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AWS 36th International Brazing & Soldering Symposium

This Symposium will make available its latest technical abstracts received and will be presented by experts in the field of Brazing and Soldering.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 - 8:30 AM - 12:10 PM


8:30 AM
CASE STUDY: FAILURE ANALYSIS OF SOLDER JOINTS ON A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
Dr. Paul T. Vianco, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

8:50 AM
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMORPHOUS FILLER METALS FOR JOINING OF MAGNESIUM ALLOYS
Dr. Silke Muecklich, Institute of Composite Materials and Surface Technology, University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

9:10 AM 
SOLDERABILITY TESTING OF PB-FREE SOLDER ALLOYS VERSUS SN63-37PB EUTECTIC SOLDER FOR HIGH RELIABILITY APPLICATIONS
Eddie P. Lopez,, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 AM 
ADVANCES IN BRAZING AND SOLDERING WITH REACTIVE MULTILAYER FOIL APPLICATIONS
Timothy P. Weihs, Reactive NanoTechnologies, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD

9:50 AM 
JOINING OF HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINUM BASED LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS WITH TIN BASED MMC SOLDERS
Dip.-Ing. Sebastian Weis, Institute of Composite Materials and Surface Technology, University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

10:10 AM
ULTRASONIC SOLDERING AND BRAZING
Tim Frech, Edison Welding Institute, Columbus, OH

10:30 AM        
THE ARC SPRAY APPLICATION OF BRAZE MATERIAL TO COPPER/BRASS HEAT EXCHANGER COMPONENTS
Peter T. Kutsopias, Praxair and TAFA, Grapevine, TX

10:50 AM        
ULTRASONIC IMAGING AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS IN AG-CU-ZR ACTIVE BRAZE JOINTS
Dr. Donald F. Susan, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

11:10 AM        
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES FOR JOINING YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA (YSZ) TO CROFER22-APU BY REACTIVE BRAZING
Oscar A. Quintana, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

11:30 AM        
CORROSION TESTING OF BNI-3 BRAZED SURFACES ON TYPE 347 STAINLESS STEEL FOR THE SPACE STATION INTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM
Matt J. Pohlman and C. S. Jeffcoate, Honeywell Aerospace, Torrance, CA

11:50 AM        
SAFETY IN CUTTING, BRAZING & WELDING WITH ACETYLENE & OXYGEN Dr. Jesse A. Grantham, Welding & Joining Management Group, Westminster, CO
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 - 1:00 PM - 3:40 PM

1:00 PM         
BRAZING & FORMING TECHNOLOGY PRODUCE ECONOMICAL HIGH TEMPERATURE OVEN TRAYS
William J. Powers, HiTech Meta, Inc., Cleveland, OH

1:20 PM         
FLUORIDE ION CLEANING AS A PRE-BRAZE PROCESS
Robert E. Kornfeld, High-Tech Furnace System, Inc., Shelby Township, MI

1:40 PM         
INNOVATIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL HEAT EXCHANGERS Dientje Fortuna, Sulzer Metco (US) Inc., Troy, MI

2:00 PM         
VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINER: HELPING TO CERTIFY FASTER AND BETTER
Claude Choquet, 123certification, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2:20 PM         
ADVANTAGES OF FLUX CORED ALLOYS IN OPEN AIR BRAZING
Creed F. Darling, Lucas-Milhaupt, Inc., Cudahy, WI

2:40 PM         
AN INVESTIGATION OF POROSITY IN THE BRAZING OF COPPER USING NICUMAN 37: ROOT-CAUSE AND REMEDY
Edgar G. Vanegas Hurtado, WESGO Metals, Hayward, CA

3:00 PM         
COMPARISON OF METAL-CERAMIC BRAZING METHODS
Charles A. Walker, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

3:20 PM         
HIGH STRENGTH, DUCTILE BRAZE REPAIRS FOR STATIONARY GAS TURBINE COMPONENTS            Warren Miglietti, University of Pretoria and GE Aviation and M. Du Toit, University of Pretoria

3:40 PM         
STUDY ON THE WETTING OF GLASS-TO-METAL JOINING
Prof. Cheng-Hsien Kuo, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan