Excellent points 'rodar', 'plasgears'& 'sacem1'...
IMHO, an 'Engineering Manager' needs to be a fine balance between a 'good Engineer' & a 'good Manager'... suitably qualified on both counts.
Regards,
Des Aubery...
(adTherm Technology - www.adtherm.com - des@adtherm.com)
Hi 'transitv6',
Not all re-cores are the same... The difference in performance between 'good fins' & 'bad fins', for the same-sized core geometry, is significant. :-(
Regards,
Des Aubery...
(adTherm Technology - www.adtherm.com - info@adtherm.com)
>>TNT2bluz:
>>How about having a decontamination bath post baking?
You won't be able to remove the black oxide that way - it will be ghastly. You have to see it to believe it. As a test, put your radiator through a friend's furnace without the Nitrogen turned on - you will be shocked... :-)...
>>finman:
>>Mr Adtherm may be able to offer something different??????
adTherm:
If you only want to do a few prototypes, then there are simple 'Development Boxes' - if you are seriously looking into a small 'batch type furnace', then I would be more than happy to advise you - it is definitely...
>>TNT2bluz:
>>Is there any other way to "cuprobraze" cores without the need for an atmosphere controlled furnace?
adTherm:
Not a chance, I'm afraid... Without a modified atmosphere & low Oxygen, you will never braze... you will have a dirty, oxidised core + oxidised brazing powder...
Now THOSE are really nice, large cores... :-)
These Furnaces are very sensitive systems (a definite feminine side exists) & have to be pampered by very smart Technologists - especially for large cores.
Once the Production Dept get hold of the Furnace, then things always start to drift... I...
Hi again 'finman'... equally good to hear from you again... :-)
Your furnace sounds like the classic case of a system oversized for large-scale production volumes. These huge beasts cost so much money just to heat up... frightening...
Companies have been developing more flexible furnace...
>>TNT2bluz:
>>A question, if I may. What makes a cuprobraze furnace so special that one
>>needs to pay half a million dollars for one?
>>finman:
>>I have no idea, although I paid £400k ($550-600K) for a Nocolock furnace
>>>for brazing aluminium rads.
adTherm:
To braze either Copper-Brass...
