SUCTION AND DISCHARGE TUBE | • To connect: | |
BRAZING | – Recommended brazing materials: silfos with | |
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Compliant Scroll compressors have copper plated steel | minimum 5% silver or silver braze material with | |
suction and discharge tubes. These tubes are far more | flux. | |
rugged and less prone to leaks than copper tubes used on | – Reinsert tube into fitting. | |
other compressors. Due to different thermal properties of | ||
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steel and copper, brazing procedures may have to be | – Heat tube uniformly in Area 1 moving slowly to | |
changed from those commonly used. | Area 2. When joint reaches brazing temperature, | |
• To disconnect: heat joint Areas 2 and 3 slowly and | apply brazing material. (See Figure 10.) | |
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uniformly until braze material softens and the tube can | – Heat joint uniformly around the circumference to | |
be pulled out of suction fitting. (See Figure 10.) | flow braze material completely around the joint. | |
| – Slowly move torch into Area 3 to draw braze | |
| material into joint. (See Figure 10.) | |
| – Do not overheat joint. |
FIGURE 13
BRAZING DIAGRAM
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