I machined some a while back. It looks like stainless steel but it machines like aluminum or brass. Anybody know about this?
Jim
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What is "Dairy Metal"?
- Thread starter Wild West
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William E Williams
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2005
- Location
- South Western PA
Google shall provide! Seems to be a Nickel Silver Bronze alloy with a slight ammount of lead. For this reason USDA has banned it from further food use.
http://www.conexmetals.com/copper_alloys/c97600.htm
http://www.idfa.org/reg/usda_grading_0804.pdf
http://www.conexmetals.com/copper_alloys/c97600.htm
http://www.idfa.org/reg/usda_grading_0804.pdf
Rich Carlstedt
Stainless
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2002
- Location
- Green Bay Wisconsin USA
Its Probably a metal like Waukesha #7
from Waukesha foundries (Wisconsin....find their website for info)
The metal is in the Cupro-Nickel Alloy Family
Don't recall the mix, but its like 40 % nickel and 60 % Copper. That makes it a non hazardous metal for food processing.
It machines like Cast Iron, but looks like Stainless Steel...only softer
from Waukesha foundries (Wisconsin....find their website for info)
The metal is in the Cupro-Nickel Alloy Family
Don't recall the mix, but its like 40 % nickel and 60 % Copper. That makes it a non hazardous metal for food processing.
It machines like Cast Iron, but looks like Stainless Steel...only softer
surplusjohn
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2002
- Location
- Syracuse, NY USA
also known as Monel, high scrap value 
Forrest Addy
Diamond
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2000
- Location
- Bremerton WA USA
Dairy metal? Well, let's see: there's moo-lybdenum, alyoo-minum, and cowp-per. Did-eye miss any?
darryl
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- May 2, 2004
- Location
- Chilliwack B.C. Canada
Baaarilium and Barnium. Not to mention Jersmanium.
Konrad
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2003
- Location
- Edmonton Alberta Canada
It sounds like a metal with lots of holes in it! 
