AmeriBronze®
AmeriBronze®, Patent Number: 6,890,479
AmeriBronze® Technology vs. Steel:
- Harder than steel
- Resistant to abrasion caused by hot, dirty furnace off-gases
- Ideal in tough applications like 4th hole elbows, D1 Ducts, Dampers, Drop-out Boxes, BOF Chutes, BOF Lance Panels, etc.
- More corrosion resistant than steel
- Resistant to highly corrosive sulfuric and hydrochloric rich off-gases in EAF, BOF and Power Plant Off Gas Systems
- More thermally conductive than steel
- Highly efficient cooling capability
- Resistant to thermal shocks
- Better elongation characteristics than steel
- Resistant to thermal cracking and fatigue
- Better elongation characteristics than steel
- Customers report operating life improvements more than 400% conventional steel
AmeriBronze® Characteristics:
- Good compressive strength
- High elasticity
- High ductility
- Applications
- High mechanical wear areas
- High acid corrosion, erosion and pitting areas
- The material of choice in Hydrochloric and Sulfuric Acid
manufacture:- Exhibits corrosion rates less than 20 mills per year.
- Such a corrosion rate would result in an expected life of six (6) years or more assuming 60% wear of the AmeriFab® patented AmeriBronze® Technology before failure, in our nominal 2 ½” pipe diameter wall design.
- Numerous customers have reported operating life of their equipment that matches and exceeds this life expectancy
Benefits = Longer Equipment Life + Higher System Up-time + Lower Operating Costs + Better ROI