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Soldering to Ductile Iron

Soldering to Ductile Iron

Soldering to Ductile Iron

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We would like to attach a copper wire to a piece of ductile iron.  What is the best method?  Is it possible to solder the wire?  If so, what solder should be used?

Thank you,

Lee

RE: Soldering to Ductile Iron

I would braze the copper wire to ductile iron. The web site below offers some recommended braze metals for dissimilar metal applications. The key is to have a locally clean surface and use of a suitable flux;

http://www.brazing.com/products/Braze_Copper/index.asp

RE: Soldering to Ductile Iron

What about silver solder? Shouldn't it make the bond at a much lower temp then brazing?

RE: Soldering to Ductile Iron

You certainly can try silver solder/flux. I have had mixed results with silver/tin solders on cast irons. I prefer brazing because the higher heat input drives out contaminants.

RE: Soldering to Ductile Iron

We add very small wires to CI/DI parts by making a small brazed area, preform furnace, then soldering the wire to  it in the brazed area.  This enable us to replace the wires without removing the parts from the machine.

Prior to this there were several Cd base solders that worked very well on CI/DI.

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