Injection Molding
Tooling and molding for your repeat plastic parts.
Other Copper Grades Machining for Your Parts
For your special copper alloy machining inquiry, define the contact, cooling or joining requirement first. Match the exact grade, supplied condition and final working features before comparing a quote.
6 Grade ReferencesResolve your actual copper alloy.
Condition MattersConnect stock state to final fit.
Working InterfacesDefine contacts, channels and lands.
Your Material RecordsAgree lot and receiving evidence.
Select Your Copper Before Comparing Performance
For your copper alloy material selection, connect the exact grade, product form and condition to the final working requirement. Other copper grades machining needs a material-specific review; colour alone does not identify an alloy.
| Your UNS reference | European comparison · qualified | Selected composition reference · wt.% | Your purchasing decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| C10100 copper | Cu-OFE / CW009A | Cu ≥99.99 excluding Ag; O ≤0.0005 | Specify the full UNS grade; old UK C101 can mean a different copper. |
| C10200 copper | Cu-OF / CW008A | Cu ≥99.95 including Ag; O ≤0.0010 | Confirm oxygen, stock form, supplied condition and working surfaces. |
| C12200 copper | Cu-DHP / CW024A | Cu ≥99.9 including Ag; P 0.015–0.040 | Agree joining route and final state; do not infer an electrical rating from the name. |
| C18150 copper | CuCr1Zr / CW106C | Cr 0.50–1.20; Zr 0.03–0.30; Cu balance · selected supplier | Resolve supplied and final condition before comparing contact or cooling geometry. |
| C17510 copper | CuNi2Be / CW110C | NGK B8: Be 0.2–0.6; Ni 1.4–2.2; Cu + additions ≥99.5 | Specify the actual product and condition; review supplier SDS and qualified processing scope. |
| C14700 copper | CuSP / CW114C | S 0.20–0.50; P 0.002–0.005; combined Cu + S + P ≥99.90 | Confirm full chemistry and required working-surface and joining acceptance. |
C10100/C10200/C12200/C14700: selected CDA chemistry, with different stated copper-accounting bases. C18150: selected Metalcor supplier range; other suppliers may differ. C17510: NGK B8 product reference. Combined constituent minima are not pure-copper content; selected values do not replace complete specifications or lot records.
One UNS Number Still Needs a Product and Condition
Electrical Conductivity Reference
NGK · after precipitation hardening · % IACS at 20°C · scale 0–80
Berylco 14
55–67
Berylco 8
60–70
040.080
Thermal Conductivity Reference
NGK · after precipitation hardening · W/(m·K) at 20°C · scale 0–350
Berylco 14
220–270
Berylco 8
280–300
0175.0350
Both NGK products are associated with C17510 / CuNi2Be / CW110C. These are producer reference ranges after precipitation hardening, not guaranteed values for every C17510 stock form or your finished contact. Agree the actual product, condition and evidence; the charts do not approve substitution.
Aurubis · European copper references ↗ Supplier SDS review ↗ CDA C10100 ↗ CDA C10200 ↗ CDA C12200 ↗ CDA C14700 ↗ Metalcor CuCr1Zr ↗ NGK · product and condition references ↗ Wieland CuSP / CW114C ↗
Match Your Copper Part to the Working Requirement
Select your stock and part geometry, then review the manufacturing and receiving decisions.
