US3781960A - Method of manufacturing a tube and tin radiator - Google Patents

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US3781960A
US3781960A US00240589A US3781960DA US3781960A US 3781960 A US3781960 A US 3781960A US 00240589 A US00240589 A US 00240589A US 3781960D A US3781960D A US 3781960DA US 3781960 A US3781960 A US 3781960A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-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
    • F28D1/02Heat-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
    • F28D1/04Heat-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 tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053Heat-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 tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/0535Heat-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 tubular conduits the conduits being straight the conduits having a non-circular cross-section
    • F28D1/05366Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/02Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-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
    • F28D1/02Heat-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
    • F28D2001/0253Particular components
    • F28D2001/026Cores
    • F28D2001/0266Particular core assemblies, e.g. having different orientations or having different geometric features
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/49Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/4935Heat exchanger or boiler making
    • Y10T29/49377Tube with heat transfer means
    • Y10T29/49378Finned tube
    • Y10T29/4938Common fin traverses plurality of tubes
    • YGENERAL 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
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    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/49Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49789Obtaining plural product pieces from unitary workpiece
    • Y10T29/49794Dividing on common outline
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00Metal working
    • Y10T29/49Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49789Obtaining plural product pieces from unitary workpiece
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  • ABSTRACT A method of manufacturing a radiator from a strip of sheet material having a maximum thickness of 1 mm; by means of a die, rows of uniform apertures are punched, after which the strip is cut longitudinally through the centers of the apertures, so that strips having a maximum width of 25 mm are formed. The strips are then spaced apart a maximum distance of 3 mm with the apertures in alignment, and cooling water pipes are inserted in each row of apertures and soldered.
  • the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a radiator which comprises a number of cooling water pipes which communicate at one end with an inlet and at the other end with an outlet for cooling water.
  • the radiator furthermore comprises a number of Strips which extend at right angles to the cooling water pipes and are connected to said pipes in a heat-conducting relationship.
  • Radiators of the type to which the present invention relates are used for example in the cooling system of combustion engines to give off thermal energy to the atmosphere.
  • the radiator is usually accommodated under the bonnet of the relevant vehicle.
  • the available space and in particular the available front surface is restricted.
  • engines having higher powers and also for external combustion engines in which two cases a large amount of thermal energy has to be dissipated via the radiator, it is of great importance to have a radiator construction available which has a large cooling capacity per unit of front surface area.
  • a'radiator which consists of a number of elements which enclose an angle with each other so that a zig-zag structure is formed for the front and rear surface.
  • This radiator is furthermore characterized by the fact that the thickness of each element is at most 25 mm and furthermore the hydraulic diameter of the air ducts in the elements is smaller than 2 mm. In this manner a radiator is obtained having an extremely large cooling capacity per unit of front surface area.
  • the object of the present invention to provide a method with which the above-described radiator can be series-produced in a simple and hence cheap manner.
  • the method according to the invention is characterized in that a strip of sheet material having a thickness of at most 1 mm is provided, by means of a die, with a number of rows of uniform recesses. Afterward the strip is cut in its longitudinal direction by means of a cutting tool across the centre of the said recesses, so that a number of strips is obtained having a width of at most 25 mm, the said recesses opening into a side edge of said strips.
  • the strips at mutually equal distances of at most 3 mm are directed on their sides in parallel, with the recesses in alignment, and are conveyed along a pipe inserting mechanism in which a cooling water pipe is inserted into each row of recesses.
  • the formed assembly of strips and pipes is then soldered together and the strips are subsequently interrupted at a given length to obtain a radiator element.
  • the transport of the strips past the pipe inserting mechanism can be carried out by moving the pipes present already in the recesses so that a good positioning of the recesses relative to each other in the juxtaposed strips is always ensured.
  • the starting material in a further embodiment is sheet material having a thickness of at most 4 mm, which sheet is passed between two rollers one of which comprises a number of parallel recesses extending according to a generatrix and having a depth of at least 3 mm and the other of which is smooth so that a strip of sheet material is obtained which is flat on one side and comprises ribs of the other side.
  • starting material is sheet material comprising a layer of joining material and/or the strips, after punching the recesses, are provided with such a layer, while the pipes are also covered with a layer of joining material, the joining being carried out by passing a warm current of gas through the assembly of pipes and strips.
  • the insertion of the cooling water pipes is carried out by making the pipes to length and then flattening said pipes, at least over the length covered by the strips, to a thickness which corresponds substantially to the width of the recesses in the strips. Next these pipes are supplied to one or two drivable pipe drums in which the pipes are retained to in the proximity of the position where the juxtaposed strips substantially contact the pipe drum and the pipes engage in the relevant recesses and the drums take along the strips via the pipes. In this manner a good synchronization of the movement of the drums and of the strips is automatically ensured.
  • the strips are supported, at least at the area where they substantially contact the pipe drum, on their side remote from the relevant drum by a slightly curved surface so that the recesses facing said drum are also slightly bent open. This also has the great advantage that, after the insertion into the recesses, the pipes are clamped which benefits the heat transfer.
  • the recesses are provided in the strips in such manner that they enclose a small angle of at most 20 with the normal on the side of the relevant strips.
  • Another embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that, during punching the recesses, recesses of a different shape are punched at regular distances which, after soldering, form fracture lines in the formed assembly along which the radiator elements can be separated, after which 'a number of said elements are arranged at an angle with each other and are joined together.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a radiator obtained according to the above-described method.
