Method and installation for manufacturing a metallic component and component obtained by said method
US7064304B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49366
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat exchanger is manufactured by assembling a bundle of pipes to a pair of header tanks by inserting the ends of the pipes into corresponding holes in the header tanks. The ends of the pipes include a brazing material. The assembled heater core is placed into an adapted enclosure, and heated, for example, by induction or laser heating, to a temperature above the melting temperature of the brazing material to mechanically fix the ends of the pipes to the holes. Subsequently, the heater is switched off and the heat exchanger is cooled within the enclosure.
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