Extruded Copper Product Range

Product Range

Extruded Copper Product Range


The rectangular product range includes all popular busbar sizes in any of the common edge finishes. Sizes range from a minimum of 10 x 3mm up to a width of 200mm.

Any of the above can be tin plated.

Squares range from 6mm up to 101.6 mm and Round products range from 6mm up to 114.3 mm.

Profiles are manufactured on request.

Phosphor De-oxidised (PDO) anodes, plate & slugs are also manufactured for the electroplating industry.

Earth tape product ranges are available in popular sizes.

Related Standards Designations

Copper busbar and rods are produced to meet international standards such as JIS. EN, ASTM, AS/NZ and TIS.
Copper busbar and rods for electrical purposes are covered by the following international Standards:

Alloy No Description Common Name British BS 2874 German DIN American ASTM Japanese JIS Inter. ISO
004 Fire refined tough pitch high conductivity HC Copper (FRHC) C102 E-Cu57 C11020 C1100 Cu-ETP
005 Phosphorous deoxidised non-arsenical copper DHP C106 SF-Cu C12200 C1220 Cu-DHP
018 High residual phosphorous deoxidised copper Electroplating Anode Copper  -  - C12220


General Specifications

Application:
Quality:
Material:
Electrical:
Used in electrical reticulation, switch gear panels, transformers, electrical motors, EDM, etc.
Maksal Busbar is manufactured to consistently meet the demands of our customers.
See table for specific alloys.
Properties Resistivity , 0.0172 mm2/m


Alloy No UTS (Mpa) Elongation (%) Tempers
004 soft         ½ hard soft        ½ hard DIN Brinell Rockwell F
  250 max        230 - 300 40% min 30% min F20 45 - 70 44 - 72
005 230 40% min 30% min F25 70 - 90 72 - 87
018 230 40% min 30% min F30 85 - 105 87 - 92
      F37 95 - 120 89 - 99


Product Properties

Temper:
Packaging:

Bending:
Tin Plating:
Certification:
As extruded (soft), Half hard, Hard drawn or Annealed, depending on item.
Export: Boxed in seaworthy wooden boxes and strapped.
Local: Bundled and strapped
Bending test of 90° to be passed
All flats can be tin plated to the customer’s requirements.
All busbars supplied are accompanied with a quality assurance certificate indicating chemical composition and mechanical properties.


Volume Resistivity at 20°C / 68° F
Volume Conductivity at 20°C / 68° F
Corrosion Resistance 
1.7241-1.7070 Ms/cm
58.00-58.58 Ms/m
Very Good


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