Brazing and soldering practices are one of many areas in the HVACR field where what is commonly practiced isn’t what’s best, and what’s taught doesn’t apply in all cases. Let’s start with the basics.

Vacuum brazing services consist of metal joining processes used to permanently join metal parts. The vacuum brazing services process involves the use of a filler metal that is melted under vacuum and ...

Silver brazing, which is a popular method for joining or bonding ferrous and non-ferrous base metals like steel, stainless steel, copper, and brass is typically performed on automatic machines for ...

Broadly speaking, there are three common techniques for joining metals together, thermally: welding, brazing, and soldering. Brazing, soldering, and welding are metal joining techniques that use heat ...

The phosphorus-copper brazing alloy Siltron™ joins copper-to-copper and copper-to-brass alloys with a heavy-bright braze. The clean, bright-finished braze allows the operator to inspect work easily.