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Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

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I'm looking for a recommendation for a material to be used for soldering fixture. Material needs to have low thermal conductivity, ba able to withstand the heat and be machinable.

RE: Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

Corning MACOR machinable ceramic.
I think McMaster carries it and similar stuff from Cotronics.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

We sue fire brick and tile in similar applications.

tom

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com

Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.

RE: Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

Macor is a resonable choice k = 1.5 W/m-K. The green, machinable stuff will pickup solder flux and wet to solder over time, better results if you bake it out after machining.

Fused (sintered) amorphous boron nitride can be k = 3 W/m-K. Machines well with abrasive tools, though it's a bit brittle and weak, but it has lovely non-stick properties for braze/solder tooling. You can buy it in rods and plates from McMaster-Carr, amongst other sources.

Foamed silica (Space Shuttle heat shield tile material) is one of the lowest conductivity materials around (www.cotronics.com), k = .19 W/m-K. This stuff too is brittle and weak, but can be machined easily with abrasive bits (heck, with a pocketknife too). Also very low wettability to molten metals, fluxes, etc.

RE: Material advice: low thermal conductivity, high melting point and machinable

You could also cover a metal part with fiberglass fabric.

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