Reusable low-temperature melting Alloy (158°F) for supporting thin-walled sections which require machining. No. 15158 does not shrink upon solidification rather it exhibits slight “growth” so that it locks into the part being machined. After machining you simply melt it out in hot water.
It melts at 54°F below boiling point of water so that when you go to use it you simply put it in a cast iron, stainless steel or porcelain lined pot and into hot water bath to melt it.
Reusable many times
No drosses created owing to low heat required prior to pouring it.
Uses
Anchoring
Chucks, jigs and fixtures
Dies and punches
Models and patterns
Other uses:
Heat transfer
Tempering
Sheet plastic curing
Vulcanizing
Dyeing
Tube Bending (replaces other material such as lead, tar,sand and rosin) which have disadvantages such as flammability – difficulty of removal – inadequacy to fill void fully, etc. Plated tubes can be bent without flaking of surface. As a tube filler it allows tubes to be bent-swaged-rolled-or drawn.
Reveals pin holes or cracks owing to liquidity of No. 15158, also thin sections revealed by slight expansion of No. 15158 upon solidification.
Bending procedures and other data as well as Do’s and Don’t’s included with material.
