Induction Brazing Steel Wire Braided Hoses for Ease & Efficiency

A client needed to braze a steel tube with external wire braid to manufacture an aerospace part and turned to THE LAB at Ambrell to design a solution. They sent their parts into THE LAB for complimentary feasibility testing. The client wanted to heat their parts to 1400 ^oF (760 ^oC) within 30 seconds, and Ambrell's applications engineers got to work to determine the optimal solution.

The engineers at THE LAB found that a 2 kW Ambrell EASYHEAT^TM induction brazing system with a specially designed single position, three-turn coil would be the right solution for the application. The client noted that they may also need to heat smaller parts within a tighter time frame, and this coil and power supply combination was capable of meeting that objective too. Testing concluded that the 2 kW EASYHEAT can heat the 7/8" (22 mm) steel tube and external wire braid to 1400 ^oF (760 ^oC) within 20 seconds, exceeding expectations.

Benefits of this solution from THE LAB include speed, the minimal footprint required by the EASYHEAT unit and the ease-of-integration into the client's manufacturing process. To learn more about induction brazing, one of Ambrell's most popular applications, visit our brazing guide.