Copper beryllium telecommunication applications typically
utilize strip product, for stamped, formed
connectors and contacts, and rod and bar
product, for machined contacts.
Customers also utilize copper beryllium alloys in the form
of mechanical tube and custom
shapes for the undersea repeater housings that are used to amplify
signals in undersea fiber optic communications. Copper beryllium alloys
provide protection and reliability in the harsh undersea environment. Undersea
and Marine.
User Benefit/Solution
Copper beryllium is specified and used in
applications where a combination of high strength, high conductivity, excellent
stress relaxation resistance and formability are required to optimize a
contact design and maximize the reliability of the interface. These properties
allow the end user the benefits of lesser MTBF (mean time between failures),
lower service costs, and greater life cycle reliability. Additionally,
the extensive base of knowledge that exists in the design, tooling and
fabrication of copper beryllium, allows for a significant improvement in
the time to market and time to volume of new products.
