A method includes heating a brazing material in a braze chamber of a first component to a braze temperature to melt the brazing material. The brazing material flows from the braze chamber, through at least one internal channel of the first component, and into a braze gap between the first component and a second component to braze the first component to the second component. A brazed article includes a first component having a braze chamber and at least one internal channel extending from the braze chamber to an external surface, a second component having at least one braze surface separated from the external surface of the first component by a braze gap, and a braze material in the braze gap. A braze assembly includes a first component, a second component, and a brazing material in the braze chamber.

The disclosure relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to tubular welding wires for arc welding processes, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW), and Submerged Arc Welding (SAW). The tubular welding wire includes a metal sheath surrounding a granular core. The metal sheath includes greater than approximately 0.6% manganese by weight and greater than approximately 0.05% silicon by weight. Further, the metal sheath has a thickness of between approximately 0.008 inches and approximately 0.02 inches.

A method of welding using a weld filler additive and a weld filler additive are provided. The method includes the step of welding the component with a filler additive comprising a sufficient amount of each of W, Co, Cr, Al, Ti, Mo, Fe, B, C, Nb, and Ni, the component including a hard-to-weld base alloy. The method further includes the step of forming an easy-to-weld target alloy on a surface of the component from the welding.

A method of welding a superalloy component includes the following sequential steps. A welding step for welding a cavity using a filler metal in an inert atmosphere, where the cavity is located in the component. A covering step for covering the filler metal and a portion of the component with a weld filler layer in the inert atmosphere. The weld filler layer has a greater ductility than material comprising the component and/or material comprising the filler metal. A second covering step for covering the weld filler layer with a braze material, and subsequently performing a brazing operation. A heat treating step heat treats the component.

A method of making a weld filler metal for a superalloy for welding is disclosed. The method includes enclosing a welding rod in a first foil layer and sintering the welding rod and the first foil layer. Related processes and articles are also disclosed.

Properties and performance of weld material between metals in a weldment is controlled by modifying one or more of the nitrogen content and the carbon content to produce carbide (e.g. MC-type), nitride and/or complex carbide/nitride (e.g. MX-type) type precipitates. Fusion welding includes (i) adjusting shield gas composition to increase nitrogen/carbon gas and nitride/carbide species, (ii) adjusting composition of nitrogen/carbon in materials that participate in molten welding processes, (iii) direct addition of nitrides/carbides (e.g. powder form), controlled addition of nitride/carbide forming elements (e.g. Ti, Al), or addition of elements that increase/impede solubility of nitrogen/carbon or nitride/carbide promoting elements (e.g. Mn), and (iv) other processes, such as use of fluxes and additive materials. Weld materials have improved resistance to different cracking mechanisms (e.g., hot cracking mechanisms and solid state cracking mechanisms) and improved tensile related mechanical properties.

In one aspect, methods of making freestanding metal matrix composite articles and alloy articles are described. A method of making a freestanding composite article described herein comprises disposing over a surface of the temporary substrate a layered assembly comprising a layer of infiltration metal or alloy and a hard particle layer formed of a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and the hard particles. The layered assembly is heated to infiltrate the hard particle layer with metal or alloy providing a metal matrix composite, and the metal matrix composite is separated from the temporary substrate. Further, a method of making a freestanding alloy article described herein comprises disposing over the surface of a temporary substrate a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and powder alloy and heating the sheet to provide a sintered alloy article. The sintered alloy article is then separated from the temporary substrate.

Disclosed is a NiCr-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): 0.20.24V %/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 NiCr-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.

The present invention relates to a method for arc-welding a steel plate having a C content of 0.08-0.30% by mass, wherein the arc welding method comprises welding under a condition whereby X represented by formula (1) is 200 or less using a welding wire in which the total content of Cr and Ni thereof is 1.00% by mass or greater. (1): X=0.8(300-279[C].sub.W-25[Si].sub.W-35[Mn].sub.W-49[Ni].sub.W-47[Cr].sub.W-61[Mo].sub.W) +0.2(300-279[C].sub.BM-25[Si].sub.BM-35[Mn].sub.BM-49[Ni].sub.BM-47[Cr].sub.BM-61[Mo].sub.BM) (where [C].sub.W, [Si].sub.W, [Mn].sub.W, [Ni].sub.W, [Cr].sub.W, [Mo].sub.W, [C].sub.BM, [Si].sub.BM, [Mn].sub.BM, [Ni].sub.BM, [Cr].sub.BM, and [Mo].sub.BM are defined in the specification).

This disclosure includes the description of a braze alloy composition. The braze composition contains nickel, about 5% by weight to about 25% by weight germanium; and about 1% by weight to about 4% by weight boron. The composition has an amorphous structure, and is free of silicon.