Bronze Bar & Tubing Suppliers

Raw materials and in-house rough machining

Bronze bar and tubing are a welcome addition to our mill-direct product line. Our bronze supply programs give our customers new, lower-cost, and performance options. You won’t find this flexibility from any other supplier.

Bronze bar and tubing grades

We have a large selection of bronze bars and bronze tubing in a diverse range of sizes. Our bronze is available in several grades:

C95400 Aluminum

American Iron & Alloys provides high-quality CDA 954 custom bronze components for corrosive resistance.

C95400 Nickel Aluminum

CDA 955 nickel aluminum bronze contains more nickel, boasting strong mechanical properties.

C93200 Manganese

CDA 932 is a long-lasting grade of bronze. It features excellent machinability and solid corrosion resistance, and it isn't subject to dezincification.

C86300 SAE 660

For a tough grade of bronze industrial machinery featuring significant percentages of zinc, manganese, and nickel.

View all bronze grades available as raw stock.

Bronze machining services

Bronze bar and tubing components are critical for successful production in the fluid power industry and ideal for applications requiring corrosion resistance. We offer rough and precision CNC machining. You can either purchase bronze raw or pre-cut to reduce production time. Our bronze machining services include:

Send us your drawings and desired grade of bronze, and we’ll get started.

Custom metal stock and supply programs

Our metal supply programs are most often built around a package of materials. This might include our AIABar continuous cast iron and bronze as well as metals of other alloys. The materials could be full bars, cut to length, rough processed, finished machined, or a combination of methods. Like AIABar, bronze supply programs feature lower material costs and excellent machinability.

We have a dedicated team of personnel ready to quote your needs and build a custom supply program that offers great savings.

Field test comparison chart

The chart below displays the speeds and feeds for aluminum, bronze, and steel, as well as comparable rates for AIABar. The field test operator used the aluminum, bronze, and steel rates for normal production requirements on a 7 HP lathe machine, which produced hydraulic cylinder pistons. The cutting tool used for this analysis was a Valenite VC 67 Carbide Insert.

The operators were asked to reach the optimum SFM (surface feed per minute) on the AIABar while still maintaining a comparable depth of cut and surface roughness with the other three materials. The chart shows that all three grades of AIABar far exceeded the recommendations of conventional machinist handbooks for SFM on cast iron. Again, these tests were with conventional tooling and equipment. The results of the AIABar SFM are very conservative. If you were to run the same test on a CNC-type machine or use one of the new high-tech inserts, rates comparable to those shown on the NGK chart are possible.