Many of our customers include machine shops who prefer to consign aluminum components to Altair Technologies for brazing. In order to provide a high quality braze joint, it is very important the components are properly prepared. I can’t emphasize this enough and all too often inexperienced customers compare vacuum aluminum brazing to torch brazing having little concern for the machining of parts to be brazed. For the sake of this Post, we’ll assume the assembly to be brazed only has horizontal braze joints. Components made from Al-6061, Al-1100, and 3000 series Al are the most common types of Aluminum we see.
Here are some basic requirements/guidelines and things to consider : (more…)