JP6441881B2 - Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for finned tube - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fin-incorporated pipe having a spiral fin interposed inside the pipe.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a heat exchange pipe having a spiral thin plate inside the pipe.

  When manufacturing the heat exchange pipe, first, a thin plate is formed in a spiral shape. Thereafter, the formed thin spiral plate is inserted into the pipe.

JP 2006-98038 A

  In the heat exchange pipe of patent document 1, the assembly | attachment process which inserts a helical thin board into the inside of a pipe at the time of the manufacture is performed. In this assembling process, there is a possibility that the insertion property into the pipe deteriorates due to the variation in the dimensions of the thin plate formed in a spiral shape.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve the assemblability of the fin-incorporated tube in the fin-incorporated tube manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a fin-incorporated tube having a spiral fin interposed inside a tube, wherein a plate-like fin material is inserted into the tube, and the fin is disposed inside the tube. A method of manufacturing a fin-equipped tube is provided, wherein the helical fin is formed by twisting a material.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fin built-in tube manufacturing apparatus in which a spiral fin is interposed inside a tube, the cored bar for supporting a plate-like fin material inserted into the tube; And a drive mechanism for twisting the fin material to form the spiral fin by rotating the cored bar relative to the tube.

  According to the said aspect, since a fin material is twisted inside a pipe | tube and a helical fin is shape | molded, the process of inserting the helical fin after shaping | molding into the inside of a pipe | tube is eliminated. Therefore, the assembly property of the fin built-in tube can be improved.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a double tube according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a fin built-in pipe manufacturing apparatus. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a process of manufacturing the fin-equipped tube. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a process of manufacturing the fin-equipped tube. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a process of manufacturing the fin-equipped tube. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a process for manufacturing the fin-incorporated tube according to the modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a double pipe 40 to which a fin built-in pipe 30 (heat exchange tube) according to this embodiment is applied. The double pipe 40 is provided as a heat exchanger in which a refrigerant (fluid) of an air conditioner (not shown) circulates.

  The double pipe 40 includes a cylindrical inner pipe 20 that forms an inner flow path 51 therein, and a cylindrical outer pipe 32 that forms an outer flow path 52 around the inner pipe 20. Pipes (not shown) for guiding the refrigerant are connected to both ends of the inner pipe 20. Both end portions 36 and 37 of the outer tube 32 are joined to the outer periphery of the inner tube 20. The outer pipe 32 has an inlet 38 and an outlet 39 to which a pipe (not shown) for guiding the refrigerant is connected.

  As shown by arrows A and B in the figure, high-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant flows through the outer flow path 52 through the inlet 38 and the outlet 39. As shown by arrows C and D in the figure, a low-temperature and low-pressure gaseous refrigerant flows through the inner flow path 51. In the double pipe 40, the refrigerants flowing through the outer flow path 52 and the inner flow path 51 exchange heat.

  A spiral fin 10 is interposed in the inner tube 20. As will be described later, the spiral fin 10 is formed by spirally twisting a strip-shaped fin material 11. Both end portions 11A and 11B of the fin material 11 are fixed to the inner surface 21 of the inner tube 20 by caulking, for example. Each member 32, 20, 11 is made of a metal such as aluminum.

  The inner tube 20 and the helical fin 10 constitute a fin-containing tube 30 as an element of the heat exchanger. In the fin built-in tube 30, the refrigerant flowing through the inner flow path 51 flows while spirally turning along the spiral fins 10, thereby encouraging the refrigerant to exchange heat through the inner tube 20.

  Next, the manufacturing apparatus 50 of the fin built-in tube 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The manufacturing apparatus 50 includes a metal core 60 that is inserted into the inner tube 20, a chuck 70 that grips the outer periphery of the inner tube 20, and a bending machine 80 that slidably supports the outer periphery of the inner tube 20. .

  The manufacturing apparatus 50 includes a drive mechanism 65 that drives the metal core 60 and a drive mechanism 75 that drives the chuck 70. The drive mechanism 65 rotationally drives the metal core 60 around the axis O of the inner tube 20 as indicated by an arrow E, and moves the metal core 60 in the direction of the axis O as indicated by an arrow F. The drive mechanism 75 moves the chuck 70 in the direction of the axis O as indicated by an arrow H. The operations of the drive mechanisms 65 and 75 and the bending machine 80 are controlled by a controller (not shown).