  • This radiator combines a surprisingly large cooling capacity with comparatively low costs of manufacture and material. The invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the drawing.
  • FIGS. 1, la, 1b, and 16 show in fragmentary views in perspective, initial stages of manufacture according to this invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show in fragmentary views in perspective subsequent stages in said manufacture.
  • FIG. 4 shows a front elevation view of a radiator formed by this invention.
  • FIG. shows a top plan view of the radiator of FIG. 4.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 show diagrammatically by way of example the manufacture of a radiator.
  • Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 denotes a strip of sheet material having a thickness of 0.l mm. This strip is guided through a punching device 2 which is shown diagrammatically and comprises a block of dies containing a large number of dies which punch rows of recesses 3 in the sheet, and one row of dies which punch recesses 4 of a different shape.
  • the strip of material is then guided through a cutting machine 5 having a number of knives 6 which cut the sheet into a number of strips 7 having a width of 16 mm.
  • the knives 6 cut exactly across the centre of the recesses 3 and 4 so that said recesses open into a side edge of each of the strips 7.
  • the recesses 3 extend slightly obliquely relative to the relevant side wall of the strip. This is not necessary; in certain circumstances the recesses 3 may have a shape as is shown in FIG. la in which they extend at right angles to the line along which the knives 6 cut the sheet. An advantage of this latter is the much simpler form of the dies.
  • the formed strips 7 are wound on a reel 8 and that in such manner that the recesses 3 of all the strips face the same side with their open sides, which means that every other strip has to be turned. After a certain length of strip has been wound on the reel 8, the strip is broken or cut or clipped and the full reel is ready for further processing.
  • a number of full reels 8 are placed on uncoilers 9 (FIG. 2) in such manner that in each reel the recesses 3 are directed upwards with their open sides.
  • the strips 7 are then guided from the reels through one or more orienting mechanisms 10 which are a type of comb-like guides having teeth which are approximately 0.3 mm thick and placed approximately 0.1 mm apart. The strips 7 are guided between the teeth.
  • one strip and one intermediate distance together cover a width of 0.4 mm. So for a radiator having a height of 40 cm, already 1,000 strips are necessary. So for practical dimensions of radiators, more reels will be necessary than the 6 which are shown in the drawing. Considering some 40 strips each 16 mm wide per reel, even then reels are necessary in that case. This means that the utmost care should be paid to the orientation and support of the running strips and therefore a plurality of orienting mechanisms 10 will be used in practice.
  • the strips 7 are transferred to a conveyor belt 11 (FIG. 3) the surface of which is provided with a large number of moustache hairs having a thickness of approximately 0.3 mm and a transverse distance of 0.1 mm so that they take over the function of the orienting mechanism 10 and accurately hold the strips apart.
  • the flattened pipes 14 run to the pipe drum 12 which comprises on its circumference recesses 18 into which, each time when they pass below the duct 17, a pipe is fed.
  • the pipes laid in the recesses 18 are maintained there by the shield 20 which surrounds a part of the drum with a small amount of play.
  • the shield 20 terminates just above the strips 7 so that when the pipes 14 have arrived there, they slide out of the recesses 18 in the drum into the recesses 3 of the strips 7.
  • the strips 7 will also bend slightly, as a result of which the recesses are bent open a bit so that the pipes 14 can easily be inserted.
  • the strips 7 are further moved with the drum 12 because said drum comprises at either end catches 13 which engage the pipes present in the recesses as a toothed wheel so that a good synchronization of the movements of drum and strips is automatically ensured.
  • the relevant pipe gradually leaves the recess 18 and fully engages in the relevant recess 3 in which, as a result of the recoil of the strips the pipes 7 are clamped in the recesses 3 so that a good thermal contact is ensured.
  • the strips 7 are now fixed relative to each other so that no guides are necessary any more. In this manner, all the recesses 3 are provided with a pipe, after which the assembly of strips and pipes, which had all been tin-plated before the operation started, are guided through a heating device 21.
  • the width of the strips is not chosen to be larger than 25 mm, while in combination therewith with a minimum hydraulic diameter of the ducts through which the air flows, the ratio b/dh is smaller than 15 (b width of the strips and d,, hydraulic diameter), a radiator is obtained having a cooling capacity which is considerably larger than that of the known radiators.
  • the radiator in question furthermore has the advantage of light-weight and the construction is readily suitable for mechanisation.
  • a method of manufacturing a radiator which comprises a plurality of cooling water pipes having inlets and outlets and are positioned generally parallel to a first axis, and a plurality of strips of sheet material of maximum thickness 1 mm extending between said pipes and generally at a right angle to said axis, and
  • a method according to claim 1 comprising the further steps of forming on said strips and pipes a layer of solder before the pipes are inserted into said apertures; heating a gas to temperature above the melting point of said solder, and permanently joining said pipes and strips by flowing said heated gas into contact with said solder layers, where the pipes and strips intersect.
  • a method according to claim 1 comprising the further steps of partially flattening said pipes along their lengths between their ends from circular to oral crosssection.
  • a method according to claim 1 comprising the further steps of forming fracture perforations at specified locations intermediate said apertures, and fracturing a subsequently manufactured radiator element into separate parts along a line defined by a plurality of said perforations.

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