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...............Just a quick question - what's the difference between Brazing and Silver-soldering? Are they the same?............Thanks!Kim
Quote from: Kim on April 13, 2021, 02:20:34 AM...............Just a quick question - what's the difference between Brazing and Silver-soldering? Are they the same?............Thanks!KimAh, a question that I know the answer to! The difference is essentially the temperature the process occurs at. Soldering is defined to be below 450C and brazing above that temp. Both process involve flowing filler metal into a joint and in either process the temp involved is below the melting point of the base metal. In general, in my experience brazing will not warp the parts involved but welding almost certainly will. Whenever you melt the base material and then had molten filler, when the joint cools, the filler shrinks and tends to pull parts out of alignment. This can be controlled to an extent, but doing so can get tricky and usually you end up straightening parts after welding, if the warping matters. Mike
In general, in my experience brazing will not warp the parts involved but welding almost certainly will. Whenever you melt the base material and then had molten filler, when the joint cools, the filler shrinks and tends to pull parts out of alignment. This can be controlled to an extent, but doing so can get tricky and usually you end up straightening parts after welding, if the warping matters. Mike