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Brazing is the leading method of metal joining in many HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) appliances and equipment. It is also commonly used in joining or repairing copper pipes. As a general rule, brazing is used when solid, leak proof joints must be made without melting the base metals (which rules welding and soldering out.)
Where a filler metal is heated above and spread between two or more close-fitting parts by capillary action. The filler metal is brought a little above its melting temperature while protected by a good enough atmosphere.Then it flows over the base metal (known as wetting) and then is cooled to join the workpieces together.The temperatures used to melt the filler metal is above 842 °F.

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