Nickel brazing alloys are the preferred filler metals for brazing corrosion-resistant sheet metal components made of stainless steels. These braze metals are brittle alloys that are usually supplied as brazing powders and therefore have to be applied to the component surfaces to be brazed with organic binders. In terms of economical production, however, a binder-free, two-dimensional deposition of the braze metal on the sheet is of great advantage for many applications. Thus, a process was developed with which stainless steel sheets can be plated with filler metal via braze-coating. Investigations were carried out on the braze-coated sheets to determine the formability of the material as a function of braze layer thickness and morphology.
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