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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2003
Bryan A. Gillispie, Warren, MI (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Robert Smith, Birmingham, MI (US);
Thomas Hubert Van Steenkiste, Ray, MI (US);
Alaa A. Elmoursi, Troy, MI (US);
Yang Luo, East Amherst, NY (US);
Hartley F. Hutchins, Lockport, NY (US);
Bryan A. Gillispie, Warren, MI (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Robert Smith, Birmingham, MI (US);
Thomas Hubert Van Steenkiste, Ray, MI (US);
Alaa A. Elmoursi, Troy, MI (US);
Yang Luo, East Amherst, NY (US);
Hartley F. Hutchins, Lockport, NY (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a process for preparing aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces in heat exchangers for brazing by depositing thereon a kinetic sprayed brazing composition. The process simultaneously deposits monolith or composite coatings that can include all braze materials and corrosion protection materials used in the brazing of aluminum fins to plates and tubes in a single stage.