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=== Brazed Semi-Finished Contact Materials (Toplay–Profiles)===
The toplay process starts with a flat or profile – shaped contact material strip which is fed together with the wider non-precious carrier material and in most cases an intermediate thin foil of brazing alloy into a induction brazing machine (<xr id="fig:Toplay brazing with an inductive heating inline equipment (schematic)"/><!--(Fig. 3.5)-->). An evenly distributed and reliable braze joint can be achieved this way between contact and carrier materials. The combined material strip is rather soft after the brazing process and re-hardened during a subsequent profile rolling step. In this way different shapes and configurations can easily be achieved.
<figure id="fig:Toplay brazing with an inductive heating inline equipment (schematic)">
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*Typical configurations of toplay contact profiles (<xr id="fig:Typical configurations of toplay contact profiles2"/>)
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[[File:Typical configurations of toplay contact profiles2.jpg|right|thumb|Typical configurations of toplay contact profiles]]
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*Contact materials <br />Ag, AgNi 0,15 (ARGODUR), AgCu, AgCuNi (ARGODUR 27), Ag/Ni (SINIDUR),Ag/CdO (DODURIT CdO), Ag/SnO<sub>2</sub> (SISTADOX), and Ag/ZnO (DODURIT ZnO)<br />
*Carrier materials <br />: Cu, CuZn, CuSn et al.<br />
*Quality criteria, dimensions and tolerances (<xr id="fig:Quality criteria dimensions and tolerances"/>)
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