Brazing fillets can be a greatly misunderstood phenomenon in brazing.

We are nickel-brazing Inconel 718 base metals in a vacuum furnace and are having difficulties with the brazing.

QuestionWe are nickel brazing Inconel 718 base metals in a vacuum furnace and are having difficulties with the brazing. The base metals come out of the furnace dark and discolored,

Brazing is a versatile process used in many industries around the world to permanently join materials together at elevated temperatures (usually between 1100Situation 2: Repairing "worn out" parts (continued)B. Application

Brazing is a versatile process used in many industries around the world to permanently join materials together at elevated temperatures (usually between 1100Situation 2: Repairing "worn out" partsEven though the

Brazing is a versatile process used in many industries around the world to permanently join materials together at elevated temperatures (usually between 1100Situation 1: In-house Brazing RepairShrinkage CracksSometimes it has

Brazing is a versatile process used in many industries around the world to permanently join materials together at elevated temperatures (usually between 1100

There are five typical reasons as to why it's hard to put an "expected life" on a brazing fixture.

This question is not an uncommon one. Although I have never personally seen any kind of chart give me an "expected life" for fixture materials, it is important that people understand that there are a number of factors that will control the "life expectancy" of fixturing materials used in brazing, and all of them relate to the service conditions that the fixtures will encounter during the brazing process.

As mentioned in the previous blog entries, brazers commonly encounter voids in brazed joints and often wonder where they come from and how to avoid them in future brazements.