Brazing Copper Wire To Steel

Brazing copper will provide a stronger bond because of the high of silver in the brazing rod.

Brazing copper wire to steel. This is to give the assurance that zinc and cadmium are not present which can affect the quality of the product. You can purchase brazing rods with varying of silver content and either flux coated or un coated rod. But will also cost more and requires the use of an acetylene or mapp gas torch to melt the brazing rod. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal.

Bernzomatic al3 aluminum brazing welding rods. Choose from our selection of brazing wire including brazing alloys without cadmium high strength brazing alloys for copper and more. Bronze brazing welding rods. Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods.

How to braze stainless steel to copper. In brazing copper to stainless steel the filler material that is used is usually silver. In stock and ready to ship. Find us on amazon.

But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. Some forms of steel brazing require special conditions in order to create the desired product and certain types of brazing supplies. Use the wire brush or emery cloth to scuff the surface of the metal. I use the term silver brazing instead of silver solder because technically anything over 840 degress f is brazing.

Cast iron galvanized nickel steel malleable iron. While brazing typically uses specialized brazing wire to bond the metals you can substitute copper wire for brazing wire. Nickel silver brazing welding rods.