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Brazed plate heat exchanger with a functional component

US9964361B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Klaus Kalbacher · Rangendingen, DE
Thomas Brauning · Stuttgart, DE
Rebecca C. Weiss · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2013
Grant date	May 8, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28F2280/06
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brazed plate heat exchanger with at least one stack of heat exchanger plates and at least one functional component connected by piping physically and in terms of flow to the stack, for example, a collecting tank, in which case the stack executes a settling movement during brazing. Production is achieved in that the plate heat exchanger with the functional component is produced in a vacuum brazing furnace in a single brazing process, in which at least one structure is contained in the piping that compensates for the settling movement of the plate stack. A corresponding production method is also proposed.

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