EP1369658A1 - Heizelement und radiator - Google Patents

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EP1369658A1
EP1369658A1 EP02012205A EP02012205A EP1369658A1 EP 1369658 A1 EP1369658 A1 EP 1369658A1 EP 02012205 A EP02012205 A EP 02012205A EP 02012205 A EP02012205 A EP 02012205A EP 1369658 A1 EP1369658 A1 EP 1369658A1
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Maurizio Ariotti
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/03—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits
    • F28D1/0308—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits the conduits being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F28D1/0325—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits the conduits being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having lateral openings therein for circulation of the heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another
    • F28D1/0333—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits the conduits being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having lateral openings therein for circulation of the heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another the plates having integrated connecting members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D41/00—Application of procedures in order to alter the diameter of tube ends
    • B21D41/02—Enlarging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/02—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers
    • B21D53/06—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers of metal tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0219—Arrangements for sealing end plates into casing or header box; Header box sub-elements
    • F28F9/0221—Header boxes or end plates formed by stacked elements

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  • the present invention relates to a radiating element, to a radiator comprising at least one radiating element, and to two methods of producing the radiating element and radiator respectively.
  • the present invention may be used to advantage for cooling the cooling fluid of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, engine, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
  • a radiator comprising a number of superimposed radiating elements, each of which is formed from a flattened tubular member and has permanently deformed end portions to define, at each end portion, two facing, substantially flat walls projecting with respect to an undeformed central portion of the radiating element; and each wall is placed in contact with, and normally soldered to, at least one wall of an adjacent radiating element.
  • Each wall has a hole to define, in the radiator, two end manifolds communicating with respective cooling fluid inlet and outlet fittings.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide a radiating element for radiators as claimed in independent Claim 1.
  • a second object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a radiating element for radiators as claimed in independent Claim 5.
  • a third object of the present invention is to provide a radiator as claimed in independent Claim 8.
  • a fourth object of the present invention is to provide a radiator as claimed in independent Claim 9.
  • a fifth object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing radiators as claimed in independent Claim 11.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a radiator for cooling the cooling fluid of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, engine.
  • Radiator 1 comprises a number of superimposed radiating elements 2; two parallel, facing guard plates 3 on opposite sides of radiating elements 2; a water inlet fitting 4 fitted to a top plate 3a; two water outlet fittings 5 at the opposite end to inlet fitting 4 and fitted to top plate 3a and a bottom plate 3b respectively; and anchoring pins 6 connected integrally to plates 3 for assembly to a supporting structure (not shown).
  • Each radiating element 2 extends along a longitudinal axis 7, and comprises a central portion 8, and two end portions 9 at opposite ends of central portion 8.
  • each end portion 9 is formed by permanent deformation of a respective end portion of a flattened tubular member 10 (Figure 3), and comprises two parallel, facing, substantially flat walls 11, and a closed end 12.
  • Each wall 11 is placed in contact with a respective wall 11 of an adjacent radiating element 2, or with a portion of a plate 3, and projects with respect to central portion 8; and, in the gaps between central portions 8 of adjacent radiating elements 2, or between central portions 8 and plates 3, undulated sheet metal strips 13 are inserted to improve heat exchange.
  • Each wall 11 is soldered or welded, and preferably though not necessarily projection welded, to the adjacent wall 11 or adjacent plate 3.
  • Walls 11 have respective through holes 14 which, when walls 11 are soldered to one another, define at end portions 9 respective end manifolds 15 (only one shown), a first of which has one end communicating with fitting 4 and one end closed by bottom plate 3b, and a second of which has two ends communicating with respective fittings 5.
  • Each pair of adjacent radiating elements 2 has an aligning and connecting device 16 for assembling radiating elements 2 one on top of the other in a given relative position, in particular with holes 14 substantially coaxial with each other.
  • aligning and connecting device 16 comprises two annular collars 18 (only one shown in Figure 1) located at respective end portions 9 of radiating element 2a, and each of which projects from a bottom wall 11a of a respective end portion 9 and extends along the edge of a hole 14a formed in bottom wall 11a; and two holes 14b, each of which is formed through a top wall 11b of a respective end portion 9 of radiating element 2b, and is of such a cross section as to house relative annular collar 18 with relatively little slack.
  • Radiating element 2 adjacent to bottom plate 3b preferably has no annular collars 18.
  • Figure 3 shows a first step in a method of producing radiating element 2 and radiator 1, and wherein a flattened tubular member 10 with open ends and of given length is prepared, and, as shown in Figure 4, is provided with end portions 9 by means of permanent deformation by two forming punches 19, while central portion 8 is left undeformed.
  • Forming punches 19 move in opposite directions along a path coincident with longitudinal axis 7, and are inserted inside respective open ends of each tubular member 10, which is held in position by a known supporting device not shown.
  • each tubular member 10 is provided, at each end portion 9 and in walls 11a and 11b, with respective holes 14a and 14b, which are coaxial along an axis 7a crosswise to longitudinal axis 7, have different cross sections, and are formed by a respective pair of cutting punches 20 (only one pair shown) also of different sizes and moving in opposite directions along a path crosswise to longitudinal axis 7. More specifically, hole 14a has a smaller cross section than hole 14b.
  • each hole 14a is then widened and provided along the edge with annular collar 18 projecting from wall 11a.
  • This is done by means of an edging punch 21, which is moved along a path crosswise to longitudinal axis 7, is inserted through hole 14b, and is fed forward so as to interfere with the edge of hole 14a and so widen hole 14a and simultaneously form, by permanent deformation of wall 11a, annular collar 18 projecting from wall 11a.
  • ends 12 of end portions 9 are closed by permanent deformation, by compressing ends 12 between two pressure members 22 moving in opposite directions along a path crosswise to longitudinal axis 7.
  • each end portion 9 is inserted, at the closing step, in a die (not shown) from which end 12 projects.
  • each end 12 may then be folded onto itself or towards central portion 8.
  • a number of radiating elements 2 are then placed one on top of the other by inserting annular collars 18 inside respective holes 14b to align and connect each radiating element 2 to the adjacent radiating element 2.
  • each end 12 is also preferably, though not necessarily, soldered or welded - in particular, projection welded.
  • Aligning and connecting device 16 is particularly advantageous by enabling more stable, more compact stacking of radiating elements 2, which may thus be superimposed and transported safely with no risk of misalignment or of end portions 9 slipping with respect to one another and so partly or fully closing holes 14.
  • the radiating element and radiator described and illustrated herein may be used for cooling various types of fluid, and changes may be made without, however, departing from the scope of the present invention.

