The CuproBraze Alliance: Members
The Luvata Brazing Center
Luvata Brazing Center
Sintervägen 14
P.O. Box 550
SE-721 10 Västerås, Sweden
Tel: +46 21-198 000
Business Area: Consulting
Website: www.Luvata.com
Contact: Bengt Gustafsson – bengt.gustafsson@Luvata.com
Corporate Profile
The Luvata Brazing Center in Västerås, Sweden was established in 1999 for the purpose of fabricating and testing prototypical designs on behalf of prospective manufacturers of CuproBraze products.
For many manufacturers and OEMs, the decision to produce CuproBraze heat exchangers begins with a trip to the Luvata Brazing Center to verify specifications and procedures prior to committing to full-scale production. As a result, the Luvata Brazing Center is a breeding ground for new heat exchanger designs.
The Luvata Brazing Center has cooperated with many prospective manufacturers on preliminary research and development of CuproBraze heat exchanger. Besides mechanical testing of burst pressures and pressure cycling lifetimes, it has also performed corrosion testing and wind tunnel tests.
The Brazing Center is mentioned in the following ICA Executive Reports
New Designs of Charge Air Coolers Increase Performance and Durability (pdf) — Issue #42
Part II: Laboratory Testing Aids in Design Improvements
New Designs of Charge Air Coolers Increase Performance and Durability (pdf) — Issue #41
Part I: Laboratory Testing Verifies Claims of Durability and Efficiency
Manufacturers Discover Brazing Is Better for Joining Copper to Brass (pdf) — Issue #34
Brazed Copper-Brass Joints Boost Performance of Heat Exchangers
Materials, Suppliers, Equipment Makers and Heat-Exchanger Manufacturers Forge an Alliance (pdf) — Issue #28
New Group Delivers Production Capacity to Global Industry
Brazing Filler Materials Available through Global Network of Materials Vendors (pdf) — Issue #23
The CuproBraze Process Uses Anneal-Resistant Copper and Nrass Materials Along with a Filler Material that Melts at About 600 ºC