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Layered active brazing material and method for producing it
Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
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Filing: 1981-04-15
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Granted: 1984-05-15
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Expires: 2001-04-15
Abstract
Abstract Layered active brazing material in the form of two microcrystalline or amorphous foils applied to both sides of a ductile metal ribbon acting as a carrier. The foils consist of an alloy containing two or more of the elements Cu, Ti, Ge, Si, Ag, Zr, Ni, Al, Fe and are produced by spraying the molten alloy onto a rapidly rotating, cooled copper cylinder, and the resulting ribbon detaching itself from the cylinder. Production of the ductile metal body covered on both sides with foils using spot welding.
Inventors
- 👤 Melch Fischer
- 👤 Kurt Brunner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 02:14
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/02; B23K35/0222; B23K35/0233; B23K35/0238; B23K35/22; B23K35/24; B23K35/30; B23K35/302; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12431; Y10T428/12438; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12736; Y10T428/12743; Y10T428/1275; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12806; Y10T428/12812; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12903; Y10T428/1291
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A layered active brazing material being in the form of two thin foils selected from the group consisting of binary and ternary copper alloys with at least 40 atomic percent copper selected from the group consisting of binary copper/titanium alloys with 40 to 85 atomic percent copper with the remainder titanium, copper/titanium/germanium alloys, copper/titanium/silicon alloys, copper/zirconium/silicon alloys, and copper/zirconium/germanium alloys; nickel/titanium/silicon alloys; nickel/titanium/germanium alloys; zirconium/aluminum/silicon alloys; zirconium/aluminum/germanium alloys; zirconium/iron/silicon alloys; zirconium/iron/germanium alloys; zirconium/nickel/silicon alloys; and zirconium/nickel/germanium alloys; with structure ranging from microcrystalline to amorphous, said foils being applied to both sides of a flat ductile metallic carrier, said carrier being in the form of a ribbon or sheet and consisting of copper, a copper alloy, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, aluminum, or an aluminum alloy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A layered active brazing material being in the form of two thin foils selected from the group consisting of binary and ternary copper alloys with at least 40 atomic percent copper selected from the group consisting of binary copper/titanium alloys with 40 to 85 atomic percent copper with the remainder titanium, copper/titanium/germanium alloys, copper/titanium/silicon alloys, copper/zirconium/silicon alloys, and copper/zirconium/germanium alloys; nickel/titanium/silicon alloys; nickel/titanium/germanium alloys; zirconium/aluminum/silicon alloys; zirconium/aluminum/germanium alloys; zirconium/iron/silicon alloys; zirconium/iron/germanium alloys; zirconium/nickel/silicon alloys; and zirconium/nickel/germanium alloys; with structure ranging from microcrystalline to amorphous, said foils being applied to both sides of a flat ductile metallic carrier, said carrier being in the form of a ribbon or sheet and consisting of copper, a copper alloy, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, aluminum, or an aluminum alloy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The layered active brazing material according to claim 1, wherein said metallic carrier is in the form of a ribbon or sheet with thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Layered active brazing material according to claim 1 such that the foil applied to both sides of the ductile metallic carrier is attached to it by spot welding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The layered active brazing material according to claim 1, wherein said copper alloy is a copper-beryllium alloy or a copper-nickel alloy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
Layered active brazing material according to claim 1 with the foil having a thickness of 30 μm to 100 μm and a width of 2 mm to 30 mm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The layered active brazing material according to claim 5, wherein said foil has a microcrystalline structure with an average diameter of the crystallites of less than 3 μm.
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