About Silicon Bronze Machine Bolts
Tesco Steel & Engineering is a prominent Producer, Supplier, and Stockist of Silicon Bronze Machine Bolts. We are committed to producing high-quality, dimensionally accurate fasteners. The machine bolts are produced using the copper alloy, Silicon bronze, which comprises the primary alloying metal i.e. copper, and contains small amounts of silicon as well as trace amounts of aluminium, zinc, lead, tin, iron and manganese among others in the chemical composition. Silicon is used to reduce the oxygen level in the alloy. Thus, it acts as a deoxidizer. Aluminium, Iron, and Manganese provide enhanced strength and corrosion resistance, Zinc offers good stress corrosion resistance, and Tin enhances work-hardening characteristics. Silicon bronze machine bolts have other advantageous features such as improved mechanical properties, weldability, shock resistance, and galling resistance. Hence it is extensively used in marine environments as it has excellent resistance against seawater corrosion and stress corrosion by ammonia. Due to its superior corrosion resistance, it is used in boat construction. The other applications for Silicon bronze machine bolts include Marine Minesweepers, Hydraulic Excavators, injection press, refineries, raceways, aerospace industry, etc.
