Bronze 954 Rectangular Bar 8" x 5/8" Retail Price

About 954|Aluminum bronze (85% copper, 11% aluminum, 4% iron). The workhorse heavy-duty bearing bronze. Significantly stronger and harder than tin bronzes or leaded bronzes — tensile strength can exceed 90 KSI. Excellent wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and impact toughness. Used for heavy-duty bearings in steel mills, landing gear bushings, bridge trunnions, and marine propeller hubs. Machines like a tough steel — rigid setups, carbide tooling, and aggressive feeds are mandatory. Don’t try HSS. Compare to C932 (much easier to machine but far less strong) and 630 nickel aluminum bronze (even stronger, even harder to machine).

About Rectangular Bar|Solid rectangular cross-section stock. Functionally similar to flat bar but typically available in thicker, chunkier profiles. The naming varies by supplier — what one calls rectangular bar, another calls flat bar. Used for keys, gibs, wear strips, brackets, and any part where a rectangular starting profile saves setup time versus milling from plate.