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Custom Extruded Profiles

What do handrails, precision lock parts, and window frames have in common? They are all examples of products produced from extruded profiles. At Deeco Metals, we offer all these shapes and more – including many other custom extruded profiles for other industries.

Brass, nickel silver, copper and stainless steel custom extruded shapes offer benefits such as:

• Excellent resistance to corrosion
• High strength
• The ability to be highly polished
• Superior hot or cold workability
• Good machinability
• Suitability for complex shapes
• Good electrical conductivity (on copper alloys)

We offer a range of services; consult the following lists to find the extruded profiles that you need.

Architectural Brass, Bronze, and Nickel Silver Alloys

We conform to a number of AMS specs:

• C38000 - Architectural Bronze, Low Leaded
• C38500 - Architectural Bronze
• C79700 - Nickel Silver
• C79800 - Nickel Silver
• C77400 - Nickel Silver
• C77600 - Nickel Silver
• RED OR PINK BRONZE (PROPRIETARY)

These alloys can be supplied as custom architectural and decorative extruded profiles or custom metal shapes to produce parts of the following products:

Industrial & Commercial Profile Extrusions

Deeco Metals specializes in supplying custom-made extruded and drawn industrial shapes. These shapes are extruded and drawn from a wide range of copper and copper alloys, including ETP Cu—Electro Tough Pitch Copper, Free-Machining Brasses, Manganese Brasses (High-Tensile brass), Nickel Silvers, and Naval Brasses (Marine Brass alloys).

Key Features of Copper Alloys

Copper alloys are known for extruding very special custom shapes and, when required, drawing these shapes to achieve mechanical properties and close tolerances shapes. These alloys are also required for their high electrical conductivity, combined with other valuable physical properties such as:

Ductility

The ability of a material to be stretched or drawn. This property is common in metals like copper and some copper alloys, making them suitable for applications requiring flexibility and tensile strength.

Malleability

The capacity of a material to be deformed or shaped under compressive forces, such as forgings, hammering, or rolling, without cracking. Malleable materials, like brass and copper, can also be formed into thin sheets, wire, and complex shapes.

Ease of Soldering

The ability of a material to be joined to another surface using solder or brazing (a fusible metal alloy). Materials with good soldering properties form strong, reliable joints and allow for seamless electrical or structural connections.

Ease of Machining

The suitability of a material for being cut, shaped, or finished using machine tools. Materials that are easy to be machined result in precise, smooth finishes with minimal wear on tools or difficulty during the machining process.

These characteristics make copper alloys ideal for numerous applications as below.

Copper alloys are versatile materials produced in many different shapes and used in a broad range of industries and products, including:

Musical Instruments

Brass and nickel Silver Shapes and bars are used to produce various instrument parts. In some cases, these components help deliver rich acoustics and resonance.

Housewares

Brass shapes used in houseware products ensure stylish yet functional designs.

Memorialization

Shapes that produce burial urns, plaques, signage, columbarium niches, etc., offer lasting tributes with elegant finishes.

Signage and Fixtures

Brass shapes used for signs, frames, mailboxes, and safety deposit boxes, enhancing visual appeal and longevity.

Measuring and Controlling Devices

Extruded shape slides are used to support precision engineering components.

Electrical and Electronic Applications

Many special copper and brass shapes are used for powering innovation, with reliability and conductivity.

Valves and Fittings

Many brass and bronze shapes are used for fitting fixtures and valves. These cover hydraulic, air, water, and gas fittings and fixtures.

Pre-forms for Forgings and Re-drawing

Brass and copper special extruded-only shapes are used as preforms to reduce waste when forging into components.

Paper and Textile Equipment

Brass and Bronze shapes are used as wear slides and parts in this equipment.

Machinery Components

Various machines requiring wear slides made of brass and bronze special shapes.

RF (Radio Frequency) /MRI Shielding

These Brass shapes are used to manufacture special doors and door frames to shield and reduce radio and electromagnetic interference from or to these rooms.

Deeco Metals' experience and expertise in extrusions ensures that every product we supply is manufactured to the highest standards, meeting the unique requirements of these many diverse industries. 

Extrusion Metals

Brass Extrusion Alloys

Free Machining Brass C360 is widely used on high-speed automatic lathes, as the small addition of lead improves machinability. There are specific variations of this alloy with excellent riveting properties. These alloys can be supplied in shapes ranging from simple to very complex. 

Hot Forging Brass Extrusions

Simple custom extruded pre-form profiles are produced in the forging alloy C377 and generally cut into billet (cut pieces) used in the manufacture of complex close die forgings, where a considerable amount of flow is required to obtain the end part.  This alloy retains close dimensional accuracy and freedom from porosity. It is also available in simple hollow forms.

High Tensile Bronzes (Manganese Bronzes)

Supplied in simple shapes—round and hex bar, for example—this bronze alloy combines high strength, high tensile, excellent wear properties and corrosion resistance with good, hot forging properties. Used for valve spindles, other valve and pump parts and forged fasteners. 

Cold Forming Brass Extrusions

Cold forming brass is generally supplied as bar stock—both flat and round bar stock—but can also be supplied in simple custom extruded profiles. It has excellent ductility and cold forming properties. It is used for cold heading and riveting parts.

Aluminum Bronzes

All aluminum bronzes alloys are difficult alloys to extrude into a custom shape/profile, so they are generally supplied in continuous cast and extruded bar stock or very simple custom metal shapes. It’s not suitable for complex extruded profiles, but it is a good choice if you’re looking for something with both high strength and good corrosion resistance.

Nickel Silver

Nickel Silver alloys are mainly used for decorative purposes but can be used for industrial applications where strength, wearability, and corrosion resistance are required. We often receive requests for custom extruded profiles of nickel silver for architectural applications. Nickel Silver is replacing the cold feel of stainless steel with its silvery-yellow, warm appeal.  Nickel Silver has become a popular alloy, as it takes a high polish and easily acquires a smooth satin finish. This alloy also has both hot forging properties and cold working properties. This is available in bar stock, simple shapes, heavy wall complex profiles, and in a wire form or rod form. Used for handrails, elevator sills, and other architectural shapes.

Corrosion Resistant Brass Extrusions

These alloys have excellent resistance to corrosion. It is generally supplied in bar stock and simple shapes. We have also made complex shapes, but this depends on the size and wall thickness. 

Dezincification Resistant Brass (DZR)

These alloys are generally supplied in bar stock and simples shapes. Dezincification resistant brass is resistant to dezincification that might occur in certain aggressive water environments. Some custom extruded profiles are ideal for complex forgings. Dezincification resistant brass is used for pump and valve parts and has excellent machinability. 

Copper Extrusions