PREVENT FRAUD
Types of Bimetal Fraud
There are 3 major types of fraud in our industry
Because bimetals are often used to achieve performance advantages in safety-critical applications over single-metal alternatives, and they often look to the naked eye to be true bimetals, fraud leads to safety hazards and economic losses if not controlled. Bimetals fraud falls into three categories:
Counterfeit Materials
Where the brand names of reputable manufacturers of bimetals are printed on knock-off products claiming to be standard-compliant bimetals.
Fake Bimetals
Materials claiming to be bimetals manufactured by processes that cannot consistently meet industry industands
Standards Misappropriation
Bimetals (substandard or not) used in applications where they are not recognized by the standard as being permitted
Think you've seen examples of any of the above? Report fraud to help the ABA protect the future of bimetals.