Machinable leaded and eco-friendly brass alloys for high performance manufacturing processes: A critical review

P Stavroulakis, AI Toulfatzis, GA Pantazopoulos… - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The recent environmental/health and safety regulations placed restrictions of use of
hazardous substances on critical manufacturing sectors and consumers' products. Brass …

Leaded brass alloys for gamma-ray shielding applications

E Şakar, M Büyükyıldız, B Alım, BC Şakar… - Radiation Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The leaded brasses show high machinability and atmospheric corrosion resistance. Hence,
they are being used in different applications such as machine parts, valves, fittings etc …

Machinability enhancement of lead-free brass alloys

C Nobel, F Klocke, D Lung, S Wolf - Procedia Cirp, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper deals with fundamental investigations on the machinability of lead-free brass
alloys. The effect of microstructure and silicon as alloying element on chip formation, cutting …

On the function of lead (Pb) in machining brass alloys

J Johansson, P Alm, R M'Saoubi, P Malmberg… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Lead has traditionally been added to brass alloys to achieve high machinability, but the
exact mechanisms at work are still debated. Lead-free brass alternatives could be …

Determination of photon-shielding features and build-up factors of nickel–silver alloys

E Şakar - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a comprehensive study on photon and fast neutron interactions was conducted
to determine the possible uses of four different copper-based Nickel–Silver (NS) alloys as …

Parametric optimization of electrical discharge machining process on α–β brass using grey relational analysis

S Marichamy, M Saravanan… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - cambridge.org
In the present work, a multi response optimization technique based on Taguchi method
coupled with grey relational analysis is used for electrical discharge machining operations …

Comparative study on the machinability of lead-free brass

F Schultheiss, D Johansson, V Bushlya, J Zhou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lead is a heavy metal which is toxic even at low exposure levels. Although the amount of
lead used in industry is steadily declining, it still constitutes a common alloying element for …

Characteristics and machinability of lead-free P/M Cu60–Zn40 brass alloys dispersed with graphite

H Imai, Y Kosaka, A Kojima, S Li, K Kondoh, J Umeda… - Powder Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper was to produce a lead-free machinable brass dispersed with graphite
particles by powder metallurgy process. The weight of brass powder decreased with …

Corrosion behavior of different brass alloys for drinking water distribution systems

J Choucri, F Zanotto, V Grassi, A Balbo… - Metals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Some α+ β'brass components of drinking water distribution systems in Morocco underwent
early failures and were investigated to assess the nature and extent of the corrosion attacks …

Wear mechanisms of uncoated and coated cemented carbide tools in machining lead-free silicon brass

V Bushlya, D Johansson, F Lenrick, JE Ståhl… - Wear, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Free-machining brass containing 2–3% of lead is a preferred industrial material as
it shows excellent machinability where low cutting forces, short chips and reduced tool wear …