Welding Division - Low expansion steels
VBC Group is heavily involved with advanced metal joining application where special metal property requirements are called for. Low and controlled-expansion alloys are a specific category.
Joining materials offered as wire in this range include:
- Molybdenum welding wire (ASME B387-361)
- Tungsten, various grades
- Invar series of Fe-Ni alloys (Mil-I-23011C, Cl-5, Cl-7, Mil-S-16958 chemistry, ASTM F-1684)
- Kovar, Fe-Ni-Co. (AMS7726, Mil-I-23011C, Cl-1)
- IN 901 and its derivatives in the 900 series (released to AMS requirements)
- Electronic grades of Ni200 series
And
- Vacuum brazing alloys in many forms