Brazing Stainless Steel To Copper

Clayton peeples shows how to use 45 silver solder to braze steel and copper.

Brazing stainless steel to copper.

You can use any silver solder but you will need an acid based flux. Generally welding holds stainless steel parts together best. How to braze stainless steel to copper. The joint will only be as strong as the silver solder itself.

What to use to braze copper to stainless steel. You can silver solder stainless to itself or to brass or copper to make easier connections without risk of corrosion problems. This is a plate heat exchanger as an r134 evaporator. You can purchase brazing rods with varying of silver content and either flux coated or un coated rod.

This week i want to thank you for helping me out and share what you taught me about. Bryan explains the difference between his and claytons approaches. Brazing copper will provide a stronger bond because of the high of silver in the brazing rod. But will also cost more and requires the use of an acetylene or mapp gas torch to melt the brazing rod.

You guys helped me out with a bunch of kick ass brazing tips and tricks. Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods. But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal.

Tune in for today s tips on torch brazing stainless steel. Ssf 6 silver solder and a propane torch are used to demonstrate how to join a piece of copper tubing to a piece of stainless steel tubing. The brazing process can yield strong joints that are ductile clean and smooth. However a key advantage is that many dissimilar metals can be joined to stainless steels by brazing.