Low Melting Point Alloys

Low Melting Point Alloys or Fusible Alloys are generally classed as alloys with melting points below 300 degree Celsius. These alloys are commonly made of lead, tin, bismuth, indium and cadmium. These metals have different properties that support their thermal conductivity. However, many prefer to use alloys without lead and cadmium, which are also available at Jaytee Alloys & Components Limited. As manufacturer and supplier of these alloys, JAYTEE, supplies them for different industries to utilize it as Tube and profile bending, Work holding of delicate or irregular pieces , Fusible cores for plastic or composite molding techniques, Fusible plugs for boilers and pressure vessels, Fusible safety devices for fire prevention such as CNG, Acetylene, sprinklers and other higher pressure cylinder, Lens blocking, Rapid prototyping of press tools. Other than these, there are other complicated profiles and application, where they can be used.

Low melting alloys have different compositions, which allow metals to form a liquid or semi-liquid state and then re-solidify it. The best use of these low melting alloys is that they can be used to join parts or cast temperatures that are lower than 300 degrees. To ensure great strength and durability of the product, it is essential that you choose the right alloy with right melting properties that when joined, casted or bent is durable for the use. Since parts and equipment go through rigorous manufacturing processes for which it is significant to have a better understanding of these, so that you choose the right alloy, which strengthen when solidified.

Jaytee Alloys & Components Limited is a leading manufacturer and supplier of low melting point alloys in India have a approx 1000 variety of alloys available that have different levels of melting, solidification, expended and thermal conductivity as well as made up of different metals. The most common and preferred are-

Tin-Based Alloy: These are easy to mold and shape without becoming brittle because of the malleable quality. In this only 50% of tin element is present in the alloy, which is a normal composition. The most common tin-based element used is Pewter, which is said to be a great low melting alloy.

Bismuth-based: These alloys are less ductile than the tin, as they become brittle. However, because of the expansion qualities upon melting, they are preferred more because it can expand up to 3.3%. In any alloy, more the bismuth, more they expand. Besides, they are inexpensive as compared to other ones.

You can books your order with Jaytee Alloys & Components Limited to get the best price of these low melting point alloys.

Low Melting Point Alloys and Their Uses

LOW 158	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 158°F (70°C)
Bismuth Lead Tin Cadmium	Anchor bushings in drill jigs Internal or external support of delicate parts for machining Cores for spinning Fusible mandrels in filament winding. Fiberglas lamination Drop hammer and embossing dies Tube bending filler (up to 1-3/4″ diameter) Heat transfer medium in processing plastics, chemicals, etc. (up to 255°F) Shielding Blocks for Nuclear Medicine

LOW 158-190	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 158-190°F (70-88°C)
Bismuth Lead Tin Cadmium	Toy soldier casting Proof casting cavities (threads, dies, moulds, blind holes) Duplicate patterns in foundry match-plate making Supporting work pieces while machining Spray coating wood patterns Masks for electroplating and spray-painting.

LOW 203	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 203°F (95°C)
Bismuth Lead Tin	Cadmium Free alternative for LOW 158 for Nuclear Medicine.

LOW 217-440	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 217-440°F (103-227°C)
Bismuth Lead Cadmium Antimony	Originated by GE for anchoring punches in dies Anchor non-moving parts in machinery; hold down bolts in concrete floors, locator parts in tooling docks Split jaw chucks, jigs, fixtures Metal forming dies, form blocks, joggle jaws Repairing broken dies Filling blowholes in castings.

LOW 255	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 255°F (124°C)
Bismuth Lead	Anchor cutlery handles, inserts in wood, metal parts in glass (Tuflex doors) Make fusible spinning chucks Mandrel for electroforms Drop hammer dies, stretch form blocks Moulds for plaster, plastics Tube bending filler (over 1-3/4″ diameter) Hydrodynamic forming, seamless fittings Duplicate patterns in pottery and foundry Liquid metal in autoclaves, heat-treating Heat transfer (Up to 327 °F) Shielding Blocks for Nuclear Medicine

Alloy Name	Part #	Industry Equivalents
		AIM	AsarcoLo	Cerro	Indalloy	Ostalloy
Lead Rich Alloys
LOW 158	Bi Pb Sn Cd	70	158	CerroBEND	158	158
LOW 158-190	Bi Pb Sn Cd	70	158	CerroBEND	158	158
LOW 203	Bi Pb Sn	Bi46		CerroSHIELD	42
LOW 217-440	Bi Pb Sb Cd		217-440	CerroMATRIX	217-440
LOW 255	Bi Pb	124	255	CerroBASE	255	255
Lead-Free Alloys
LOW 281	Bi Sn	138	281	CerroTRU	281	281
LOW 281-338	Bi Sn	138/170		CerroCAST		281338

LOW 281	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 281°F (138°C)
Bismuth Tin	Anchor shafts in permanent magnet rotors, locator members in aircraft assembly fixtures, metal parts in glass, magnets in fixtures Make nests for parts in jigs and dial feed stations Cores for electroforming Embossing dies, form blocks Joggle jaws Lost wax pattern dies Duplicate foundry patterns Tracer models in profiling Moulds for plastics, sheet plastics, plastic teeth, prostethetic development Potting electronic components Laps for rifle barrels.

LOW 281-338	Typical End Use	Melt Temp: 281-338°F (138-170°C)
Bismuth Tin	Parallels LOW 281 in its end uses Electroforming mandrels, lost wax pattern dies due to greater dimensional accuracy Holding jet turbine engine blades for machining.