Alloys – Technical Articles

Posted on July 15, 2010

Argentium Silver – General Product Guidance for Argentium® Sheet and Wire Products

Author Steve BernstromCategories Alloys, Jewelry Making, Metals, Mill Products, Sheet and WireTags Argentium Silver, sheet, wire

The aim of this document is to offer guidance as to the best practice to be followed when using pre-fabricated sheet and wire products in Argentium® silver.

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Posted on July 15, 2010

Argentium Silver – Investment Casting – Production Guidance

Author Steve BernstromCategories Alloys, Casting, MetalsTags Argentium Silver, investment casting

The following article offers guidance to the best practice to be followed when using Argentium silver casting alloys.

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Posted on March 20, 2009

Important Information About Working with Gold

Author Hoover & Strong, Inc.Categories Alloys, Metals, Refining

Work Hardening Gold If you’ve ever cold worked sheet or wire, you know what work hardening is. The further you reduce the metal thickness the harder it gets and less malleable it becomes. If not annealed properly, the metal fractures or becomes too hard to work.

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Posted on March 20, 2009

Important Information About Alloys

Author Hoover & Strong, Inc.Categories Alloys, Metals, Refining

Alloys and Their Correct Cooling Methods There are four typical methods of cooling, and the type of alloy being annealed will dictate the method (see table):

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Posted on February 11, 2009

Working Palladium

Author Johnson MattheyCategories Alloys, Jewelry Making, Metals

With the resurgence and increased popularity of palladium for jewelry design and manufacturing comes the need to examine its unique working characteristics. In a series of technical briefs extracted from their evolving palladium technical manual, Johnson Mathew New York will identify the optimal manufacturing opportunities for this intriguin ‘new’ metal.

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Posted on January 1, 2008

Look on the White Side

Author Stewart GriceCategories Alloys, Casting, Metals, Repair and Soldering

Enter the alloy designers. Some praise them. Some pity them. For the alloy designers have a tough job on their hands: They have to design metals that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also offer mechanical properties suitable for making jewelry. This is not an easy task.

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Posted on January 1, 2008

Platinum Casting in a Small Shop

Author Elaine CorwinCategories Alloys, Casting, Metals

1. Due to the huge increase in customer demand for platinum jewelry, more and more small shops are needing to add platinum jewelry design and manufacture to their in-house services in order to stay viable. Completing jobs on time and under budget with minimal expense and with the least amount of down time has always…

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Posted on January 1, 2008

Beginning Platinum

Author Jurgen M. MaerzCategories Alloys, Casting, Jewelry Making, Metals

In 1986, when Ricardo Basta Eichberg decided to begin casting platinum, he tried to learn all he could about the white metal and its properties-and quickly came up empty.

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Posted on January 1, 2008