Main Metal Material used for Gifts and Souvenirs
Name |
Feature difference |
Main Manufacturing Process
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Price |
Weight |
Iron |
1,hard metal, easy rusted, need plated;
2, can be magnetic;
3, cheaper |
Die struck,soft enamel, 2D |
low |
heavy |
Zinc Alloy |
1, not rusted, usualy need plated, 2, not magnetic |
die casted,soft enamel,imitaiton enamel, 2D/3D, Printing |
low |
medium |
Stainlless Steel (SS) |
1, not easy rusted, usually not need plated,
2, can be with or without magnetic |
Printing, Die struck, soft enamel, 2D |
medium |
heavy |
Brass |
1, not rusted, not magnetic
2, usually for high grade product,
3, epxensive |
Die struck,soft enamel, Imitation enamel,2D/3D,printing |
high |
heavy |
Aluminum |
soft and low weight, |
die struck or printing,with soft magnet |
low |
Light |
Stainless Steel
1, usually Not plated but good polished
Stainless steel has a coating on it to prevent rusty, therefore no plating is needed. We usually do plating on products that made of brass, copper, iron, zinc alloy and pewter.
2, Logo usually by printing logo or laser engraving
3, Magnetic stainless steel is usually for printing lapel pin
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