1 x 200mm Long x 1.5mm dia. Silver-flo 55 Rod / Stick and approximately of 5g Easy Flo Flux. Please note that there is a cutting tolerance of +/- 2mm on the silver solder stick. Please see below for specifications of solder and flux.
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Silver-flo TM 55 is a silver brazing filler metal. It combines a low brazing temperature with a short melting range. Silver-flo 55 is very free flowing and produces neat joints with small fillets. These characteristics make Silver-floTM 55 an excellent general-purpose silver brazing filler metal. In many countries it is accepted as the best cadmium-free alternative to the low-melting cadmium containing filler metals. For example, it is used as a substitute for alloys such as Easy-flo TM.
Joints made with Silver-flo 55 are suitable for seawater applications, being resistant to dezincification. The optimum joint gap for this filler metal at brazing temperature is normally 0.05-0.15mm.
Melting range:630-660 C
Uses for this Product:
Silver-floTM 55 can be used to join all the common engineering materials (excluding aluminium) such as copper, copper alloys (including, brasses, bronzes, gun metal, nickel silvers, aluminium bronze, copper nickel), steels including, mild, carbon, tool steel, stainless steels, low alloy steel), tungsten carbide and PCD segments. On large or difficult to wet tungsten carbide pieces specialised silver brazing filler metals containing nickel / manganese are often preferred.
Conditions for Use:
This filler metal is mainly used for brazing in air with a flux.
Easy-flo TM Flux Powder
Easy-floTM Flux Powder is Johnson Mattheys leading brand brazing flux. It is sold widely throughout the world and is recognised as one of the best flux powders available. It is very fluid at the bottom end of its working range resulting in early and extensive flux spread. This ensures that the joint surfaces are well protected from oxidation at the earliest possible point of the brazing operation. This high level of fluidity also helps to reduce flux voids / entrapment in the joint, the low viscosity of the flux aiding its displacement by the brazing filler metal from the joint gap. Easy-floTM Flux Powder has a working range of 550-800 C. It is suitable for use with silver brazing filler metals melting below 750 C (such as Silver-floTM, Easy-floTM and Argo-brazeTM filler metals).
Easy-floTM Flux Powder can be used on all of the common engineering materials (copper, brass, mild steel and stainless steel), but not aluminium. JM special purpose fluxes are required when brazing aluminium bronze, certain grades of stainless steel, tungsten, molybdenum and tungsten carbide or where protracted heating is involved.
Easy-floTM Flux Powder has excellent hot rodding characteristics and adheres well to a warmed brazing rod allowing flux to be transferred to the joint area via the rod. This characteristic has made Easy-floTM Flux Powder very popular in hand brazing operations where the time to produce a brazed component is crucial.
Conforms to :EN 1045: FH10
Working Range: 550-800 C
Directions for use:
Flux powder should be mixed with water and a few drops of liquid detergent to form a thick paste. Paste should then be brushed onto the joint surfaces before assembly. Further flux should then be applied externally either side of the joint mouth.
Hot Rodding is where a warm brazing rod is dipped into flux powder and the flux adhering to the rod is transferred to the joint area. This is an effective fluxing method but difficult to achieve good penetration of capillary joints. It can be used to supplement a pre-fluxed area during heating.
It is good practice to mechanically clean and degrease the joint surface before applying flux. Heat slowly and evenly to the brazing temperature, without local overheating. Use the flux as a temperature guide - it will become clear or opaque as brazing temperature is approached. If blackening of the flux occurs this is often a sign of insufficient flux, overheating or flux exhaustion.
Flux Residue Removal:
The flux residues left after completion of the brazing operation are corrosive and should be removed. The residues for Easy- floTM Flux Powder can easily be removed by soaking in hot water > 40 deg C for between 15 and 30 minutes. Any remaining residues can then be brushed off in running water.
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