Claims
- 1. In the process of joining of aluminum parts to produce an assembly by the fluxless vacuum brazing method, the improvement which comprises utilizing a brazing alloy composite sheet consisting of an aluminum alloy core material and a lithium-containing aluminum alloy cladding applied to at least one major surface of the core material, wherein the aluminum alloy core material consists essentially of silicon up to about 0.2%, magnesium up to about 2%, manganese up to about 2%, iron up to about 0.3%, copper up to about 0.40%, titanium up to about 0.1%, total impurities not exceeding about 0.15%, balance aluminum; and wherein the cladding consists essentially of silicon within the range from about 4% to about 18%, lithium within the range from about 0.01% to about 0.30%, zinc up to about 2%, manganese up to about 1%, iron up to about 0.30%, copper up to about 0.10%, magnesium not exceeding about 0.05%, impurities not exceeding a total of 0.15%, balance aluminum, joining the aluminum parts by vacuum brazing and recovering the brazed assembly.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the lithium content of the filler alloy is maintained within the range from about 0.01 to about 0.18%.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the cladding is applied to one major surface of the core material and the thickness of the cladding corresponds to from about 5% to about 20% of the total thickness of the composite.
- 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the cladding is applied to both major surfaces of the core material and the thickness of the cladding applied to each of the surfaces of the core material corresponds to from about 5% to about 20% of the total thickness of the composite.
- 5. The process of claim 1, wherein the core material is selected from the Aluminum Association 3XXX, 5XXX and 6XXX series aluminum alloys.
- 6. The process of claim 1, wherein the assembly is a heat exchanger.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/195,067 filed Feb. 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,422,191.
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