Horseshoe and copper-zinc alloy for a horseshoe

US9301515B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Gaag · Achern, DE
• Juergen Geise · Nuremberg, DE
• Freidrich Gebhard · Achern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C22C9/05
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A copper-zinc alloy that is particularly suitable as a material for a horseshoe includes at least the following components, in percent by weight: 59-73% of copper, 2.7-8.5% of manganese, 1.5-6.3% of aluminum, 0.2-4% of silicon, 0.2-3% of iron, 0-2% of lead, 0-2% of nickel, 0-0.4% of tin, balance zinc and unavoidable impurities.