Record Listing from Metals Infobase 19 - June 2001

Designation

SnSb12Cu6Pb

Description

Tin Alloy

Form

Casting

Specified in

DIN ISO 4381

Equiv. Stds

Identical to ISO 4381-

Country (Matl)

Germany (D)

Chemical Comp.

Elements
Sn
Sb
Cu
Pb
As
Bi
Fe
Al
Zn
Others Total

Mechanical Prop.
Property/Unit
0.2% Proof Stress N/mm 2
0.2% Proof Stress N/mm 2
0.2% Proof Stress N/mm 2
Brinell Hardness HB
Brinell Hardness HB
Brinell Hardness HB
Brinell Hardness HB

Min %
Remainder
11
5
1

13:56 Thu Aug 30 2001

Max %
13
7
3
0.1
0.08
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.4

Condition

Temp Size
20C
50C
100C
20C
50C
120C
150C

Min Max
61
60
36
25
20
12
8

Physical Prop.

Material Properties of Test Bar:

Bond Strength between bearing metal (limiting value; see ISO 4386-2) and steel with C = 0.1% (m/m) bearing
metal thickness equal or greater than 6 mm = 40 N/mm 2 approximately.
Rotating bending fatigue, Rrbf, 10 7 cycles = +/- 28 N/mm2 approximately.
Linear thermal expansion coefficient = 22.7 x 10 -6/K approximately.
Melting range = 183 to 400C approximately.
Casting range = 480 to 520C approximately.
Density = 7.4 kg/dm3 approximately.

Notes

This standard specifies requirements for bearing metals based on lead and tin casting alloys for multilayer plain
bearings.
This grade is a tin-antimony-copper-lead alloy.
In special cases a maximum arsenic content of 0.8% is acceptable.
Characteristics and principal uses:
Good sliding properties at mean load and high to low sliding velocities in the hydrodynamic range; good impact
stress; sensitive to reversed bending stress and edge compression; high wear resistance in the case of rough
journals (grey cast iron).
Used for plain bearings for turbines, compressors, electric machines and gears.
Minimum hardness of the shaft is 160 HB.
NOTE: In multilayer plain bearings the difference between the hardness of the bearing material and the shaft
material should be such that welding under working conditions is safely avoided. The working conditions, in
particular the lubricating conditions, have considerable influence on the selection of the shaft material. For this
reason, the recommended hardness value for the shaft material is a minimum value. In general, unquenched
and untempered shaft materials are used in the case of bearing materials based on lead and tin.
The chemical analysis is decisive for the acceptance of the bearing metal.
The Brinell hardness at 20C is regarded as the test and acceptance value. All other indicated values in the
mechanical properties table and the physical properties field are mean values or ranges and are regarded as
typical values for the designer. In view of the range of possible alloy compositions and the marked influence
exerted by the cooling conditions on the mechanical properties, relatively large deviations from the indicated
values are to be expected in individual cases.

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