Corrosion-resistant liquid-cooled armature bar clip-to-strand connection and related method

A brazed joint between an armature bar strand package and an end fitting comprising:

• a plurality of solid strands and a plurality of hollow strands arranged in an array and forming the strand package, said plurality of hollow strands adapted to circulate cooling water and having parallel free ends that extend axially beyond corresponding free ends of said solid strands;
• a cavity in the end fitting accessed by an opening, said parallel free ends of said plurality of hollow strands and said corresponding parallel free ends of said solid strands extending through said opening and terminating in said cavity such that said free ends of both said solid and hollow strands are exposed to the cooling water;
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• a braze alloy joining said free ends of said plurality of hollow strands and said corresponding free ends of said plurality of solid strands to each other and to interior surfaces of said end fitting, wherein said braze alloy, prior to melting, lies flush with said free ends of said solid strands and after melting, said braze alloy does not extend axially to said free ends of said hollow strands.