Semi-Precious Metal Caskets
Gleaming beauty and optimum protection make metal a preferred choice – in steel, stainless steel, and semi-precious metals.
Stainless Steal Caskets
Stainless steel continues to provide the greatest value to families and funeral homes. Not only does it offer the quality and durability of copper and bronze for the price of standard steel, but it's a product that families understand and value in their everyday life.
Stainless Steel Caskets are most often square-cornered or square cornered urn designs. New products designs developed in the 1990’s include round-cornered and round cornered urn stainless steel casket designs. Stainless steel caskets often are comparable in price to midrange hardwood caskets and bridge the price brackets between cold-rolled steel caskets and semiprecious metal products such as copper or bronze. Stainless steel caskets have become increasingly popular in the 1990’s and now are purchased more frequently than copper or bronze caskets.
Copper or Bronze Caskets
Bronze, a semi-precious material and an alloy of copper and either zinc or tin, is the strongest and longest lasting of any casket construction material. Bronze is resistant to corrosive elements, an important consideration in selecting a casket.
Copper is considered a precious metal, and evidence of its longevity rests in the original copper roofs and pipes which survive in the world's great architectural gems. Copper also resists corrosion. It is one-third stronger than stainless steel and available in 32-ounce weight.
Copper or Bronze Caskets may be found in square-cornered, round-cornered or urn shaped designs. Rather than gauge, copper and bronze caskets are measured by weight. A 32-oz. copper or bronze casket means that the copper or bronze used weighed 32-oz. per square foot. There are also 48-oz. copper or bronze caskets.
