Lead-free free-cutting alloys

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Advantages of lead-free free-cutting alloys​

bedra lead-free and environmentally friendly free-cutting alloys comply with stringent European and American environmental standards, including NSF, LFGB, and FDA certifications.​​ These alloys feature an ultra-low lead content of ​​< 80 ppm, ensuring compliance with global safety regulations. With cutting performance reaching ​90% of C36000, they deliver ​reliable high-speed CNC machining efficiency​ while maintaining excellent machinability.

Widely utilized across industries such as ​consumer electronics, medical devices, children's toys, smart home systems, hardware manufacturing, and sanitary ware, bedra's eco-friendly alloys meet the highest standards for safety and performance.

Our applications

  • consumer electronics

  • medical equipment

  • Childrens Toys

  • smart home

  • Hardware sanitary ware

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Hardware sanitary ware

Overview of lead-free free-cutting alloys​

bedra49250

  • bedra49250 exhibits excellent turning performance comparable to that of C3604, as well as superior riveting and hot forging capabilities.
  • bedra49250 possesses outstanding mechanical and electrical properties, making it an ideal material to replace lead brass.

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bedra49260

  • bedra49260 not only ensures excellent machinability but is also environmentally friendly, through replacing the lead element with bismuth.
  • bedra49260 possesses outstanding mechanical and electrical properties, making it an ideal substitute for leaded brass.

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bedra49340

  • bedra49340 is a new type of free-cutting and environmentally friendly brass alloy with added bismuth and tin.
  • bedra49340 contains a minor amount of lead, less than 900 ppm, and complies with the RoHS directive. It offers excellent machinability and good corrosion resistance.

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bedra68350

  • bedra68350 is a lead-free silicon brass alloy offers an excellent combiation of mechanical properties, machinability, and corrosion resistance.
  • bedra68350 is an environmentally friendly material that complies with the RoHS directive.

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bedra69300

  • bedra69300 is a high-performance, lead-free silicon brass alloy,its strength is comparable to stainless steel, and it is resistant to stress corrosion cracking and dezincification.
  • bedra69300 is an environmentally friendly material that fully complies with the RoHS and ELV directives, and is widely recognized as an ideal substitute for conventional lead-containing machining brass.

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Plugmax22

  • Plugmax22  is a Cu-Ni-Sn alloy strengthened by spinodal hardening.
  • Plugmax22 achieves superior mechanical and physical properties through a multi-step manufacturing process.
  • Plugmax22 offers excellent electrical conductivity, outstanding corrosion resistance, and effective electromagnetic shielding.
  • Its machinability is excellent, comparable to or exceeding that of C17300 (CuBe2Pb). Additionally, it is free of beryllium, lead, and cadmium, and complies with REACH and RoHS regulations.

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PlugMax11

  • PlugMax11 is a lead-free alloy achieves exceptional machinability, resulting in outstanding tool service life.
  • PlugMax11 also provides higher strength and conductivity than most tin bronzes.

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bedra5800

  • bedra5800 is a copper-zinc alloy brass, characterized by its lead-free composition and good machinability.
  • It is primarily used as a cost-effective replacement for conventional lead-containing machining brasses, especially in applications where high mechanical properties and corrosion resistance are not critical.

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bedra6000

  • bedra6000 is a type of brass alloy with a two-phase (α+β) microstructure, offering an excellent balance of strength, ductility, and machinability.
  • bedra6000 can serve as a substitute for conventional lead-containing machining brass when moderate cold formability is required.
  • bedra6000 is lead-free and complies with the RoHS and ELV directives.

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Sales Asia-Pacific (Excluding-India)

Tracy Lu

Tracy Lu

Sales Director Asia-Pacific (Excluding India)

Leo Zhang

Leo Zhang

International Marketing Manager for Aluminum Welding Wire

Sales India

Jacob Kuvvarapu

Jacob Kuvvarapu

Sales Director India

Jay Davda

Jay Davda

Sales Manager India

Gerry Li

Gerry Li

Supervisor of Inside Sales

Sales North America

Mike Darling

Mike Darling

Sales & Marketing Director North America

Stephen Garner

Stephen Garner

Sales Manager North America

Tom Zhou

Tom Zhou

Supervisor of Inside Sales

Sales Europe

Tony Zeng

Tony Zeng

General Manager Sales/Marketing of Rod & Wire Europe

Wolfram Schillinger

Wolfram Schillinger

Director of Technical Marketing Rod & Wire Europe

Anthony Dick

Anthony Dick

Sales Manager Rod & Wire Europe

Helen Yang

Helen Yang

Supervisor of Inside Sales

Berkenhoff GmbH (headquarters)

  • Kinzenbach plant
  • Berkenhoffstrasse 14
  • 35452 Heuchelheim
  • Germany

Berkenhoff GmbH

  • Merkenbach plant
  • Rehmühle 1
  • 35745 Herborn
  • Germany

bedra Vietnam Alloy Material Co., Ltd

  • Lot CN-06, Hoa Phu Industrial Park,
    Mai Dinh Commune,
    Hiep Hoa District, Bắc Ninh Province,
    Vietnam
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