Dry Hydrogen Brazing

Dry Hydrogen is one of the most active agents for reducing the oxides of many metals during brazing. If an oxidized metal is heated to a sufficiently high temperature in dry hydrogen, the oxide of that metal will be reduced to native metal and the oxygen emissions will combine with hydrogen to form water. Because ideal brazing creates a joint with the native metal, a dry hydrogen environment can ensure a successful braze.

The finished product is more aesthetically pleasing, offering a well-defined, uniform braze fillet

Parts are bonded across the entire mating surface, thus optimizing strength and thermal conductivity

Parts are metalurgically bonded, offering strong hermetic seals to 10-10 vacuum scale

Parts come out of the furnaces ultra-clean; free of surface hydrocarbon contaminants, oxide layers and chemical cleaning residues