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The most common brazing processes include torch, induction, resistance and furnace brazing. In furnace brazing, filler metal in the form of pre-forms or paste is placed onto an assembly to be joined. This type of brazing includes either a protective atmosphere or the evacuation of the surrounding ...

Because of tolerances, aesthetics or joint design, you sometimes need the flow of braze alloy to be restricted-to stop its flow or keep it off a surface. Capillary dams are often designed into these parts to limit braze alloy flow. A capillary dam is when the clearance is increased to a point where ...

Depending on your brazing process, you may need to perform post-braze joint cleaning to remove residual flux. This step can be crucial since most fluxes are corrosive. Post-braze cleaning is one of the Six Fundamentals of Brazing*. Reasons to Remove Flux Let's examine five reasons why post-braze ...

The new Lucas-Milhaupt® calculator makes it easy and convenient to estimate the amount of braze alloy or solder alloy required for plumbing or HVACR applications. How can you use this online tool? Increase accuracy of estimating the amount of alloy you need-in readily available sizes-for common ...

Companies are facing tremendous economic pressure today, which requires renewed focus on core business practices. Your goals may include increasing workforce skills, improving manufacturing processes and building more robust products while reducing costs associated with labor, field failure and ...

Brazing Components for Refrigeration Today, we address correct brazing alloys as well as proper brazing methods for refrigeration components. Our main topics are: Alloy selection Gas and torch selection Brazing method Nitrogen purge System evacuation and charge Remember, brazing in the HVAC/R ...

Refrigeration is the transfer of heat from a lower temperature region to a higher temperature region. The most common refrigeration cycle-used in home refrigerators-is the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. This cycle has four components, as seen in Figure 1: Compressor Condenser Coil Expansion ...

Lucas-Milhaupt performed a study on the performance of braze filler metal rings against the performance of hand-fed filler metal rods. We used three heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry-standard tube sizes. Five trained and certified technicians helped ...

What is dezincification? First, we must understand dealloying-a type of corrosion involving selective leaching or removal of one element or phase with in the material. This selectively removed phase or element from an alloy, leaves behind a porous, spongy mass. Dezincification is a form of ...

Aluminum brazing has become prevalent in the automotive and HVAC/R industries. Most manufacturers are using all-aluminum or mostly aluminum components, including evaporator and condenser coils, distributors, liquid and suction lines. When brazing aluminum, two families of fluxes are commercially ...