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Sulzer Metco: New Amdry® Braze Alloys Offer Advantages in Automotive Applications
New Amdry® Braze Alloys
New Amdry® Braze Alloys
Early this year, Sulzer Metco introduced new high-chromium boron-free braze filler metals providing a uniquely cost effective and more reliable manufacturing material to automotive component manufacturers.

The innovative braze alloys marketed under the Amdry brand are exclusive filler metals designed for greater corrosion resistance and strength. These new products deliver superior performance in joining applications for heat exchangers, catalytic converters, and EGR coolers, at an equal or lower cost than traditional materials.

The materials have higher chromium content compared with most other nickel-based braze alloys in the market. A minimum of 23% chromium by weight produces strong, corrosion resistant braze joints for steel, stainless steel and superalloy components.

Corrosion and high temperature oxidation tests on braze samples of Amdry materials indicate superior corrosion resistance compared with BNi-2 and BNi-5 test samples. The metallographic examinations did not reveal any corrosive attack on the braze-joint samples that were put under rigorous aqueous solutions test parameters for the duration of 150 hours. When tested for 24 hours at 810 °C (1500 °F) under air-atmosphere furnace, results clearly indicate there was no significant weight changes compared to the pre-oxidation weight of the test samples.

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