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US 2018/0161908 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for brazing
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsLoren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
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Abstract
A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
Claims20
A brazing system, comprising:
- a first pressure regulator valve to regulate a first pressure of a first gas;
- a second pressure regulator valve to regulate a second pressure of a second gas;
- a first micrometer valve positioned downstream of the first pressure regulator valve, the first micrometer valve configured to control a first flow rate of the first gas;
- a second micrometer valve positioned downstream of the second pressure regulator valve, the second micrometer valve configured to control a first flow rate of the second gas;
- a single enclosure including:
- a first compartment that includes the first pressure regulator valve, the first compartment further including a first inlet to receive the first gas and a first outlet through which the first gas exits, the first pressure regulator valve disposed between and connected to the first inlet and the first outlet, and
- a second compartment that includes the second pressure regulator valve, the second compartment further including a second inlet to receive the second gas and a second outlet through which the second gas exits, the second pressure regulator valve disposed between and connected to the second inlet and the second outlet,
- wherein the first and second compartments are separated by a divider to seal the first compartment from the second compartment such that no gas can transfer between the first and second compartments;
- a brazing torch, having an operating trigger or on/off switch, coupled to each of the first and second outlets;
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- a control circuit configured to establish a ratio of flow rates of the first gas to the second gas at the brazing torch using the first pressure regulator valve and the first micrometer valve to regulate a flow of the first gas, and using the second pressure regulator valve and the second micrometer valve to regulate a flow of the second gas.
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