eMachineShop Capabilities
Sterling Silver
Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% pure silver and other metals such as copper which adds strength.
Sterling Silver Properties
Stirling silver has several valuable properties:
- Bright appearance
- Readily formed
- Easy to solder
- Association with elegance
- Relative low cost compared to other precious metals
- Good machinability
Machining Sterling Silver
eMachineShop allows you to design custom sterling silver parts using: Bending ... Drawing ... Blanking ... Fine blanking ... Shearing ... Turret Punching ... Investment Casting ... Counter boring ... Counter sinking ... Drilling ... Reaming ... Threading & Tapping ... Surface Grinding ... Honing ... Knurling ... Milling ... Turning (lathe) ... Photochemical Milling ... Band sawing ... Waterjet Cutting and Wire EDM.
Applications
Sterling silver is often used in:
- Flatware
- Jewelry
- Tea service sets
- Trays
- Goblets
- Cups
- Saucers
- Napkin rings
- Pitchers
- Coasters
- Centerpieces
- Letter openers
- Flutes
- Saxophones