Start with Your Mating Features
For your copper contact shoe, identify the pads, clamping hole and mounting slot. State current-path and contact requirements separately from dimensional acceptance.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Contact-pad geometry, mounting slot, clamping hole and locating datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Review Support and Tool Access
Agree support and clamping away from the working pads; protect the surfaces your assembly contacts.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Contact-pad geometry, mounting slot, clamping hole and locating datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Confirm Your Ordered Stock State
Specify exact copper grade, product form and supplied condition; colour does not identify the alloy.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Contact-pad geometry, mounting slot, clamping hole and locating datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Release Your Receiving Evidence
Inspect final contact and mounting geometry. Contact resistance or electrical testing needs a separately agreed procedure.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Contact-pad geometry, mounting slot, clamping hole and locating datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Start with Your Mating Features
For your copper cooling insert, define channels, remaining walls, ports and mounting datums. A material conductivity value does not size a finished cooling system.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Channel geometry, sealing land, wall requirement and mounting pattern. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Review Support and Tool Access
Review support beneath channels and the finishing sequence that protects mating lands.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Channel geometry, sealing land, wall requirement and mounting pattern. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Confirm Your Ordered Stock State
Specify stock and final condition. Joining or cover attachment needs its own route review.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Channel geometry, sealing land, wall requirement and mounting pattern. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Release Your Receiving Evidence
Inspect the finished channels and datums; any flow, pressure or thermal test requires an agreed scope.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Channel geometry, sealing land, wall requirement and mounting pattern. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Start with Your Mating Features
For your copper contact carrier, define finger, slot, bore and flange geometry. Confirm the material and final condition before agreeing how the fingers will work.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Slot access, finger geometry, bore-to-flange relationship and mounting datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Review Support and Tool Access
Review support around slots and chip escape; agree edge acceptance without changing functional finger geometry.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Slot access, finger geometry, bore-to-flange relationship and mounting datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Confirm Your Ordered Stock State
For a beryllium-containing alloy, review supplier SDS and qualified processing scope before accepting the route.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Slot access, finger geometry, bore-to-flange relationship and mounting datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Release Your Receiving Evidence
Inspect final slots, flange and working surfaces. Spring or electrical qualification requires a separate procedure.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Slot access, finger geometry, bore-to-flange relationship and mounting datum. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Start with Your Mating Features
For your copper flange, specify port necks, seal lands and the surfaces that will be joined. A one-piece machined concept does not qualify a joint.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Port relationship, neck wall, seal land and mounting datums. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Review Support and Tool Access
Plan supported cutting and access to internal edges while protecting the joining interfaces.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Port relationship, neck wall, seal land and mounting datums. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Confirm Your Ordered Stock State
Agree the joining method, final condition, cleaning and any effect on a heat-treated alloy with the responsible supplier.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Port relationship, neck wall, seal land and mounting datums. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Release Your Receiving Evidence
Inspect final datums and working surfaces after the route; leak or joint testing needs defined acceptance and scope.
| Your decision | What to define |
|---|---|
| Your fit | Port relationship, neck wall, seal land and mounting datums. |
| Your route | Stock condition, support and finishing sequence. |
| Your approval | Final geometry, surface and receiving evidence. |
Resolve 6 Risks Before Releasing Your Copper Drawing
Resolve these six drawing decisions before repeating the manufacturing route.
Specify the Actual Copper Alloy
Provide the complete UNS or EN grade, product form and supplied condition. Keep oxygen-free, phosphorus-deoxidized, sulfur-bearing and heat-treatable materials distinct.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Make Your Internal Edges Accessible
Show cross ports, bore exits, thread starts and hidden edges. Agree chip removal, accepted edge breaks and measurement access before release.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Review the Final Condition After Joining
Agree joining responsibility, thermal history, cleaning and the final material state. Stock properties do not qualify a joint or establish finished leak performance.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Protect the Geometry Your Assembly Uses
Mark allowed edge breaks, channel corners and mating lands. Agree first-sample acceptance for accessible and internal edges.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Separate Working and Cosmetic Faces
Define accepted tool marks, roughness, cleaning, masking and handling protection. Appearance alone does not establish electrical or thermal performance.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Measure the State You Receive
Connect critical dimensions to final datums and measurement access. Any beryllium-containing grade requires supplier safety-information and qualified-route review, not a blanket capability claim.
01 · Requirement
Show the working feature and allowed edge condition.
02 · Route
Agree stock, support and final surface.
03 · Evidence
Inspect the actual finished state.
Confirm stockMachineFinish if specifiedInspect
Connect Your Stock Form to the Finished Part
Agree forming, cutting, edge removal and inspection around the exact grade and supplied condition. Your quote confirms accepted operations and tooling scope.
Turning Your Contact Features
Review shoulders, bore access and supported engagement.
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Milling Your Cooling Features
Plan channels and mounting lands around the final datums.
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Drilling Your Mounting Foot
Support hole entry and define internal-edge acceptance.
