2. Machined materials

2.1 Classification

There are many different types of machined material, which can be classified into two main families (see table 1 ).

• Non-ferrous metals

  The most common are :

  • copper and its alloys such as brass and bronze;

  • aluminum and its alloys ;

  • magnesium.

• Ferrous metals

  This family includes all alloys whose main constituent is iron:

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