Flat Bar Stock Bearings

Bronze bars are alloys consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. Alro Steel has a large stock of bronze bars in 932 Bearing Bronze, 954 and 959 Aluminum Bronze. Buy bronze bars online through Alro Steel, custom cut-to-size.

General Information About Bronze and Bronze Bars
Bronze bars are alloys consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and tough, and it was so significant in antiquity that the Bronze Age was named after this metal.

There are many different bronze alloys, but modern bronze is typically 88% copper and 12% tin. Commercial bronze (90% copper and 10% zinc) and architectural bronze (57% copper, 3% lead, 40% zinc) are more properly regarded as brass alloys because they contain zinc as the main alloying ingredient. They are commonly used in architectural applications.

The lead content in bearing bronze bars are between 7 percent and 15 percent. High leaded tin bronze alloys are free cutting and retain favorable thermal conductivity and good lubricity due to the lead content. Alloy 932 or C93200 is considered the workhorse alloy and is widely used in many bearing applications.