SUPERIOR FLUX

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• SUPERIOR FLUX PRINCE IZANT CO.
• MFG. CO
• Superior Manufactures Quality Providing Our
  Customers With
• Fluxes. Our Business is Unparalleled, Quality,
  Technical
• Solving Problems. Support, Service, and
  Delivery
• www.torchflux.com

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A JOINT VENTURE

• Prince Izant, Founded in 1927
• Metal Joining Specialists for Brazing and
  Soldering
• Superior Flux, Founded in 1932
• Specializing in fluxes and pastes for industrial
  and electronics joining applications.

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PRINCE IZANT PRODUCTS

• BAg Silver Alloys
• BCuP Alloys
• CDA Bronze Alloys
• AL Aluminum Alloys
• BNi Nickel Alloys
• Soft Solders
• A complete line of fluxes for Metal
• Joining Applications Preform Design
• Specialty Alloy applications.
• ISO 9002, QS 9000, AS 9000 Certified

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SUPERIOR PRODUCTS

• INDUSTRIAL
• Silver and Hi-Temp Brazing Fluxes
• White, Black and Hi-Temp
• Dispensable pastes
• Powders
• Soft Soldering Fluxes
• Stainless Steel
• Acid and Non-Acid
• ZC-Free Zinc Chloride Free
• Babbiting
• Welding Products
• Forge Farrier
• Mig/Tig BackUp
• ELECTRONICS
• SMT Reflow Solder Pastes No-Clean,
  Water-Soluble, Type Rs
• Wave Soldering VOC-Free and solvent-based
  No-Clean and Water-Soluble
• Post Assembly Cleaning Saponifier, Dross
  Reducer
• Semiconductors Halide, Non-Halide,
  Water-Soluble, No-Clean
• Wire Harnesses No-Clean and water-soluble

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SUPERIOR FLUX HISTORY

• Superior Flux, founded in Cleveland in 1932 by
  William Ulmer, has a long history of
• providing more efficient, safer and
  Environmentally friendly fluxes for soldering,
• brazing, and welding.
• 1941. US Patent No. 2,357,014 was submitted for
  the first potassium bifluoride free silver
  brazing flux and awarded to Bill Ulmer in 1944.
  Superior No. 6 is still being used today!
• 1949. Superior Flux introduces Battelle formula
  Superior Supersafe No. 30, the OA, VOC-Free,
  water-soluble flux that predates the Montreal
  Protocol by 47 years. Called The Blue Flux by
  many.
• 1982. Superior Flux introduces No. 612 Hi-Temp
  flux, the forerunner of fluxes for mining and
  construction tools, snowplow blades and other
  carbide applications.
• 1994. Superior introduces ZC-Free fluxes to
  replace zinc chloride from waste waters and
  remove heavy metal from soldering process.
• 1995. Superior introduces SyberGel Flux and
  Cleaner to electronics market. Removes solvent
  cleaning from electronics post-solder process.
• 2001. Superior Flux introduces first Fluoride
  Free Fluxes onto market. Brazing can now be
  Cadmium Free and Fluoride Free.
• but these developments are a continuation of the
  first patent submission.

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SUPERIOR FLUXDEDICATED TO FLUXES

• Superior Flux was founded in 1932 by William L.
  Ulmer and has been committed to flux research and
  development since.
• Superior Flux submitted
  first patent application for
  flux in 1938.
• Superior has led way to
  safer Bifluoride-Free and
  Fluoride Free brazing fluxes.
• Superior manufactures VOC-Free,
  ZC-Free, non-hazardous soldering fluxes

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U.S. Patent No. 2,281,910

• The first patent assigned to William L.
  Ulmer,submitted in
• 1938, describes a breakthrough
• Such fluxes or fluxing
• agents are preferably in
• liquid form and consequently
• reducible to vaporous,
• gaseous or mechanically
• finely-divided form, so they
• may be entrained in a gas
• stream supplied to the torch.
• U. S. Patent 2,281,910 was awarded May 5, 1942.

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SUPERIOR FLUX and PRINCE IZANT INTRODUCE

• Based on William Ulmer patent 2,281,910.
• ANSI/AWS A5.31-92, FB3-K specification.
• For use in Oxy-Acetylene or Liquefied Petroleum
  Gas-Lines
• Fluoride Free Flux.

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ANSI/AWS A5.31-92, FB3-K SPECIFICATION

• A6.14 FB3-K is a liquid flux used almost
  exclusively in TORCH brazing. The fuel gas is
  passed through the container of liquid flux
  entraining flux in the fuel gas. The flux is
  applied by the flame where needed on base metals
  such as carbon steels, low alloy steels, cast
  iron, copper and copper alloys, nickel and nickel
  alloys, and precious metals. The flux consists
  primarily of liquid borates.
• Emphasis added.

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SUPERIOR BRAZING CHARACTERISTICS

• The TORCHFLUX flame delivers flux to
• joints which yields
• Superior oxide protection
• Superior fluxing action
• Superior joints
• Cleans copper joints
  during use
• Clean post-braze joints

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CHARACTERISTICS OF TORCHFLUX

• TORCHFLUX yields a GREEN FLAME.
• The Green Flame confirms that flux is being
  delivered to the joint.
• Flame is green due to the fluxs boron activator
  being delivered into the gas-lines. Boron imparts
  a green-color to the flame.
• A blue flame indicates no flux is present.

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APPLICATIONS

• TORCHFLUX is formulated for use with a variety
  of
• different alloys, including
• BCuP Phos-Copper Alloys
• BAg Silver Brazing Alloys
• CDA Low Fuming Bronze Alloys
• TORCHFLUX can be used in a variety of
• manufacturing processes including brass, bronze,
  steel
• tube and flange joints for air conditioning,
• refrigeration, medical and many other assemblies.

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FORMULATIONS

• TORCHFLUX is available in three
• formulations that provide custom
• activity
• TORCHFLUX 30 Low Solids for copper and brass
• TORCHFLUX 50 Mid-range solids for mild steel
• TORCHFLUX 70 High Solids and activity
• Custom formulations can also be developed to meet
  application
• requirements.

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THE TORCHFLUX TEAM

• Superior Flux and Prince Izant provide
• a complete line of alloys, fluxes,
• technical support and on-time delivery.
• The experience both companies have
• had with a broad combination of
• metal-joining applications are available
• to help solve challenges.
• www.torchflux.com

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• SUPERIOR FLUX PRINCE IZANT CO.
• MFG. CO
• Superior Manufactures Quality Providing Our
  Customers With
• Fluxes. Our Business is Unparalleled, Quality,
  Technical
• Solving Problems. Support, Service, and
  Delivery
• www.torchflux.com