


Beryllium CopperBERYLLIUM COPPER - A METAL SOURCE, LLC - Precision Machining of Beryllium - peregrinecorp
Ninety-eight-percent pure beryllium is expensive, selling from $600 to $800 per pound prior to machining, so shops must understand its machining idiosyncracies to avoid scrapping progressively expensive parts. …Peregrine typically machines pure beryllium material and beryllium alloys. In particular to pure beryllium, machining techniques and processes are important in achieving a successful product. Beryllium is a fracture critical material and has a tendency to "twin" when a machine tool comes into contact with the surface of the material.
