Zinc alloys have significant advantages as casting materials for small components, with excellent physical and mechanical properties, castability and finishing characteristics. Hot chamber die cast zinc alloys can be cast to tight tolerances, complex detail, net shape, and the alloy's dimensional stability ensures part-to-part consistency over long production runs. Net shape manufacturing is one of the main advantages of hot chamber die cast zinc alloys.

Available Forms

AIM offers solders in bar, anode, ribbon, wire and paste form for a variety of applications and industries.

60/40 and 63/37 Solders

These solders are used in the stained glass industry and also for PCB assembly where a minimum of heat can be used to make the connection.

AIM’s bar solder has been specially designed and manufactured to produce dramatically less dross than typical bar. AIM bar solder is available in several alloys, including Sn20/Pb80, Sn25/Pb75, Sn30/Pb70, Sn35/Pb65, and Lead-Free Sn97/Cu3. These are commonly used for tube mills and header dips.

AIM offers high quality lead and solder products to the plumbing industry.

Solders are manufactured to exceed the requirements of ASTM B32-87 using high purity metals.

AIM offers a wide selection of Electropure brand metals in a variety of shapes and sizes for electroplating. These anodes are manufactured in AIM's ISO 9001/QS 9000 certified facility and exceed all applicable industry specifications.

AIM fusible alloys are low melting temperature alloys that contain bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium or indium. AIM’s fusible alloys are utilized in a broad variety of tool & die applications, including casting, tube bending, machining parts for soft metal dies, fixturing, anchoring parts, toggle dies and supporting castings and interrupted cuts.

Applications

Sheet Lead is used in building construction for roofing and flashing, shower pans, flooring, x-ray and gamma-ray protection, and vibration damping and soundproofing.

Other uses for lead include ammunition, fusible alloys, anodes and in solder alloys.

Accessory Products

AIM alloys are well suited for advertising specialty awards and incentive merchandise. In many circumstances, these items are given away to the end user, creating a need for a quality material at a low cost. To meet those demands, AIM has developed a wide variety of cost-effective alloys that reduce material costs without sacrificing castability or creating finishing issues.

AIM offers all standard, special and custom bronze alloys featuring Manganese Bronzes, Silicon Bronzes, Tin Bronzes, Leaded Tin Bronzes, Aluminum Bronzes.

Babbitt metal is used as the lining for bearing shells of cast iron, steel and bronze. AIM manufactures high-purity lead-free and lead and tin-based alloys to any specifications.

High-tin Babbitt is used for high unit load and high operating temperatures. They display excellent corrosion resistance, easy bonding, and less tendency for

AIM offers aluminum and all standard and special aluminum alloys such as obsolete, prototype, custom customer specification, and aluminum base master alloys, as per the Aluminum Association.

AIM offers a broad range of solders to fulfill your most challenging component packaging applications.We offer solders for:

• Fibre to Ferrule Soldering
• Laser Die Attach
• Hermetic Packaging & Sealing
• Wetting & Sealing Laser Optics

Sputtering targets are used to produce thin films of metals or compounds. A source material is bombarded with plasma ions that dislodge atoms from the surface of the target. The ejected atoms then deposit atop a substrate to form a film coating that is several atomic layers thick.

AIM is a leading supplier of fusible alloys for a broad range of Tool & Die applications. 
AIM fusible alloys are low melting temperature alloys that contain bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium or indium. AIM’s fusible alloys are utilized in a broad variety of tool & die applications, including casting, tube bending, machining parts for soft metal dies, fixturing, anchoring parts, toggle dies and supporting castings and interrupted cuts.

Indium, a malleable, semi-precious silvery metal, can be utilized to seal unsolderable surfaces in cryogenic applications, vacuum pumps, and in heat-sensitive areas.

As opposed to gaskets made from other materials, which only form a barrier to the medium being contained, when indium is used as the sealant, a mechanical and chemical bond is formed between this and the surfaces

AIM’s Specialty solder products are available in a variety of alloys with melting temperatures from 10°C to 400°C.

These come in several forms, including:

AIM is a supplier of Indium compounds and chemicals used in a wide array of industries. Indium compounds are used in the alkaline battery industry as an Hg replacement and an H inhibitor. Several Indium materials are used as transparent and conductive coatings for the display industry. Indium chemicals can be found as an additive within the plating industry for brightening or for surface hardening.

AIM’s full range of specialty joining materials includes indium and gold/tin solders for photonic packaging applications.  When you work with AIM you receive superior products & the technical support you need to produce innovative and reliable packaging solutions. AIM offers a broad range of solders to fulfill your most challenging component packaging applications.