Brazing Q&A

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October 2026
By: TIM P. HIRTHE

Q: We are a manufacturer in the A/C and refrigeration industry, and we currently braze our distributors manually using a torch. Distributor bodies are brass, circuit tubes are copper, and we use a silver braze alloy rod with white flux. We use simple fixtures mounted on a turntable, allowing us to rotate the assemblies during brazing. Our sales projections indicate increased demand, which has shifted our focus to determining how to meet the new production goals. Our preliminary investigation has tu..

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