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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy Van Evans, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B 9/10 ; F27B 5/16 ; F27B 5/04 ; F27D 7/06 ; B01D 5/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B 9/10 ; F27B 5/16 ; F27B 5/04 ; F27D 7/06 ; B01D 5/304 ;
Abstract
A gettering system for a CAB furnace includes a nitrogen gas source to supply a nitrogen gas to a controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) furnace and an active metal getter source disposed within the CAB furnace and being a sheet to remove oxygen and water vapor in the nitrogen gas, whereby heat exchangers are brazed during a controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) process in the CAB furnace.