Denso Corporation

Kazuhiro Mitsukawa

Takao Ikeda

Hidemasa Otsubo

Masafumi Torimoto

Ken Yamamoto

Kazutaka Suzuki

Yoshiyuki Yamauchi

Tatsuo Ozaki

Yoshinori Suzuki

Taichi Asano

Toshihide Ninagawa

Osamu Kobayashi

Hisashi Kobayashi

Koichiro Sato

Kuniharu Teshima

Mitsuyoshi Saito

Kenichi Kachi

Nobuyuki Morikawa

Noriyuki Miyazaki

Shoichi Takenouchi

U Ou

Masafumi Takahashi

Tetsuya Sakakibara

Norio Yoshida

Sachi Onaga

Kunio Yamada

Yoshinori Sakimoto

Shinya Nii

Shigenobu Furukawa

Shigenari Takigiri

Tomohiro Shiomi

Takahide Oohara

Kenta Nonoyama

Keisuke Nakamura

Masahito Sugiura

A fin according to the present disclosure is a corrugated fin formed of a metal plate by bending into a corrugated shape, and the corrugated fin includes peak portions extending in a first direction, valley portions extending in the first direction, and inclined portions connecting the peak portions and the valley portions adjacent to each other. The peak portions and the valley portions are alternately arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a thickness of the metal plate at each apex of the peak portions and the valley portions is larger than a thickness of the inclined portions of the metal plate.

Fin, heat exchanger with fin, and method of manufacturing fin

An offset fin manufacturing method for manufacturing offset fins includes a feeding step of feeding a strip plate, a connection forming step of forming a connection in the strip plate, and an offset fin forming step of bending a planar plate portion located between corresponding two of the connections. In the offset fin forming step, each offset fin is formed such that two of top surface portions, which are located at an upstream end and a downstream end, respectively, of the offset fin in a feed direction of the strip plate, are respectively and directly connected to corresponding two of the connections. One of two of lateral surface portions joined to a corresponding one of the two of the top surface portions is not offset, and thereby a length of the corresponding one of the two of the top surface portions measured along a wave continuation direction is increased.

Offset fin manufacturing method and offset fin manufacturing apparatus

In a corrugated plate manufacturing apparatus, each of a plurality of primary forming punches includes a plurality of primary pressable portions that are arranged one after another in a slider reciprocating direction and are pressable by a corresponding one of a plurality of primary sliders. When the primary sliders are sequentially moved toward one side in the slider reciprocating direction, each corresponding one of the primary sliders presses the primary pressable portions of the corresponding one of the primary forming punches to press the primary forming punch against a secondary die.

Corrugated plate manufacturing apparatus

A processing machine for performing a bending operation on a workpiece includes a die, a punch movable in a first direction for pressing the workpiece against the die, a slide member movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first cam device that moves the punch toward the die for deforming the workpiece when being actuated by movement of the slide member, a second cam device that moves the punch for pressing a surface of the workpiece when being actuated by movement of the slide member. The pressure angle of the second cam device is smaller than a pressure angle of the first cam device. The processing machine further includes a drive member configured to move the slide member such that the second cam device is actuated after the first cam device is actuated.

Processing machine and bending method

Flat-plate connecting portions are formed in a band plate by a connecting-portion forming unit. The flat-plate connecting portions are cut off by another connecting-portion forming unit except one flat-plate connecting portion so as to form a corrugated-plate connecting portion. A corrugated-plate portion is formed by a corrugation forming unit, so that the corrugated-plate portion has multiple projections arranged in a width direction of the band plate and each of the projections extends in a plate feeding direction. The corrugated-plate connecting portion corresponding to a predetermined connecting number is cut off so as to form a corrugated fin having a predetermined number of corrugated-plate portions.

A heat exchanger has a flat tube () having a curved portion (). A part of the curved portion () is formed by overlapping an outer rim () on an inner rim (). The inner rim () has a small curvature region (). The small curvature region () is inclined to a flat plate portion (), and is defined by a radius larger than a difference between a half of a thickness of the flat tube () and a thickness of the outer rim (). The small curvature region () is not beyond a center line (C) in a thickness of the flat tube (). The outer rim () extends beyond the center line (C). The outer rim () has an end face () placed on the small curvature region (). The flat tube () has flared portions () expanded at insertion holes ().

Heat exchanger

Multiple movable die portions (press punches) are respectively opposing to multiple fixed die portions (block members). Each of the press punches is sequentially pushed down with a predetermined time difference to the corresponding block member to continuously carry out press work to a material inserted into a press-work area between the press punches and the block members. A clearance is formed between a forward end of the press punch and a forward end of the block member at a position shortly before a press-work operating position in order to control a pulling force of the material, so that a shape distortion can be avoided.

Method for bending process and processing machine

A method of producing a flat tube T by bending a band-like material M to be worked, wherein the material M to be worked is pre-bent to form a pre-formed groove Md in the material M along the longitudinal center axis thereof. Thereafter, the material M to be worked is gradually moved so that both edge portions of the material M to be worked in the lengthwise direction thereof gradually approach each other with the pre-formed groove Md as a center to form a tubular shape.

Apparatus for producing a flat tube and method of producing a flat tube

A die rollcomprises a core partwhich is formed of an elastic material and faces a punch partof a punch rollThe core partpresses a bottom portionof a drawn portionof a metal materialand is separate from a surrounding die partand is provided with a spaceat the whole outer periphery of the core partIn accordance with the above configuration, swelling is suppressed at the bottom portionof the drawn portionand production of large wrinkles, which is a reason for folds, can be prevented by increase of pressing areas for preventing wrinkles at both sides of the drawn portion.

Method for roll forming, capable of preventing wrinkles and device therefor

A method for forming a plurality of slits in a tube includes first, forming a plurality of grooves in the pipe by operating a grooving punch along the length of each of the slits to be made. Then, each slit is formed in the pipe by operating a hole-making punch. The punch has ends at an acute angle and the punch is recessed from the ends toward the center thereof. In view of the fact that each groove is formed beforehand in the surface of the pipe and that the corresponding slit is made while moving the hole-making punch slowly from the ends, a large load is not exerted on the pipe and therefore the pipe is not crushed, burrs are not generated and the cutting chip is removed.

Method and apparatus for making holes in pipe

A heat exchanger has plural flat tubes through which refrigerant flows, and a pair of header tanks disposed on each longitudinal ends of the flat tubes. Each of the flat tubes has a flow passage portion having plural flow passages through which refrigerant flows, and a non-flow passage portion disposed on both sides of the flow passage portion, having at least one non-flow passage through which no refrigerant flows. The flow passage portion is inserted into the header tank so that the flow passages communicate with the header tank, and the non-flow passage portion is exposed outside the header tank. Each of the flow passages has a circular-shaped cross-section while the non-flow passage has a polygonal-shaped cross-section, so that a wall thickness of the non-flow passage is made thinner than that of the flow passages. Therefore, weight of the flat tube is decreased, while sufficient strength thereof is maintained. On the other hand, the header tank has an inner partition wall for partitioning the header tank into first and second tank passages having an oval-shaped cross-section, so that the header tank has high pressure resistance.

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Kazuhiro Mitsukawa