Brazing Steel To Copper

Use a torch that produces a high intensity flame.

Brazing steel to copper.

But will also cost more and requires the use of an acetylene or mapp gas torch to melt the brazing rod. But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. Clean and flux the area to be silver brazed. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal.

All i had on that day was a cutting torch but it allowed for a soft enough flame to get the job done. Recommended rods by metal type. When brazing brass or bronze fittings stay silv white flux is required with these alloys. Trying to brazing a steel to copper connection do i have to use a kind of flux or is correct do it as a copper to copper.

These alloys contain phosphorus and are self fluxing on copper. Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods. Pure copper and copper zinc filler metals are used for brazing steel and other materials. View profile view forum posts visit homepage view forum threads professional member.

Here are basic tips for silver brazing copper to steel or stainless steel. I use oxi acetylene torch and use silfox solder. Thats a good indication that brazing material flowed where it was needed. 11 18 2004 03 16 am 2.

You can purchase brazing rods with varying of silver content and either flux coated or un coated rod. Use the right brazing rod material for the metal used in your project. Copper phosphorous brazing welding rods. With proper flux provided in the joint brazing steel can be done with mechanized torch setup or within induction coils depending on requirements and availability of equipment.

A table listing copper base alloys can be found in a commercial publication. When brazing iron steel or other ferrous metals select one of the stay silv brazing alloys such as safety silv 45 or safety silv 56 with safety silv white brazing flux.