[Bell Historians] FW: Aluminimum bells

[Iain Mitchell]

Are the losses the same from aluminium compared to bronze, what is the casting temp as compared to bronze.......................Finally why does my pc reckon that i've spelt aluminium incorrectly!!


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Good stuff, any idea roughly the bell will weigh? I'd guess also the pitch is going to be some what higher than a bell metal bell of the same size, my experience with aluminium patterns for bells is that they are about a perfect fourth higher should that be so with this one?

David Godwin







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We now have the spec for the aluminium from the melted down tornado:

90.92% Aluminium
3% Copper
3% Zinc
0.46% Magnesium
0.89% Silicon
0.69% Iron
0.86% Nichol
0.01% Lead
0.01% Tin
0.08% Titanium
0.08% Chrome


Andrew Higson
John Taylor & Co.
The Bellfoundry
Freehold Street
Loughborough
LE11 1AR
Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No. 7032766

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From: Andrew Higson 
Sent: 23 June 2010 08:17
To: 'bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com'
Subject: Aluminimum bells

We are in the process of making a 60” diameter bell – how exciting I hear you cry – however it is to be cast in aluminium (aloominum for foreign correspondents) as it is for display rather than hearing.

I can’t find any fact or figures about aluminium bells to say whether this is the largest – anyone out there know?

Thanks

Andrew Higson
John Taylor & Co.
The Bellfoundry
Freehold Street
Loughborough
LE11 1AR
Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No. 7032766



           
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