Patent · US Expired

Heat exchanger and method of producing same

US4955525A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1989
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28D1/0478
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of producing a heat exchanger comprising abutting a tube made of an aluminum material and fins made of an aluminum material, applying to the resulting abutments a flux containing zinc halide, and thereafter conducting a reaction soldering in an inert gas atmosphere. The assembled tube and fins applied with the flux may be moved in a position to enhance the formation of zinc deposited by the reaction soldering during the drying step of the flux. The heat exchanger produced by this method has a thick and uniform Zn coating at the joints with good mechanical strength and surface conditions.

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