US3439521A - Apparatus for corrugating sets of fins on sectors of tubular elements - Google Patents

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US3439521A
US3439521A US579669A US3439521DA US3439521A US 3439521 A US3439521 A US 3439521A US 579669 A US579669 A US 579669A US 3439521D A US3439521D A US 3439521DA US 3439521 A US3439521 A US 3439521A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, rods, wire, tubes, profiles or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, rods, wire, tubes, profiles or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/15—Making tubes of special shape; Making tube fittings
    • B21C37/20—Making helical or similar guides in or on tubes without removing material, e.g. by drawing same over mandrels, by pushing same through dies ; Making tubes with angled walls, ribbed tubes or tubes with decorated walls
    • B21C37/205—Making helical or similar guides in or on tubes without removing material, e.g. by drawing same over mandrels, by pushing same through dies ; Making tubes with angled walls, ribbed tubes or tubes with decorated walls with annular guides
    • 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
    • B21D13/00—Corrugating sheet metal, rods or profiles; Bending sheet metal, rods or profiles into wave form
    • B21D13/02—Corrugating sheet metal, rods or profiles; Bending sheet metal, rods or profiles into wave form by pressing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/06—Casings; Jackets
    • G21C3/08—Casings; Jackets provided with external means to promote heat-transfer, e.g. fins, baffles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • the present invention relates to apparatus for corrugating set of fins.
  • tubular elements having sets of fins distributed over the surface thereof for increasing the heat-exchanging surface area.
  • Some sheaths for fuel elements of nuclear reactors are constituted by such tubular elements comprising sets of fins which are corrugated further to improve the heat exchange and to minimize deformation of the fins during thermal cycles or during lamination.
  • the present invention accordingly consists in apparatus for corrugating previously machined sets of fins on sectors of tubular elements, said apparatus comprising a series of blades relatively disposed to form a stack and each blade having one end in the form of a punch of tapered section and whose faces are corrugated, said punch being engageable in the space separating two fins to be corrugated under the action of a member acting on the end of the blades remote from said punch-form ends, and being displaced parallel to the axis of the series of blades.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a view in longitudinal section of a set of fins during machining by means of apparatus according to the invention
  • FIGURE 2 shows a view in perspective of the apparatus for corrugating the fins shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIGURE 3 shows a view in longitudinal section of another embodiment of apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIGURE 4 shows an end view of a multiple machine for machining fins according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a tubular element 1 which may be, in particular, a sheath for a nuclear reactor fuel element and which has external fins 2 previously machined. These fins 2 are separated by spaces 3 between which are progressively engaged the ends 4, in the fashion of a tapered punch, of blades 5 relatively located so as to form a stack whose axis corresponds to the axis of the fins.
  • the progressive driving of the ends 4 in the form of a punch into the spaces 3 is achieved by a cam 6 (FIGS. 1 and 2) constituted by a plate having an inclined surface 7 which acts on rounded ends 8 of blades 5 remote from the ends 4 that form punches.
  • This cam 6 is driven parallel to .the axis of the set of blades 5 in the direction of the arrow A, by any convenient known means for example, a screw (not shown in the drawing) whose form and operation will be apparent to all skilled in the art of machines and mechanical devices generally.
  • Each end 4 of the blades 5 has its two major surfaces corrugated at 9, 9a, respectively, these surfaces being arranged so as to impart to the surfaces 10, 10a of two neighbouring fins 2, a corrugated form.
  • the blades 5 are extracted and placed on another set of fins to commence another machining operation. These operations are repeated as many times as necessary to corrugate all of the fins of a sector.
  • the fins being mostly inclined with respect to the axis of a sector, a symmetrical tool is necessary to corrugate the fins of the symmetrical sector.
  • the embodiment of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is intended for machining a complete sector of fins in a single operation, the number of blades 11 being proportional .to the number of fins 2 of a sector.
  • the blades 11 have openings 13 which constitute, when the blades are stacked, a channel in which is engaged a cam 14 constituted by a plate of which the central curved part 15 has a convex face 16 and a concave face 17.
  • the cam 14 whose convex surface 16 rests against the edge 18 of the opening 13 and whose concave surface 15 against the edge 19, causes, in passing, the progressive thrust of the ends 12 acting as punches, into the spaces 3 between the fins, to a determined position of maximum penetration. Then, the blades 11 are retracted into the disengaged position, so that after the passage of the cam in the direction of the arrow A in the interior of the opening 13, the fins 2 are corrugated and the assembly of blades is entirely disengaged for a new machining of fins on another sector. It would also be possible to proceed with the corrugation of fins of different sectors of a sheath on a multiple machine as that shown in FIG 4.
  • the tubular element 20 which has different sectors provided with fins 21a, 21b, 21c is arranged in a support constituted by several sectors 22a, 22b, 220 which serve for the lateral guidance of several sets of blades 23a, 23b, 23c identical with blades 11 and which have, like the latter, openings 13 in which cams 24a and 24b, 240 are displaced.
  • the latter arrangement is particularly advantageous due to the fact that the forces exerted on the tubular element 20 are distributed over its periphery and are 0 balanced.
  • Apparatus for corrugating previously machined sets of parallel fins which are uniformly spaced apart on sectors of tubular elements comprising: a series of similar blades relatively disposed to form a stack, each of the blades having one end portion in the form of a punch of tapered section and whose two major lateral faces are corrugated, the opposed corrugations of adjacent blades cooperating to define a corrugating passage therebetween, each of said blades having a surface spaced from the corrugating faces to be engaged and acted upon for inserting the punches in the spaces between adjacent fins, said stack, when disposed for corrugating fins on a sector, having its axis parallel to the axis of the fins to be corrugated, the punches of the stack being positioned with a punch in alignment with the space between each of the adjacent fins to be corrugated; and cam means movable parallel to the axis of the series of blades and from one end of the stack to the other end thereof and engageable with said surface of each blade in succession
  • cam means acting on said blades is constituted by a cam plate that includes one inclined face which is successively brought into contact with the ends of said blades remote from the punch end.
  • Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 comprising a plurality of stacks of blades arranged about the periphery of a tubular element having a plurality of sectors bearing fins to be corrugated, support means for guiding the blades of each stack in a radial direction, and cam means acting simultaneously upon the blades of each stack for progressively forcing the corrugated sections of the blades of each stack radially inwardly between the respective fins for simultaneously corrugatiug the fins on all of the sectors.

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US2357605A (en) * 1941-12-19 1944-09-05 Blackburn Aircraft Ltd Production of bent tubes
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US3726121A (en) * 1970-06-05 1973-04-10 Reiche & Co Apparatus for producing corrugations in a hollow body
US3847004A (en) * 1971-03-25 1974-11-12 Bringewald Process Corp Apparatus and method for applying pressure and die and method for forming a part
US3845654A (en) * 1973-07-13 1974-11-05 Caterpillar Tractor Co Die forming apparatus
FR2563277A1 (fr) * 1984-04-19 1985-10-25 Snecma Procede pour renover des joints-labyrinthes uses, en particulier sur des pieces de turbomachines, et outils pour mettre en oeuvre ce procede
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