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OXY-FUEL WELDING AND

SOLDERING

SOLDERING

There are two methods of soldering.

Brazing - designed for materials whose melting point is 425 °C Melting points for
or more. various materials:

Soldering - designed for materials whose melting point is less
than 425 °C. Silver

The use of a combination of oxygen and acetylene creates a Silver melts at
961.9 °C. The higher
flame that melts the two pieces of metal intended for soldering, the percentage of silver,
with or without additional wire. the lower the melting
point, and the easier it is
The weld is usually intended to work with th molten
to connect metal sheets and material.

various body work.
Air conditioning personnel Copper
use propane gas and 1083 °C.
perform silver soldering.

Propane gas is capable of Aluminum
reaching temperatures of Aluminum melts
between
about 700 °C. 580 and 620 °C.

STEEL RODS FOR OXY-FUEL WELDING

Item Description AWS 5.8 Standard Catalog Number Package Weight (Kilograms) Diameter (mm)
Rods for welding in all R-45 TIGER-16 10 1.6
positions for steels with low
strength. TIGER-20 10 2
TIGER-25 10 2.5
TIGER-32 10 3.2
TIGER-40 10 4
TIGER-50 10 5

* The steel rods are manufactured from the same rods used to manufacture welding electrodes.