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Custom services and R&D expertise in welding and brazing

Selectarc is not just the only French manufacturer of filler metals for welding and brazing. Our highly qualified R&D team also offers a range of services, such as chemical and mechanical analyses, custom manufacturing, and the development of specific products according to your specifications. Contact us to benefit from our technical support.

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Our laboratory is equipped to carry out chemical and mechanical analyses:

  • CCPU 3.1 chemical and mechanical certificates / CCPU 3.2 chemical and mechanical certificates (according to EN 10204)
  • RCC-M approved products
  • Chemical analyses on wires
  • Hardness tests: Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell
  • Hot and cold tensile tests on wires
  • Bend tests
  • Impact bending tests (toughness test)
  • Macrographs and micrographs
  • Custom tests according to your specifications
Machine industrielle en cours d'enroulement d'un fil métallique doré.

Selectarc puts all its know-how at your disposal to meet your most demanding requirements. We understand that some projects require special attention and specific skills. That is why we offer a range of custom, quality-controlled subcontracting services designed to meet our customers' most demanding requirements:

  • Wire drawing : Various diameters for aluminum, stainless steels, nickel, copper, and cobalt alloys
  • Straightening and cutting : Precision across all grades for diameters from 6 to 0.2 mm
  • Spooling : Ability to spool various alloys in a wide range of diameters, meeting specific needs thanks to a broad selection of spools
  • Processing, cleaning, chemical and mechanical pickling : Methods ensuring optimal alloy purity, an essential criterion especially for the nuclear and aerospace sectors
  • Shaping, marking, packaging, heat treatment : Additional services offering customization and adaptation to specific requirements
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Our know-how and expertise enable us to develop tailor-made filler metal formulations for specific applications, delivering the required operational and mechanical performance. These developments help advance the state of the art in the industry.

Our commitment is to provide tailor-made solutions, adapted to each specific request and each specific application, always with the highest quality standards.

We offer a wide range of customization options for our welding and brazing filler metals, including:

  • Product formulation to meet specific requirements thanks to our R&D laboratory
  • Customization of dimensions such as product diameter, length and shape
  • Customization of the color of the coating and alloy
  • The option to choose the quantity, size and type of packaging
  • Packaging, with particular attention to the type, shape and color, as well as vacuum or argon packaging options
  • Unique product identification through marking, stamping and flagging options, not to mention custom labeling
  • And the development of custom tests, in line with your specifications
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Welding and Brazing Expertise

Do you need technical advice, welding or brazing recommendations, or suitable documentation? Our team of experts is here to support you and provide personalized solutions tailored to your specific needs.

Technical Support & Process Qualification

We support you in:

  • Selecting filler metals for optimal performance
  • Qualification of welding procedure specifications (WPS) and brazing procedure specifications (BPS)
  • Optimizing your welding and brazing processes for better quality and durability of assemblies.

Metallurgical Expertise & Quality Control

Thanks to our metallurgical analysis laboratory, we carry out:

  • Chemical analyses of the deposited metal
  • Mechanical tests (tensile, impact, bending)
  • Macrographic and micrographic inspections to assess the quality of welds and brazed joints

Our solutions are suited to the most demanding sectors, such as aerospace and aeronautics, nuclear and chemicals and petrochemicals.

Framatome acquires a stake in Selectarc

June 11, 2025 – Framatome announces the acquisition of a 40% stake in Selectarc, alongside its majority stakeholder, Viellard Migeon & Compagnie.

This partnership will secure the supply of strategic filler metals, essential in the manufacturing of components of the primary circuit of the French nuclear reactors.