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Apparatus for winding tubes around a core

US4155158A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 11, 1977
Grant dateMay 22, 1979
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Expiry dateNov 11, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7088
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for winding tubes around a core, for example in the manufacture of heat-exchangers, the device including a single horizontal platform concentric with the core and supporting a plurality of winder assemblies. The platform is movable both in translation and in rotation relative to the core so as to perform the winding of the tubes around the core and along the length of the core in a single operation.

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