[AR] Re: Braze joint design guidelines?

  • From: Peter Fairbrother <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 19:58:51 +0100

On 08/08/2019 18:19, Evan Daniel wrote:

We used a paste type flux. I applied the flux to all surfaces to be
joined before assembly. The solder appeared to my unpracticed eye to
wick in and around the joint during brazing. On inspection after the
failure, it seemed like I had good wicking action on most of the butt
joint contact area, but not on any of the slip joint area. I have no
good way to inspect the opposite side of the joint after assembly,
since that's inside the tiny chamber.

I added a fourth photo to the gallery, I think it shows that behavior
best. Here it is:
https://imgur.com/PHK2GMp

Yikes, hot. I don't know precisely why, but as you say the slip joint hasn't wetted.

What flux are you using? You might need a stainless flux.

X-ray vision:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no-OWfC5-RY


Peter Fairbrother

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