EtchMetᵀᴹ TM10 (C17200) Strip

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Description

EtchMet alloy is a material that is tailor made for the springs in voice coil motors and optical image stabilization systems common in smart phone cameras. These devices have a relatively large mass (lense) suspended by extremely small, thin springs. The small size of the springs requires very high strength material to withstand shock loads when the phone is dropped or deliberately tapped against an NFC reader. Therefore, the springs must be made from a very robust material. Furthermore, the lack of a damping mechanism makes high spring stiffness important to combat vibration. EtchMet alloy provides a number of advantages that make it the ideal material for this application:

It has a uniform elastic modulus across all thicknesses/diameters and from product form to product form. This provides consistent stiffness and damping behavior which makes spring calculations easy.

It has a very high resilience allowing it to withstand impact loads without fracturing or permanently deforming.

It has high fatigue strength to withstand many drops and actuation cycles.

It has a uniform, primarily single-phase microstructure, which photochemically machines easily and cleanly for uniform edges free of stress risers.

It is supplied fully precipitation hardened so no further heat treatment is required.

It solders and welds readily.

EtchMet strip is inherently flat with minimal coil set, which helps with alignment during photochemical machining.

This material data has been provided by Materion Brush GmbH.

"Typical" values were obtained via a literature search. "Predicted" values were imputed via artificial intelligence technology. While we have placed significant efforts in ensuring data accuracy, "typical" and "predicted" data should be considered indicative and verified by appropriate material testing. Please do contact us if additional information on the the predicted data method is required.
All metrics apply to room temperature unless otherwise stated. SI units used unless otherwise stated.
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General

Property	Temperature	Value
Density	23.0 °C	8.36 g/cm³ Show Supplier Material materials with Density of 8.36 g/cm³

Dimension

Property	Value
Thickness	0.03 - 0.05 mm Show Supplier Material materials with Thickness of 0.03 - 0.05 mm
Width	1.27 - 406.5 mm Show Supplier Material materials with Width of 1.27 - 406.5 mm

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Elastic modulus	23.0 °C	131 GPa Show Supplier Material materials with Elastic modulus of 131 GPa
Elongation	23.0 °C	3 % Show Supplier Material materials with Elongation of 3 %	min.
Hardness, Vickers	23.0 °C	325 [-] Show Supplier Material materials with Hardness, Vickers of 325 [-]	min.
Tensile strength	23.0 °C	1200 MPa Show Supplier Material materials with Tensile strength of 1200 MPa	min.
Yield strength Rp0.2	23.0 °C	1103 MPa Show Supplier Material materials with Yield strength Rp0.2 of 1103 MPa	min.

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value
Coefficient of thermal expansion	23.0 °C	1.75E-5 1/K Show Supplier Material materials with Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.75E-5 1/K
Thermal conductivity	23.0 °C	105 W/(m·K) Show Supplier Material materials with Thermal conductivity of 105 W/(m·K)

Electrical

Property	Temperature	Value
Electrical resistivity	23.0 °C	6.2E-6 - 1.01E-5 Ω·m Show Supplier Material materials with Electrical resistivity of 6.2E-6 - 1.01E-5 Ω·m
Specific Electrical conductivity		17 - 28 % IACS Show Supplier Material materials with Specific Electrical conductivity of 17 - 28 % IACS

Magnetic

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Relative magnetic permeability	23.0 °C	1 [-] Show Supplier Material materials with Relative magnetic permeability of 1 [-]	max.

Technological properties

Property
Application areas	EtchMet alloy is a material that is tailor made for the springs in voice coil motors and optical image stabilization systems common in smart phone cameras.

EtchMetᵀᴹ TM10 (C17200) Strip

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