An apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger for a vehicle has a plurality of cooling panels bonded to each other by pressing a cooling panel module where the plurality of cooling panels are stacked vertically, including: a fixing portion for supporting top and bottom ends of the cooling panel module; and a pair of elastic portions that are provided between the top or bottom end of the cooling panel module and the fixing portion, and are arranged symmetrically based on a top or bottom surface of the cooling panel module to compress the cooling panel module.

A brazing apparatus and method for brazing an anode target plate of an X-ray generator are disclosed. The brazing apparatus comprises: a vacuum part for providing, during brazing, a vacuum environment at least for a target plate main body formed of an alloy, a brazing material, and a substrate; an induction brazing part for applying an induction current to the target plate main body, the brazing material and the substrate in the vacuum part so as to achieve heating to a temperature higher than the melting point of the brazing material, causing the substrate to be welded to the target plate main body through melting of the brazing material and a resulting reaction; and a directional energy welding part for applying a generated directional energy beam to a position of lower temperature determined on the target plate main body to perform heating.

A screen mask inspection device inspects a screen mask including a screen opening that forms a printing pattern, and includes: an inspection control device that detects solder position information of a solder paste printed on a substrate via the screen opening, and based on the solder position information, determines whether a quality of printing using the screen mask is good or bad, the solder position information being based on an amount of positional misalignment of the solder paste actually printed on the substrate relative to a predetermined reference position.

A method of making a fluid injector for a gas turbine engine includes depositing material onto a piece of tube stock. The method includes machining the deposited material into a fluid injector component. Depositing can include laser cladding the material onto the piece of tube stock. The method can include placing or flowing braze into a braze joint location between the deposited material and another fluid injector component and forming the braze into a braze joint in the braze joint location.

A process for manufacturing a preformed sheet having geometric surface features for a geometrically segmented abradable ceramic thermal barrier coating on a turbine engine component, the process comprising the steps of providing a preformed sheet material. The process includes forming a partially of geometric surface features in the sheet material. The process includes joining the sheet material to a substrate of the turbine engine component. The process includes disposing a thermally insulating topcoat over the geometric surface features and forming segmented portions that are separated by faults extending through the thermally insulating topcoat from the geometric surface features.

A silver-copper cutting electrode assembly, and method of manufacture is provided with optimized attributes to allow for improved durability, integrity and manufacturability. An electrode has a silver tip portion which is brazed to a copper body portion where the silver portion and joint have a particular structural relationship.

A system for creating a braze joint within a component. The system includes an environment operable to reach a braze temperature sufficient to melt at least a portion of a braze material. The system also includes a component within the environment, the component including a base having a base surface, a recess depending from the base surface into the base to an inner edge, and a braze material within the recess and forming a cap above the base surface. The braze material fills the recess from the cap to the inner edge. The cap has an exposed braze surface. The system also includes an insulation layer that at least partially covers the exposed braze surface.

Disclosed is a Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy including, on the basis of mass %: 15%<Cr<30%; 3%<P<12%; 0%≤Si<8%; 0.01%<C<0.06%; 0%≤Ti+Zr<0.1%; 0.01%<V<0.1%; 0%≤Al<0.01%; 0.005%<O<0.025%; 0.001%<N<0.050%; 0%≤Nb<0.1%; and the balance being Ni and incidental impurities. Inequality (1): 0.2≤0.24V %/C %≤1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains no Nb, and Inequality (2): 0.2≤(0.24V %+0.13Nb %)/C %≤1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains Nb. Also disclosed is an inexpensive Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy containing a trace amount of V for use in the production of stainless steel heat exchangers and other steel articles. The alloy has a low liquidus temperature and high corrosion resistance, and achieves high brazing strength.

Disclosed is a Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy including, on the basis of mass %: 15%<Cr<30%; 3%<P<12%; 0%≤Si<8%; 0.01%<C<0.06%; 0%≤Ti+Zr<0.1%; 0.01%<V<0.1%; 0%≤Al<0.01%; 0.005%<O<0.025%; 0.001%<N<0.050%; 0%≤Nb<0.1%; and the balance being Ni and incidental impurities. Inequality (1): 0.2≤0.24V %/C %≤1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains no Nb, and Inequality (2): 0.2≤(0.24V %+0.13Nb %)/C %≤1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains Nb. Also disclosed is an inexpensive Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy containing a trace amount of V for use in the production of stainless steel heat exchangers and other steel articles. The alloy has a low liquidus temperature and high corrosion resistance, and achieves high brazing strength.

A hot-forming die has a heatable lower die and a heatable upper die. The lower die and the upper die have spacer elements to permit flexing. A plate stack including two plate elements is inside the hot-forming die. The plate stack is on the spacer elements in the lower die. The lower die and the upper die are displaced relative to each other when the hot-forming die is closed. The spacer elements of the upper die come into contact with the plate stack. As the closing movement continues, the spacer elements, are displaced into the lower die and the upper die, respectively, and the plate stack is clamped between the lower die and the upper die. The plate stack is then heated by the lower die and the upper die and an internal pressure is applied to an intermediate space between the plate elements by feeding in an active medium.