Brass Manufacturing in Canada
Where a part can be brass, the economics usually favor it. Few metals cut as fast or as cleanly, so brass dominates high-volume turned work: valves, fittings, fasteners, electrical connectors, instrument components. Faster cutting means more parts per spindle hour and a lower unit cost, which is why it recurs wherever precision meets volume.
The primary input is domestic. Canada is a long-standing copper producer, mining over half a million tonnes a year and exporting more than ten billion dollars of copper and copper products annually1. Brass also resists corrosion and conducts well, suiting plumbing, marine, and electrical work, and free-machining grades such as C360 hold tight tolerances at production speed.
What you can get made
- Finishing
- Anodizing, Powder Coating, Deburring, Heat Treating, Polishing, Plating, Painting, Sand Blasting
- Advanced equipment
- 5-Axis Machining, CMM, Live Tooling, Mill-Turn, Wire EDM, Swiss Turning
- Industries served
- Industrial, Aerospace, Defense, Medical, Energy, Food Processing, Marine, Automotive
Good to know
- Free-machining grades (C360) turn quickly and hold tight tolerances.
- Naturally corrosion resistant; often left unfinished or lightly polished.
- A strong fit for high-volume turned parts and fluid components.