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Traditional Braze Alloy and Flux Paste vs. Flux-cored Brazing Products In less than five minutes, this technical video clip below from Lucas-Milhaupt will show you the Handy® way to improve your process for brazing copper to steel. Handy One® flux-cored products offer these benefits: No separate ...

Welcome to our first video of 2013, featuring capillarity. We know the importance of capillary action in the brazing process. This scientific phenomenon allows molten alloy to be drawn into the joint between two metal parts. Our three-minute video will show you what capillary action is and how it ...

AWS Specifications and Classifications The American Welding Society (AWS) is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support the growth of knowledge and technological advances in the field of brazing and other forms of metal joining. They have put into place a list of standards and ...

Importance of Ring Volume One factor that may impact the strength of a brazed joint is the depth of alloy penetration into the joint. If an operator does not apply enough alloy to the assembly, the final part will not have the ideal strength and/or leak tightness characteristics for a brazed joint. ...

Reducing Alloy Consumption The use of flux-cored braze products (both in wire feed and ring form) can significantly reduce the alloy consumption for each braze joint. Lucas-Milhaupt Handy One® silver brazing products are an industry staple, improving manufacturing processes and cost containment for ...

High-Purity Brazing Alloys Although the final properties of the brazed joint depend on a number of factors, in most cases the use of VTG alloys, allowed for manufacturing of strong and ductile joints, are hermetically sealed. Further benefits of using VTG alloy, depending on application and service ...

Braze Joint Design Lucas-Milhaupt serves a wide variety of manufacturers brazing metals. On a daily basis, we see examples of proper braze joint design that yield high-quality, strong joints and good parts. We also observe how improper design can produce weak joints, voids, and ultimately, scrap. ...

Capillarity Capillarity is defined as movement of a liquid along the surface of a solid caused by the attraction of molecules in the liquid to the molecules of the solid. Experiment Let's head to the lab, where we will conduct several experiment depicting successful capillary action, then ...

Brazing Methods Brazing methods range from torch brazing in open air to vacuum furnace brazing. Torch and induction brazing are the most common, using an Ag-Cu-Zn alloy to form joints. Oxides form on surfaces of base metals in open air, prohibiting the filler metal from wetting the assembly ...

Lucas-Milhaupt Global Brazing Solutions would like to introduce our new Sil-Fos 15 Rings designed for brazing copper tubular components for HVAC/R installation applications. The Sil-Fos rings use a calculated alloy volume for use with standard size copper tube from 1/4 inch to 1-1/8 inch. The ...