A machine for corrugating preformed plates that form the core element of a heat exchanger. A fold forming mechanism imparts an initial fold in the deformable links joining a series of preformed plates received from an external source. A gathering mechanism gathers the folded series of preformed plates to produce a flow of pairs of mating plates. Precut lengths of corrugated fins are then inserted between joined adjacent pairs of mating plates and a cut-off mechanism severs the deformable links of preselected pairs of links joining pairs of mating plates to separate individual core elements from the flow of plates.
申请公布号
EP0906169(A1)
申请公布日期
1999.04.07
申请号
EP19970926705
申请日期
1997.05.16
申请人
LIVERNOIS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY;FORD MOTOR COMPANY
发明人
PATERNOSTER, RONALD;SCHORNHORST, CARL, ECKARDT;WISE, KEVIN, BENNETT;SELM, GERALD, JOSEPH