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2880671A1 (fr) * 2005-01-12 2006-07-14 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Embout de tube pour element de circuit hydraulique, en particulier pour echangeur de chaleur
ITUB20152240A1 (it) * 2015-07-16 2017-01-16 W A Progettazioni S R L Elemento di testa per radiatori termici e metodo per realizzare un elemento di testa.
WO2021129440A1 (zh) * 2019-12-25 2021-07-01 浙江盾安人工环境股份有限公司 换热器及制冷系统

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BE653079A (de) *
EP0692691A1 (de) * 1994-07-12 1996-01-17 Valeo Engine Cooling AB Wärmetauscher mit gestapelten Flachrohren und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung

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BE653079A (de) *
EP0692691A1 (de) * 1994-07-12 1996-01-17 Valeo Engine Cooling AB Wärmetauscher mit gestapelten Flachrohren und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2880671A1 (fr) * 2005-01-12 2006-07-14 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Embout de tube pour element de circuit hydraulique, en particulier pour echangeur de chaleur
WO2006075088A1 (fr) * 2005-01-12 2006-07-20 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Embout de tube pour element de circuit hydraulique, en particulier pour echangeur de chaleur
ITUB20152240A1 (it) * 2015-07-16 2017-01-16 W A Progettazioni S R L Elemento di testa per radiatori termici e metodo per realizzare un elemento di testa.
WO2021129440A1 (zh) * 2019-12-25 2021-07-01 浙江盾安人工环境股份有限公司 换热器及制冷系统

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