  The bending machine 80 includes a roll die 81, a pressure die 82, and a clamp die 83. The bending machine 80 rotates the inner tube 20 sent by the drive mechanism 75 in the groove of the roll die 81 by rotating about the bending center axis S in a state where the roll die 81 and the clamp die 83 hold the inner tube 20. Bend along.

  The manufacturing apparatus 50 may include a guide member that slidably supports the outer periphery of the inner tube 20 with respect to the axis O instead of the bending machine 80 when the inner tube 20 is not bent.

  The core metal 60 includes a cylindrical base end portion 62 extending in the axial direction, a support portion 63, and a distal end portion 64, and a slit 61 that opens over the support portion 63 and the distal end portion 64.

  The base end portion 62 of the core metal 60 is a part connected to the drive mechanism 65.

  The support portion 63 of the core metal 60 is a portion that supports the distal end portion 64 with respect to the proximal end portion 62. The support portion 63 is formed with a diameter reduced from the base end portion 62 and the tip end portion 64 and extends in the axis O direction with a gap in the inner surface 21 of the inner tube 20. Thereby, the sliding resistance of the cored bar 60 is suppressed small.

  The distal end portion 64 has a circular outer shape that is in sliding contact with the inner surface 21 of the inner tube 20. When the bending machine 80 bends the inner tube 20, the outer periphery of the distal end portion 64 of the cored bar 60 contacts the inner surface 21 of the inner tube 20. Thereby, the bending process part of the inner tube 20 is shape | molded, and it is suppressed that the molding defects, such as a wrinkle, generate | occur | produce in this.

  The slit 61 is a gap having a certain opening width and extending in the direction of the axis O, and forms a support wall portion that supports the fin material 11 accommodated in the core metal 60.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 2-5, the method to manufacture the fin built-in pipe | tube 30 using the manufacturing apparatus 50 is demonstrated.

  First, as shown by an arrow G in FIG. 2, the fin material 11 is inserted into the inner tube 20. And the front-end | tip part 11A of the fin material 11 is fixed to the inner tube 20 by crimping the outer periphery of the inner tube 20. FIG.

  The configuration is not limited to the above-described configuration, and for example, the tip portion 11A of the fin material 11 may be press-fitted into the inner surface 21 of the inner tube 20 and fixed to the inner tube 20.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3, the core metal 60 is inserted into the inner tube 20. At this time, the fin material 11 is inserted into the slit 61 of the cored bar 60.

  Subsequently, as shown by arrows H in FIGS. 4 and 5, the inner tube 20 is moved in the direction of the axis O with respect to the core metal 60, and the core metal 60 is moved inside as shown by arrows E in FIGS. Rotate in one direction relative to the tube 20.

  As a result, the fin material 11 exiting from the slit 61 of the cored bar 60 is twisted with the tip end portion 11A as a fulcrum. Thus, the spiral fin 10 is formed inside the inner tube 20.

  And the base end part 11B of the fin material 11 is fixed to the inner pipe 20 by crimping the outer periphery of the inner pipe 20.

  Thus, the fin built-in tube 30 is manufactured. Then, the double pipe 40 is manufactured by joining the outer pipe 32 to the fin built-in pipe 30.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure which manufactures the fin built-in pipe | tube 30 using the manufacturing apparatus 50, after joining the outer pipe | tube 32 to the inner pipe | tube 20 not only in the above-mentioned structure. In this case, the manufacturing apparatus 50 can bend both the inner tube 20 and the outer tube 32 using the bending machine 80.

  Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.

  According to the present embodiment, the fin-containing tube 30 in which the plate-like fin material 11 is inserted into the inner tube 20 (tube) and the fin material 11 is twisted inside the inner tube 20 to form the spiral fin 10. A manufacturing method can be provided.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the manufacturing apparatus 50 rotates the core metal 60 that supports the plate-like fin material 11 inserted into the inner tube 20 and the inner tube 20 and the core metal 60 relative to each other. And a drive mechanism 65 that twists the fin material 11 to form the spiral fin 10. Thereby, the manufacturing apparatus 50 of the fin built-in pipe | tube 30 which interposes the fin material 11 inside the inner pipe | tube 20 can be provided.

  In the manufacturing method and the manufacturing apparatus 50 of the fin built-in tube 30, the fin material 11 is twisted inside the inner tube 20 to form the spiral fin 10, thereby inserting the molded spiral fin 10 into the inner tube 20. The process is lost. Therefore, the assemblability of the fin built-in tube 30 can be improved.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the tip 11A (a part) of the fin material 11 is fixed to the inner tube 20, and the fin material 11 is twisted with the tip 11A fixed to the inner tube 20 as a fulcrum to incorporate the fin. A manufacturing method for manufacturing the tube 30 can be provided.

