Archive for October 2018
IBSC 2024 Conference, 14-17th April 2024
AWS International Brazing and Soldering Conference 2024 14-17 April 2024 The 9th International Brazing and Soldering Conference (IBSC) will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, USA over April 14-17 2024. This event is organised by the American Welding Society every three years. IBSC brings together scientists and engineers involved in the research, development, and application of brazing and soldering. For…
Read MoreVBC Group’s Brands Extended
Our brands Meta-Braze™, Pura-Weld™, Solda-Met™ and Join-Tec™ have helped identify define the companies products and services as we diversify our product range and extend our market cover. We have now developed our Add-itive™ brand to signify the range of engineered wires and powders we sell into the rapidly expanding additive manufacturing markets. Looking forward we…
Read MoreInert and Reducing Gases used in Induction Brazing
You may instinctively associate VBC with Vacuum Brazing technologies but did you know we also technically support Induction brazing? Induction brazing is an efficient and clean method of joining metallic and ceramic components which can be carried out in air but there are further benefits to be obtained when brazing in inert or reducing atmospheres.…
Read MoreActive Braze Alloys
How it All Started Like many other innovations in science, the process of active brazing was reportedly discovered by accident. During brazing trials an alloy containing a small amount of zirconium inadvertently flowed onto an alumina fixture during the more commonly used molybdenum manganese metallization method. To the surprise of the engineer, the alloy wet…
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