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Monday, April 24, 2006 - 10:00 AM
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Electron Beam Brazing of Titanium for Construction in Space

Y. Flom, NASA Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt, MD

Electron Beam (EB) vacuum brazing was identified as a very promising joining technology for the robotic assembly of the large truss structures in space. Thin wall titanium tubes are attached to the open ended fittings using “snap-n-braze” process being developed at Goddard. Experimental results obtained in the laboratory setup are very encouraging. Excellent brazed joints were obtained using silver-based filler metals as well as low temperature Al-Mg brazing alloys. 

Summary: Electron Beam (EB) vacuum brazing was identified as a very promising joining technology for the robotic assembly of the large truss structures in space.