Brazing in tunnel continuous furnaces constitutes the primary technology used when brazing heat exchangers made of the 3XXX series of aluminium alloys. The pure nitrogen-shielded brazing process is performed using non-corrosive flux NOCOLOK. The primary parameters applied during the brazing of aluminium heat exchangers include brazing temperature and time as well as the type and the amount of filler metals. One of the most commonly used brazing metals (having the form of coatings deposited on elements subjected to brazing) is silumin AlSi7.5. All parameters, significantly affecting the quality of the brazing process, enable the prevention of unfavourable physicochemical phenomena such as the alloying and the erosion of brazed joints. The article presents results of brazing tests performed using normal, hot and very hot temperature profiles. A wedge test discussed in the article (performed using the normal brazing profile and involving metallographic examination) enabled the determination of the capillarity and wettability of the filler metal. The test also revealed the slight alloying of materials subjected to brazing, yet within acceptable limit values.

doi: 10.17729/ebis.2022.4/1