  Thereby, the spiral fin 10 can be interposed at a predetermined position of the inner tube 20 with the tip portion 11A of the fin material 11 fixed to the inner tube 20 as a reference.

  In addition, the site | part which fixes the fin material 11 to the inner pipe | tube 20 is not restricted to 11 A of front-end | tip parts, The middle site | part of the fin material 11 may be sufficient.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the cored bar 60 that supports the fin material 11 is inserted into the inner tube 20, and the fins are moved by the relative movement of the cored bar 60 and the inner tube 20 being extracted while being relatively rotated. The manufacturing method which manufactures the fin built-in pipe | tube 30 by twisting the material 11 can be provided.

  Thereby, the controller controls the moving speed at which the core metal 60 is moved in the direction of the axis O of the inner tube 20 by the drive mechanism 75 and the rotational speed at which the core metal 60 is rotated by the drive mechanism 65, whereby the inner tube 20. The fin material 11 can be twisted at an arbitrary position. Therefore, the fin built-in tube 30 can arbitrarily set the twist position of the spiral fin 10 with respect to the inner tube 20.

  Next, a modified example of the manufacturing method of the fin built-in tube 30 shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, first, the fin material 11 is inserted into the inner tube 20, and the middle portion 11 </ b> C of the fin material 11 is fixed to the inner tube 20 by caulking the outer periphery of the inner tube 20. Then, a pair of core bars 60 are inserted from both ends of the inner tube 20, and the fin material 11 is interposed over the slits 61 of each core bar 60. Subsequently, as indicated by arrows K and L, the core bars 60 are moved in the direction of the axis O away from each other, and the core bars 60 are rotated in opposite directions as indicated by arrows E and J in FIG. .

  Thereby, in the inside of the inner tube 20, the spiral fin 10 is formed by twisting the fin material 11 that exits from the slit 61 of each core metal 60 that rotates in the opposite direction.

  As described above, according to the present modification, it is possible to provide a manufacturing method for manufacturing the fin built-in tube 30 by forming the spiral fin 10 by rotating both ends of the fin material 11 in the opposite directions.

  Thereby, the time required to twist the fin material 11 can be shortened.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the above embodiment only shows a part of application examples of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is limited to the specific configuration of the above embodiment. Absent.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the manufacturing apparatus 50 is configured to insert the cored bar 60 into the inner tube 20 and rotate it. Not only this but the manufacturing apparatus 50 is good also as a structure provided with the supporting member (core metal 60) which supports the edge part of the fin material 11 outside the inner tube 20. FIG. In this case, the manufacturing apparatus 50 forms the helical fin 10 by twisting the fin material 11 inside the inner tube 20 by rotating the end portion of the fin material 11 outside the inner tube 20 by the support member.

  Although the fin built-in tube 30 of the said embodiment is suitable as a heat exchange tube which comprises a heat exchanger, it is applicable also to the machine or installation used besides a heat exchanger.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Spiral fin 11 Fin material 11A Tip part 20 Inner tube (tube)
30 Fin Built-in Pipe 50 Manufacturing Equipment 60 Core Bar 65 Drive Mechanism

Claims (5)

A method of manufacturing a fin-incorporated tube in which a spiral fin is interposed inside the tube,
Insert a plate-like fin material inside the tube,
A method of manufacturing a fin-incorporated tube, wherein the spiral fin is formed by twisting the fin material inside the tube. It is a manufacturing method of the fin built-in pipe according to claim 1,
Fixing a part of the fin material to the pipe;
A method of manufacturing a fin built-in tube, wherein the fin material is twisted with a portion fixed to the tube as a fulcrum. It is a manufacturing method of the fin built-in pipe according to claim 2,
Inserting a cored bar that supports the fin material into the tube;
A method of manufacturing a fin-incorporated tube, wherein the fin member is twisted by relatively moving the cored bar and the tube in the axial direction of the tube while relatively rotating the cored bar and the tube. It is a manufacturing method of the fin built-in pipe according to claim 1,
A method of manufacturing a fin built-in tube, characterized in that both ends of the fin material are twisted by rotating in opposite directions. An apparatus for manufacturing a fin-incorporated pipe having a spiral fin interposed inside the pipe,
A cored bar that supports a plate-like fin member inserted into the tube;
An apparatus for manufacturing a fin-incorporated pipe, comprising: a drive mechanism that twists the fin material to form the spiral fin by rotating the core metal and the pipe relative to each other.

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