Allura Metals, Inc. Newsletter – Spring 2015

AM
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ALLURA METALS, INC.
125 EAST SELANDIA LANE, CARSON, CALIFORNIA, USA, 90746
“THE ALTERNATIVE METALS LEADER”
[email protected] / WWW.ALLURAMETALS.COM / [email protected] / USA Phone (310)769-0600
NEW STERLING
CLEAN SCRAP
RECYCLING
PROGRAM
AMI has developed a proprietary Sterling clean scrap recycling process that enable us to recycle clean trees and buttons at
a lower cost than traditional refining and
with a faster metal turn around time. The
recycled Sterling is then blended with 40 to
50% new metal. Purity and oxygen levels
in the re-blended grain will be similar to
100% virgin Sterling grain which will result in higher quality castings that can not
be achieved by blending clean scrap in
house.
With De-Ox Sterling recycling, we will
add a repleniser to restore burned off Zinc
and Silicon and to achieve the proper assay
level. Call AKI today for more information.
BRONZE
THE STERLING
ALTERNATIVE
Costume jewelry continues to grow in popularity as a low cost alternative to Sterling and
Karat Gold. Brass and Bronze alloys give designers the ability to create large bold designs at
an affordable price. These new designs can cause
casting challenges for manufacturers not familiar
with these metals.
AMI offers a variety of premium alloys
blended with high purity metals and additives
with the following benefits:
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Great color selection in yellow, white and
red
Improved casting properties
IMPACT CENTER
FEB. 24TH TO 28TH
BOOTH #WW 43/45
AMI
CASTING
SERVICE
Our new Bangkok factory is
currently producing high quality
Sterling and Brass/Bronze alloy at
competitive prices. AMI will now
begin offering a casting service to
customers that prefer to outsource
this operation. Many of our innovative alloys (ie: nickel free white
Bronze ) require casting process
modifications that customers are
unwilling to make in-house. Our
casting service will focus on these
alloys and achieve high quality casting results on traditional alloy
blends.
NICKEL FREE
WHITE GOLD
ALLOY
Improved tarnish resistance
Increased hardness/durability
High purity composition (lead/cadmium
free) required by many retailers
Hand fabrication alloys
Nickel Free White Bronze (#16) - Offers a
good, white color and improved casting performance at a lower temperature (1020 C) than
Nickel based alloys.
SPRING HARD
DE-OX STERLING
VISIT US AT
BANGKOK
SHOW
New #850 Nickel Free white
gold alloy for 10K and 14K applications. The high silver formula
has excellent casting properties at a
fraction of the cost of Palladium
based alloys. The alloy meets all
nickel release requirements of the
European Union.
SPRING
Fall 20122015
Sterling Silver continues to be the most
popular alternative metal to Gold jewelry
manufacturers seeking to achieve lower
price points for their jewelry designs. The
softness of regular Sterling (75V) and deox Sterling (65-70V) creates strength and
durability issues in using this alternative
metal.
AMI has developed a new member of
our patented Sterling De-Ox Sterling with
12% greater “as cast” hardness (84V) and
heat treated hardness of 125V (65% harder) to solve these durability issues. The
new #127 Sterilite has good casting properties and tarnish resistance significantly
greater than traditional Sterling.
ABI offers a family of patented Sterling De-Ox alloys with different levels of
hardness, tarnish resistance and casting
properties to meet your needs. Try our
new 400B with forgiving casting properties, high hardness and a very competitive
price.
Please call us for a complete technical
data sheet to determine the alloy that
meets your needs.
PLATINUM
STERLING
AMI’s patented Platinum Sterling product is
expanding it’s market share as a white gold alternative at major retailers and designers
throughout the USA. We offer a 1%, 3.5% and
5% Platinum blend with the following benefits:
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Bright Platinum white color at 10% the
cost of 14K gold
High tarnish resistance (no plating required)
Hardness 15-25% greater than Sterling
for more durability
Excellent firescale free casting properties
Palladium Sterling is also available
Create your own alternative white gold designs today using a quality metal with high perceived customer value at a fraction of the cost of
14K.
AMI ALLURA METALS, INC
CARSON, CALIFORNIA 90746
Phone: 310-769-0600
Fax: 310-768-1566
Email: [email protected]
Website: WWW.ALLURAMETALS.COM
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
NEW STERLING CLEAN RECYCLING PROGRAM
ELITE 950 SILVER™
AMI CASTING SERVICE
SPRING HARD DE-OX STERLING
PLATINUM STERLING
VISIT US AT THE BANGKOK SHOW, IMPACT CENTER, FEB. 24TH TO 28
Tech Tip: Silver Contamination
It’s A Bigger Problem Than You Think!
Achieving high quality sterling
silver casting can be a challenge
particularly with some of today’s
new designs. Sterling casting is
very susceptible to porosity, hard
spots, cracking and micro inclusions which can be caused by a
number of factors.
Fine silver contamination is one
area that if often overlooked. The
worldwide supply of silver has two
problems. One is oxygen impregnation with contributes to porosity
and the other is trace element contamination of metals like iron,
nickel, sulfur, lead and antimony
which can cause a variety of problems. Most suppliers of fine silver
worldwide supply silver below
0.9999 fineness which is loaded
with oxygen and trace element
contamination. High quality Sterling casting cannot be achieved
with this fine silver.
There are a couple of solutions
to this problem. One is to purchase fine silver that is 0.9999+
fineness and ask for an assay certification that confirms the fineness
and trace elements contained.
Next, the silver should be preblended with high purity alloy prior to casting. The blending process should be under a cover gas
to purge any oxygen from the
grain
The second option is to purchase blended Sterling grain from
a reputable supplier like AMI. All
AMI grain is blended with
0.9999+ fine silver and high
quality alloys under an oxygen
free environment to minimize
oxygen entrapment in the grain.
This higher purity low oxygen
grain will significantly improve
the quality of your Sterling casting.
Re-blending clean silver scrap
with new Sterling in house creates similar contamination issues.
Unless the clean scrap is cleaned
properly, contaminates will be
present in the re-blended Sterling
that will cause problems in your
casting. AMI can solve this
problem by cleaning and recycling your trees and buttons for
you. Call AMI today to discuss
this new program.