California Metal-X

CMX is a world class brass & bronze ingot manufacturer, smelter and recycler with over 30 years of proven quality experience in the foundry industry. We are the West coast’s largest manufacturer of foundry ingot, mechanical ingot, lead free alloys and prepared scrap packages for foundry and mill use.

COMPANY

Quality and Excellence in People, Products, and Process

California Metal-X (CMX) is a privately owned corporation; originally known as Metal Briquetting Company (MBC) in 1979. The founders still share in the day to day business activity and growth of CMX. We value and take pride in our personnel, the greatest asset we have. CMX management has always recognized “Quality and Excellence” go hand in hand with its “People, Products, and Process.” CMX has a robust dedication to excellence which can be measured by its attitude, service and quality.
MBC initially processed and compressed brass chips/turnings into briquettes, promoting a product that yields greater efficiency and recoveries for brass foundries. With additional research MBC and CMX developed and manufactured “Mechanical Ingot,” an innovative product that offers cost savings over cast ingot. CMX produces and ships millions of pounds of Mechanical Ingot.
In the 1980s CMX began as a warehouse distributor of brass & bronze ingot on the West Coast. Major capital investments were made in the late 80s adding electric furnaces for manufacturing the CMX brand of brass & bronze ingot and engineered alloys. By the 90s our well established business added a rotary smelting furnace, giving us greater capacity in the production of red metals, brasses, and other bronzes. CMX currently has production capacity of more than 36,000,000 pounds annually.
CMX is a world class, lean manufacturer of brass & bronze ingot, engineered alloys, C87850 ingot and Mechanical Ingot. We provide processed and packaged foundry/mill grade items and trade metal worldwide. CMX will be leading the way in the production and distribution of C87850 ingot and low-lead brasses to meet the challenges of today’s strict environmental regulation.
We are the West Coast’s largest most successful ingot manufacturer. Our close knit family of employees share in the same goals: hard work, providing outstanding customer service, and delivering excellence in the quality of our products.

SERVICES

California Metal-X is a world class manufacturer of brass & bronze foundry ingot and provides many important services for our customers. CMX has two expert foundry consultants available, and a staff with more than 200 years of total foundry experience. We are ready to share our expertise and knowledge in technical, metallurgical, environmental, and general foundry practice issues. Contact our QA staff or management today if you require assistance.
CMX has an experienced professional staff that can assist you in providing technical help with alloys and metallurgical trouble shooting. Our complete lab facilities are available to identify samples, metal defects, or special chemistries. We are able to use both spectrograph and ICP methods.
Our experienced foundry staff can also manufacture your proprietary alloy requirements. Contact our management or QA staff, and we will work with your engineers to deliver your special alloy specifications. Special packaging, identification, and handling is not a problem.
Our MBC division provides a pucking / briquetting service which can help you solve you chip return problem. Many foundries experience high loss, difficulty in melting, or are unwilling to take back their customers’ machining chips. We are able to process most chips into an efficient, easy-to-handle feed stock ready for re-melt. Or, we can simply purchase them.
CMX is a well established recycler of copper based scrap and certain types of ferrous scrap. Because we are a consumer we pay top prices to those selling scrap metal.
Need reliable brokerage/export service? Our experienced personnel can work with you to deliver metals on time, easily, and to your destination. We can package and prepare in our facility, or broker only. We have over 30 years of experience, quality, and success in moving metal all over the globe.

PRODUCTS

California Metal-X (CMX) manufactures and distributes a wide variety of foundry and mill products. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified and stand firmly on our 30-year reputation of quality and excellence. You will find CMX products used in sand-cast, investment, die-cast, permanent mold, and fine art foundries. We are the largest producer of Mechanical Ingot in the United States and our mill and foundry packages are of the highest quality. We consistently ship our products on time and at competitive prices throughout the North Americas and overseas.
CMX manufactures the highest quality Brass Ingots & Bronze ingots, engineered alloys, de-gassers, and no-lead bronzes. We offer several no-lead ingot choices for your customers’ requirements, and we are leading the way with our new “environmentally friendly” no-lead C87850 ingot. It is the perfect solution for your no-lead requirements.
CMX Alpha Art Grade Silicon Bronze Ingots are found in the finest art foundries. When quality is critical, Alpha Art Grade is the professional’s choice. All of our manufactured products are produced under 9001:2008 compliance, and our ingot meets CDA, ASTM, MIL and SAE specifications.
Since the introduction of Mechanical Ingot CMX has produced and shipped millions of pounds throughout North America and overseas. We are the largest producer of Mechanical Ingot in the United States. Mechanical Ingot is produced under strict and rigorous manufacturing procedures to insure a consistent alloy mix and meet our specification guidelines.
CMX takes great pride in our people, our products, and our process. We insure quality, and we stand behind our products and our reputation.

SCRAP METAL RECYCLING

California Metal-X is a committed eco friendly business and a well recognized recycler of non-ferrous and ferrous metals. We are a consumer, a recycler, and a shipper. Because we are a consumer we pay top prices for scrap metal materials.
We purchase and recycle most varieties of coppers including B&S, #1, #2, Insulated wire, Copper Nickels, and auto radiators. Red-brasses, yellow-brasses, aluminum bronzes, tin bronzes, aluminum, and cast iron are just a few of the many scrap metal items we purchase. Contact our purchasing department or fill out our quick online quote form for current pricing and terms today.scrap metal
CMX is also a local collection center under the California Beverage Container Recycling Program for all types of California redemption containers or CRV

Eco Brass

California Metal-X is an authorized licensed manufacturer of C87850. This new lead-free brass alloy developed by Sambo Copper Alloy Co. Ltd. has excellent machine-ability, forge-ability and high strength, equal to that of stainless steel. C87850 ingot is made to a manufacturing specification of a maximum of 0.09% lead. This alloy is compliant in meeting the standards set forth in California’s AB 1953 and with the Federal EPA definition of a lead free alloy. Furthermore, C87850 is designated and registered by the Federal EPA to be antimicrobial. This alloy has NSF approval for plumbing and potable water applications. “No-Lead” and environmentally friendly, this is truly the responsible choice for foundries in the new millennium.EcoBrass
C87850 is also produced as a wrought mill product and in continuous cast bar. For wrought mill products, please contact Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc. and for continuous cast bar, please contact Concast Metal Products Co.
C87850 eliminates the problems of stress cracking, corrosion and dezincification, which are typical disadvantages of traditional brass materials. A low melting temperature range allows for fundamental power savings when melting C87850. The alloy is backed by 12 years of stringent field testing. As a licensed producer of C87850 we have the personnel and technical background to work closely with your facility to test and integrate this alloy into your foundry production.
IngotsC87850 is your best solution for changing over to “No-Lead”. Avoid OSHA, environmental, and legal lead issues for your foundry, your employees, and your customers. It’s the smart thing to do and it’s the right thing to do. Contact us today for more information or request an ingot quote.