What are the best materials for fashion jewelry ?

Brass and stainless steel are the top choices for fashion jewelry brands. As a renewable metal, brass is environmentally friendly. Compared to silver, brass costs approximately 20% less and offers higher precision. Its excellent ductility ensures a perfect match for most crafts. Stainless steel can be vacuum-plated, achieving longer color retention and excellent stability. The material’s inherent hardness resists scratches from daily wear. Stainless steel is inherently anti-allergenic and resilient, offering both safety and environmental benefits for daily wear.

Why choose Star Harvest custom jewelry ?

SH has been manufacturing brass/stainless steel for over 20 years. We understand the deep demands of jewelry brands for the supply chain – from the technical transformation of accurate design drafts, to the material system that meets environmental standards, to the agile production model that ensures the rhythm of fast fashion. We are equipped with a 26-person designer team to provide 1:1 drawing optimization, and have an exclusive electroplating factory to ensure electroplating standards. All production lines adopt modular production to achieve a flexible delivery period of 7-40 days. We have completed the delivery of 30,000+ hot products per month in the peak season for more than 300 independent jewelry brands. Unlike conventional factories, we assign an independent product manager to each partner to follow up the whole process, and achieve a 97% order 0 customer complaint rate through the three levels of raw material testing-process quality inspection-final inspection.

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Customized Services
Sh Brass Jewelry Customization Advantages

With 20 years of experience in brass jewelry customization, we have achieved a 47% higher precision of special-shaped structures than conventional casting processes based on a complete ERP system and CNC precision engraving technology with an error of 0.05mm. Through the combination of medical-grade ROHS substrate and 7-layer electroplating protection technology (including vacuum ion membrane), the color retention life of the product is extended by 3 times compared with conventional jewelry.

Sh Stainless steel Customization Advantages

With 20 years of experience in stainless steel jewelry customization, we leverage implant-grade 316L material with under 0.02% nickel release to eliminate skin allergies—meeting REACH/RoHS compliance—while our CNC precision machining delivers ±0.03mm accuracy for complex geometries, cutting assembly rejection rates by 19%, and advanced PVD coating with 7-layer protection extends color retention life by over 4 times through 12,000+ salt-spray testing hours compared to standard electroplating processes.

Sh Silver Jewelry Customization Advantages

Leveraging 20 years of silver jewelry expertise, we employ certified 925 sterling silver with nickel-free alloys to prevent skin irritation, while micron-level CNC machining ensures ±0.03mm structural precision and seamless joint welding, achieving 97% first-pass sample accuracy; our proprietary 7μ-thick oxidation-resistant alumina coating passes 600+ hours of accelerated tarnish testing—extending luster retention by 5X compared to standard silver plating, fully compliant with EU REACH/LFGB regulations.

Sh Copper Jewelry Customization Advantages

With two decades of brass craftsmanship, we engineer ROHS-certified C26800 copper alloy with 27% zinc content for optimal structural integrity, implementing precision CNC lathe machining and argon-shielded laser welding to achieve 18% higher fracture resistance than stamped brass components, while our dual-phase PVD coating delivers >8,000-hour salt-spray resistance—extending color stability 6X longer than electroplating and exceeding EU REACH nickel migration limits by 300% safety margin.

Brass
Stainless steel
925 silver
Copper
Comparison of different material parameters
Comparison Dimensions
Brass (C27000 alloy)
316L Stainless Steel
925 silver (LBMA certified)
Basic Features
Density 8.8g/cm³ / Hardness HV80-110
Density 8.0g/cm³ / Hardness HV250-300
Density 10.5g/cm³ / Hardness HV60-85
Corrosion resistance
After passivation treatment, it can resist oxidation for 240 days (RH65% environment)
Salt spray test 1000 hours without rust (ISO 9227 standard)
No blackening for 20 months under the protection of anti-sulfur film (ASTM B895)
Process compatibility
Support 0.03mm level fine etching/electroforming
Applicable to laser welding/ultra-thin stamping (limit thickness 0.2mm)
Compatible with lost wax casting/CNC precision carving (±0.05mm tolerance)
Production cycle (including surface treatment)
18-22 days (passivation/gold plating and other 3-layer processes)
12-15 days (PVD vacuum plating takes 7 days at the fastest)
25-30 days (including third-party test report)
Certification
LFGB Food Contact Certification/Disney FAMA Compliance
EN 1811 Nickel Release Testing/Reach Regulation
SGS Heavy Metal Migration Test/Precious Metal Traceability Certificate
Supply Chain Value-Added Services
Lifetime warranty for passivation liquid/third-party copyright review
Free rework clause for coating peeling/48h expedited channel
Precious Metals Repurchase Agreement/Oxidation Refurbishment Services
Core Values
Disney-level IP products are mass-produced in compliance with regulations
Hot Jewelry Quick Response System
Multi-channel display safety cycle guarantee
Material Customization Advantage
Successful Cases

We focus on providing customers with high-quality customized jewelry solutions. Our products cover a variety of materials such as brass and stainless steel to meet the needs of different brands and market positioning. Whether you pursue classic elegance or modern fashion, we can provide a customized solution that perfectly meets your expectations.

FAQ
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What are the advantages of copper and stainless steel in jewelry applications?

Copper-based parts: Provide jewelry-grade ductility, suitable for complex pattern stamping and curved surface modeling, and the unit weight cost can be reduced by 42%

 

Stainless steel parts: meet the environmental protection requirements of the European and American markets, 316L medical grade material supports 1200°C open flame welding precision control

Adopting non-nickel-based plating technology, it has passed the ISO 3160-2 body fluid simulation test, ensuring that the metal ion precipitation value on the surface directly contacting the skin is less than 0.2μg/cm²

Standard ROHS, REACH, and CE system control, compatible with ASTM F2923 children’s jewelry safety certification, and supports bilingual output of material traceability reports

Equipped with German Heraeus desensitized solder and 3D stress simulation system to ensure that the copper/steel/resin composite structure passes the 50N tensile force destructive test

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What are the advantages of copper and stainless steel in jewelry applications?

Copper-based parts: Provide jewelry-grade ductility, suitable for complex pattern stamping and curved surface modeling, and the unit weight cost can be reduced by 42%

 

Stainless steel parts: meet the environmental protection requirements of the European and American markets, 316L medical grade material supports 1200°C open flame welding precision control

Adopting non-nickel-based plating technology, it has passed the ISO 3160-2 body fluid simulation test, ensuring that the metal ion precipitation value on the surface directly contacting the skin is less than 0.2μg/cm²

Standard ROHS, REACH, and CE system control, compatible with ASTM F2923 children’s jewelry safety certification, and supports bilingual output of material traceability reports

Equipped with German Heraeus desensitized solder and 3D stress simulation system to ensure that the copper/steel/resin composite structure passes the 50N tensile force destructive test

Successful Cases

We focus on providing customers with high-quality customized jewelry solutions. Our products cover a variety of materials such as brass and stainless steel to meet the needs of different brands and market positioning. Whether you pursue classic elegance or modern fashion, we can provide a customized solution that perfectly meets your expectations.