本报告讨论了具有重要工业意义的铜基材料熔焊技术的现状。与大多数其他工业金属和合金相比，它在文献中受到的关注相对较少。许多有用的数据尚未公布，更广泛的公众无法获得。虽然本报告绝不可能声称要完全纠正这种情况，但它是一种贡献，希望是有用的，并基于大约25年的实地经验。本报告首先简要描述了讨论中的材料及其与熔焊相关的冶金。成分和性能数据见附录1。然后简要介绍了适用的焊接工艺，但假定对工艺本身有基本了解。 接下来将对每组铜基材料的当前焊接实践进行更详细的讨论。最后，还提到了可能对铜合金连接领域做出贡献的潜在工艺开发。参考文献和建议的进一步阅读在正文末尾分别给出。

This Report discusses the current status of fusion welding technology for copper-based materials of major industrial importance. It is a subject which receives relatively scant attention in the literature when compared to most other industrial metals and alloys. Much useful data remains unpublished and unavailable to a wider public. While this report can in no way purport to rectify this situation totally, it is made as a contribution, hopefully useful, and based on some 25 years of field experience. The Report begins by briefly describing the materials under discussion, and their metallurgy as related to fusion welding. Compositional and property data are given in Appendix 1. Brief mention is then made of applicable welding processes, but a basic knowledge of the processes themselves is assumed. A more detailed discussion follows on current welding practice for each group of copper-base materials. Finally, mention is made of potential process developments likely to make a contribution to the copper alloy joining field. Literature references and suggested further reading are given separately at the end of the main text.