Applications: Cleaning aluminum or other non-ferrous castings that require a satin-type finish while still removing parting lines or other blemishes.
Specs: Aluminum cut wire shot is available in mixed aluminum grades (4043, 5053) as well as alloy grades such as Type 5356. Our mixed grades yield middle B range (approximately 40) Rockwell hardness while type 5356 will yield higher Rockwell B hardness – in the 50 to 70 range.
Aluminum Cut Wire Specifications
| SIZES | WIRE |
ROCKWELL
HARDNESS SCALE |
VICKERS
HARDNESS SCALE |
|---|---|---|---|
|
.030" - .1850"
(0.76mm - 4.7mm) |
Various Alloys
(1100, 4043, 5356, etc.) |
60 - 70 B | N/A |