There are many benefits to using copper brazing for joint melding work.
Brazing copper ground wire to copper sheet.
It would probably work well for your application.
Brazing with bag 1a bag 1 and bag 2 is suitable for joining cu ni to any other copper alloy.
Remove all oxidation with sandpaper.
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The method is often used by engineers as an alternative to welding when temperatures above 850 degrees are being used for soldering purposes.
When brazing stainless steel you perhaps have the most options of fillers to use.
Brazed metal can also be stronger then w.
Copper nickel aluminum and even gold.
However when stainless steel is brazed with copper the only atmospheres that can be used are nitrogen and argon.
When gold and nickel are used to braze steel they must be done in a vacuum chamber or hydrogen atmosphere.
While brazing typically uses specialized brazing wire to bond the metals you can substitute copper wire for brazing wire.
We routinely join copper sheet metal to stainless steel sheet metal for a jet engine part.
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The equipment in this project can be bought for as little as 30 dollars.
Copper brazing refers to the welding of joints at high temperatures.
Brazing is a technique that allows you to join and bond two pieces of metal permanently using a torch and some form of filler metal.
Cu ni alloys are not amenable to flame cutting but plasma arc cutting and carbon arc cutting work well.
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Band saws and shears may be used for cutting but allowances must be made for the fact that the alloys are relatively soft and ductile.
We stock copper strap wire braid sheet mesh ground bars anti oxidants brazing rod clamps and more.
Clean the metals you plan to braze.
The wire has an industry trade name and is called everdue.
Brazing is a quick and inexpensive alternative to welding.
Using the brazing process substitute copper electrical wire.
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Mapp gas will flow your alloy rod on most ground wires up to about 0 gauge and will easily flow for welding flat copper strap and copper tube.
We use silicon bronze filler wire and tig braze weld.
The hand held mapp gas torch will not however produce enough heat to flow to your 1 2 or 5 8 ground rods.
