Brazing Stainless Steel To Copper

Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods.

Brazing stainless steel to copper.

Brazing copper will provide a stronger bond because of the high of silver in the brazing rod. Brazing stainless steels requires adequate planning as the alloys used to form joints must have properties compatible with the base metal. What to use to braze copper to stainless steel. This week i want to thank you for helping me out and share what you taught me about.

The joint will only be as strong as the silver solder itself. Bryan explains the difference between his and claytons approaches. This is a plate heat exchanger as an r134 evaporator. You can silver solder stainless to itself or to brass or copper to make easier connections without risk of corrosion problems.

How to braze stainless steel to copper. But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. You guys helped me out with a bunch of kick ass brazing tips and tricks. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal.

You can purchase brazing rods with varying of silver content and either flux coated or un coated rod. 12 19 2012 02 25 pm 2. Anyone have suggestions on what brazing alloys will work for brazing copper tubing to 304 stainless fittings. Generally welding holds stainless steel parts together best.

You can use any silver solder but you will need an acid based flux. But will also cost more and requires the use of an acetylene or mapp gas torch to melt the brazing rod. 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. Tune in for today s tips on torch brazing stainless steel.