Specialty Alloys

Project-specific alloy options for applications with unusual corrosion, wear, temperature or dimensional requirements.

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Specialty Alloys casting reference

Overview

Why choose Specialty Alloys?

Specialty alloy requests are reviewed individually against geometry, quantity, melting and processing requirements, downstream operations and the required quality documentation.

  • Reason a standard material family is insufficient
  • Service environment and failure mode
  • Production quantity and geometry
  • Applicable standards and acceptance evidence

Availability

Specialty Alloys options

Standards, material condition, equivalent designations and final availability are confirmed for each project. No equivalence should be assumed without engineering review.

The grades below are representative, not a complete availability list. Final grade, condition and applicable standard are confirmed during engineering review; cross-standard equivalence is not implied.

Investment Casting

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Representative Grades & Characteristics

A practical starting point for engineering discussion. Other commonly specified grades can be reviewed against your drawing and requirements.

CW2M

ASTM A494 grade
Investment Casting
  • Nickel-chromium-molybdenum cast-alloy direction
  • Corrosive-media review
  • Heat-treatment-controlled condition
  • Project-specific inspection planning

Application directionChemical-process, pump, valve and corrosion-service components

CW6M

ASTM A494 grade
Investment Casting
  • Nickel-alloy corrosion-resistant direction
  • Service-media compatibility review
  • Complex geometry and feeding review
  • Machining and verification planning

Application directionProcess-equipment and aggressive-service component directions

CY40

ASTM A494 grade
Investment Casting
  • Nickel-chromium cast-alloy direction
  • Corrosion and oxidation review
  • Specified heat-treatment condition
  • Welding and finishing coordination

Application directionIndustrial process and corrosion-service component directions

M35-1

ASTM A494 grade
Investment Casting
  • Nickel-copper cast-alloy direction
  • Service-environment compatibility review
  • Heat treatment by specification
  • Machining and inspection planning

Application directionPump, valve and fluid-handling component directions

Engineering review

Need to confirm the right material route?

Send the drawing, service environment, target material direction and annual volume for an engineering review.

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