I'm very new to Fusion but have been using Inventor for many years. I would like to set up a thermal analysis in Fusion to try to identify reasons for an unacceptably high failure rate during brazing of an anode assembly.
The assembly illustrated below is brazed in a Nitrogen/10% Hydrogen atmosphere by being heated to 850°C by an electrical element which is some distance from the assembly. The green & pink parts in the image are jigs to locate the parts but obviously have some thermal mass which must be considered. The white ceramic disc is metallised on the faces & edges in the areas where it brazes to the other parts. Metallising is Molybdenum/Manganese, nickel plated. The braze washers have a eutectic point at 810°C. All parts are modelled in Inventor. The whole assembly sits on a ceramic block which is part of the braze oven.
When creating the analysis, would I have to include a body to represent the heating element? The braze washers obviously become liquid at 850°C, what sort of thermal joint should they be? Can you suggest best practice to get a good analysis, please remember that I am a complete novice in Fusion.
I will be trying to do this during December whilst working from home, recovering from knee surgery. At least I will have no interruptions.
Inventor/Fusion 2024. Win11 64 bit Pro.