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Compare Before Changing Your Copper
| Your review | What to approve |
|---|---|
| Material identity | Full grade, chemistry and product specification. |
| Stock and condition | Supplied state, usable allowance and final thermal history. |
| Working function | Contact, cooling, joining and locating requirements. |
| Receiving evidence | Dimensions, surfaces, material records and separate functional tests. |
A qualified European name helps locate candidate stock; approval against the complete drawing is still required.
C10100 OFE Copper → C145 Tellurium Copper → C172 Beryllium Copper →Agree Your Finished Working Surface
Illustrative appearances. Define cleaning, accepted tool marks, masking and protection. Review plating preparation, thickness and final fit separately.
Surface Finishing →Check Your Copper Part at 3 Stages
01 · Incoming material
Grade, product form, temper and lot.
02 · First route sample
Threads, locating faces and accepted edges.
03 · Finished part
Final fit, surface and records.
Match Your Material to the Order
Define the copper alloy material certificate scope, lot identity, product standard and supplied condition. Match stock to the full designation before cutting.
- Material identity, stock form and supplied condition.
- Controlled working and locating geometry.
- Agreed surface protection and receiving records.
Sampling and evidence scope are agreed with your quote.
Quality Assurance →
Approve Your Working Features
Review channels, contact lands, locating faces and accepted edges after the complete first-sample route before repeating quantities.
- Material identity, stock form and supplied condition.
- Controlled working and locating geometry.
- Agreed surface protection and receiving records.
Sampling and evidence scope are agreed with your quote.
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Separate Geometry from Functional Evidence
Inspect final port, shoulder and mounting relationships. Electrical, thermal, pressure, leak or joint tests need separate procedures and agreed acceptance.
- Material identity, stock form and supplied condition.
- Controlled working and locating geometry.
- Agreed surface protection and receiving records.
Sampling and evidence scope are agreed with your quote.
Quality Assurance →
Keep Working Surfaces and Records Protected
Agree individual separation, contact protection, lot identification and document scope. The receiving evidence should match the ordered material and final condition.
- Material identity, stock form and supplied condition.
- Controlled working and locating geometry.
- Agreed surface protection and receiving records.
Sampling and evidence scope are agreed with your quote.
Quality Assurance →
Coordinate Your Drawing and Receiving Requirements
Connect China manufacturing with Dallas-area coordination for drawing review, sample decisions and delivery requirements.
6 Inputs for Your Copper Quote
01CAD and controlled drawing
02Exact grade, stock form and product standard
03Supplied condition and final working fit
04Trial and repeat quantities
05Forming, finishing and accepted edges
06Material records, inspection and delivery needs
Answers Before You Select Copper
How to choose copper grade for custom parts?
Start with the contact, cooling or joining function and actual geometry. Specify the exact alloy, stock form, supplied condition, final surfaces and receiving evidence before comparing a route.
Can copper grades be substituted?
Do not assume interchangeability. Compare full chemistry, product standard, supplied and final state, working requirements and required evidence, then obtain drawing-authority approval.
Are C10100 and C10200 the same oxygen-free copper?
They are distinct UNS designations. Confirm complete impurity limits, stock form and acceptance requirements; a short copper name is not sufficient purchasing identification.
Why does the C17510 product and condition matter?
The NGK producer references show different conductivity ranges for Berylco 14 and Berylco 8 after precipitation hardening. Agree the actual product, stock form and condition instead of assigning one value to every C17510 part.
Does sulfur-bearing copper replace pure copper automatically?
No. C14700 / CuSP is a different material. Review chemistry, machining, working surfaces and joining requirements against the controlled drawing before approving a change.
What should a copper alloy machining quote include?
Provide CAD and a controlled drawing, exact grade and product standard, supplied condition, quantities, final working surfaces, accepted edges and material-record scope.
Can a machined cooling insert be accepted by dimensions alone?
Dimensions can verify agreed geometry. Thermal, flow, pressure or leak performance needs a separate procedure and acceptance scope; material conductivity alone does not qualify the assembly.
What must be reviewed for beryllium-containing grades?
Identify the exact supplier material, supplied form and intended processing. Review the current supplier SDS and qualified manufacturing scope before route acceptance; this page does not promise every operation for every grade.
