Method for simultaneous resistance brazing of adjacent conductor joints
First Claim
1. A method of simultaneously brazing adjacent conductor joints comprising the steps of:
- arranging at least a first pair and a second pair of conductor joints in a row, said first pair of conductor joints comprising a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion, and said second pair of conductor joints comprising a third conductor end portion and a forth conductor end portion;
placing a brazing compound between the first and second end portions of the first pair conductor joints and between the third and fourth end portions of the second pair of conductor joints;
placing a conductive spacer between the second end portion of the first pair of conductor joints and the third end portion of the second pair of conductor joints;
passing electrical current through the row of the first pair of conductor joints, the conductive spacer and the second pair of conductor joints to cause the brazing compound to melt and braze the first and second end portions together and the third and fourth end portions together;
removing the spacer.
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Abstract
A method for simultaneously brazing adjacent conductor joints comprises the steps of arranging at least two pair of conductor joints in a row placing a brazing compound between the pairs of joints desired to be electrically connected placing a conductive spacer between the pairs not to be brazed and passing an electrical current through the row of conductors until the brazing compound melts joining the conductor joints. The spacer can then be removed thereby maintaining the proper spacing between the pairs of brazed conductor joints. The multiple rows of conductor joints can be arranged adjacent one another so that they can be moved between brazing electrodes sequentially thereby allowing a continuous brazing operation of multiple rows of conductor joints. The brazing compound may be a continuous ribbon of brazing compound which extends between the multiple rows of conductor joints.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of simultaneously brazing adjacent conductor joints comprising the steps of:
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arranging at least a first pair and a second pair of conductor joints in a row, said first pair of conductor joints comprising a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion, and said second pair of conductor joints comprising a third conductor end portion and a forth conductor end portion; placing a brazing compound between the first and second end portions of the first pair conductor joints and between the third and fourth end portions of the second pair of conductor joints; placing a conductive spacer between the second end portion of the first pair of conductor joints and the third end portion of the second pair of conductor joints; passing electrical current through the row of the first pair of conductor joints, the conductive spacer and the second pair of conductor joints to cause the brazing compound to melt and braze the first and second end portions together and the third and fourth end portions together; removing the spacer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of brazing adjacent conductor joints comprising the steps of:
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arranging at least a first and a second pair of conductor joints in a first row, said first pair of joints comprising a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion, and said second pair of joints comprising a third conductor end portion and a forth conductor end portion; arranging at least a third and a fourth pair of conductor joints in a second row spaced apart and adjacent the first row, said third pair of joints comprising a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion, and said fourth pair of joints comprising a third conductor end portion and a forth conductor end portion; placing a brazing compound between the first and second end portions of the first pair and third pair of conductor joints and between the third and fourth end portions of the second pair and fourth pair of conductor joints; placing a conductive spacer between the second end portion of the first pair of conductor joints and the third end portion of the second pair of conductor joints and between second end portion of the third pair of conductor joints and the third end portion of the fourth pair of conductor joints; sequentially passing electrical current first through the first row of the first pair of conductor joints, the conductive spacer and the second pair of conductor joints so that the brazing compound melts to braze the first and second end portions of the first pair together and the third and fourth end portions of the second pair together, and next passing electrical current through the second row of the third pair of conductor joints the conductive spacer and the fourth pair of conductor joints to cause the brazing compound to melt to braze the first and second end portions of the third pair together and the third and fourth end portions of the fourth pair together. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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