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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BCT 106 - Soldering and Brazing for BCT 4 Credits, 6 Contact Hours 2 lecture periods 4 lab periods
Principles and technologies of joining different types of alloys by braze welding and soldering. Includes safety and health, procedures and design, pre-cleaning and surface preparation, filler metals, fluxes and atmospheres, torch brazing, pipe and tube, copper, and cast iron.
Prerequisite(s): BCT 105 and BCT 107 or concurrent enrollment. Information: BCT 100 , BCT 112 , and BCT 115 substitute for BCT 105 , BCT 111 , BCT 113 , and BCT 114 substitute for BCT 107 .
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Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the process principles, definitions, and factors controlling the properties of brazing and soldering.
- Demonstrate safety precautions related to braze welding and soldering processes.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the braze and soldering processes, uses of equipment, materials, metallurgical considerations, and applications.
- Discuss the proper selection of base metal, filler metal, joint design, and joint fit-up.
- Prepare, clean, and assemble correctly specified joints to be brazed or soldered.
- Select the correct type of filler material for the projects.
- Demonstrate torch brazing and soldering techniques and discuss safe applications.
- Fabricate pipe and tube connections.
- Describe the correct application for the copper/copper alloys projects.
Outline:
- Introduction
- Process principles and definitions
- Factors controlling the properties of the brazing and soldering
- Safety and Health
- General area safe practice
- Protection of personnel
- Fire prevention and protection
- Handling of compressed gases
- Brazing and soldering equipment safety
- Braze Welding and Soldering Procedures
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Equipment and materials
- Metallurgical considerations
- General process applications
- Braze welding and soldering procedures
- Brazing and Soldering Design
- Selection of base metal
- Selection of filler metal with respect to joint design
- Types of joints
- Joint fit-up
- Pre-cleaning and Surface Preparation
- Chemical cleaning
- Mechanical cleaning
- Braze flow inhibitors
- Maintaining cleanliness
- Brazing and Soldering Filler Metals
- Definition and general characteristics
- Melting of filler materials
- Filler metal classifications
- Fluxes and Atmospheres
- Fluxes
- Controlled atmospheres
- References
- Torch Brazing and Soldering
- Applications
- Equipment and fuel gases
- Process techniques
- Pipe and Tube
- Cutting and sizing
- Pre-cleaning
- Assembly
- Applying heat and filler metals
- Copper and Copper Alloys
- Types of base metals
- Types of filler metals
- Pre-cleaning and surface preparation
- Safety
- Cast Iron Brazing
- Preparation of cast iron for brazing
- Metallurgical considerations
- Brazing process
- Dissimilar metals brazing
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2019-2020
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