Brazing and soldering practices are one of many areas in the HVACR field where what is commonly practiced isn’t what’s best, and what’s taught doesn’t apply in all cases. Let’s start with the basics.

Any business that uses refrigeration is dealing with rising costs. The price of HFCs has increased dramatically over the last few years, and with the EPA phasedown of HFCs beginning this year, experts ...

Brazing joins parts by heating them to more than 840°F and applying a filler metal that has a melting temperature below that of the base metal. Filler metal flows into the joint by capillary ...

Brazing is a versatile high‐temperature joining technique in which a molten filler metal wets and bonds to substrates without melting the base materials. It offers unique advantages for ceramics and ...