Furnace braze cycle enhancement

A method of decreasing a cycle time of a brazing process, the method comprising:

• arranging multiple pairs of braze parts together, each of the multiple pairs of the braze parts having braze material interposed between the braze parts;
• stacking the multiple pairs of the braze parts to form multiple stacks;
• interposing multiple sheets of pyrolytic graphite (PG) between adjoining ones of the multiple stacks;
• and
• heating the multiple pairs of the braze parts to a brazing temperature to braze the braze parts of each of the multiple pairs of the braze parts together.

A method of decreasing a cycle time of a brazing process, the method comprising:

• forming first and second stacks, each comprising multiple pairs of braze parts;
• arranging the first and second stacks adjacent to one another;
• interposing pyrolytic graphite (PG) between at least one adjoining pair of the multiple pairs of the braze parts in the first stack;
• layering PG on at least one of a top and a bottom of at least one of the first and second stacks;
• bending a PG end to extend between the first and second stacks along one or more of the multiple pairs of the braze parts in the first and second stacks;
• and
• heating the multiple pairs of the braze parts of the first and second stacks to a brazing temperature to braze the braze parts of each of the first and second stacks together.