Brazing Carbon Steel To Copper

In overlaying carbon steel the first layer is applied using either an erni 1 or ernicu 7 filler metal followed by subsequent layers of ercuni to reach the needed thickness or composition.

Brazing carbon steel to copper.

So here is the video with a few tips on silver brazing copper to steel and brazing stainless steel bolts to some copper washers. A table listing copper base alloys can be found in a commercial publication. Learn about brazing and soldering from george benyak inferno product development team member and industry veteran. Pure copper and copper zinc filler metals are used for brazing steel and other materials.

Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods. Here george uses low fuming bronze on a steel to steel joint. Copper and copper zinc bcu x and bcuzn x. White flux is useful for brazing copper brass steel stainless steel and nickel alloys.

The brazing rod should be melted by the heat of the metal pieces being joined not by direct contact with the flame of the torch. The fillers containing zinc are not recommended for joining. Recommended rods by metal type. Use a torch that produces a high intensity flame.

It has an active temperature range of 1050 1600 f 565 870 c. This classification is generally used for joining a variety of ferrous and non ferrous metals. Used for brazing iron nickel and cobalt base metals but we also see their use in copper stainless steel applications. Brazing with bag 1a bag 1 and bag 2 is suitable for joining cu ni to any other copper alloy.

Harris low fuming bronze is designed for repair and fabrication applications on steel copper copper alloys nickel and nickel alloys. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal. But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. Use the right brazing rod material for the metal used in your project.

Use it with the safety silv high silver brazing filler metals aws bag series on the above base metals and the stay silv phos copper silver aws bcup series on copper to brass.