Other Materials as per your unique requirements or according to ASTM, SAE, AISI, ACI, DIN, EN, ISO, and GB standards