Copper Pipe: Sweat Soldering vs Brazing Soldering a copper pipe can be done through two different methods, known as sweat fitting and brazing. Both of these have advantages and disadvantages, and if you are looking to join pieces of copper pipe together you may be unsure what is the best way of managing your piping. [...]
Soldering vs Brazing Involved Piping As for the HVAC system, brazing is definitely necessary. If you have ever been involved in medical gas piping or refrigeration piping, brazing is where it’s at when joining copper tubing. On the plumbing side, we tend to solder copper tube joints when using a torch. When looking for a [...]
Brazing Copper Tube Brazing is another joining process for connecting copper tube and fittings. However, it involves filler metals that melt at temperatures ranging from 590oC (1,100oF) to 815oC (1,500oF), which are much higher than the solders covered in the previous section. The temperature at which a filler metal starts to melt on heating is [...]
Copper Tubing Types Copper tubing is most often used for heating systems, and as a refrigerant line in HVAC systems. Copper tubing is slowly being replaced by PEX tubing in hot and cold water applications. There are two basic types of copper tubing, soft copper and rigid copper. Copper tubing is joined using flare connection, [...]
