Behr Gmbh & Co.

Behr Gmbh Co. Kg

Mahle Behr Gmbh & Co. Kg

Ralf Bochert

Walter Wolf

Herbert Damsohn

Rainer Richter

Martin Kaspar

Werner Helms

Volker Kurz

Roland Hemminger

Gerrit Wölk

Wolfgang Kramer

Dieter Bauer

Arnoldt Rehm

Roland Schirrmacher

Arnold Rehm

Herbert Hunzelmann

Harald Bansemer

Thorsten Brecht

The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for motor vehicles, comprising a soldered heat exchanger network made of flat pipes () and corrugated ribs (). A liquid and/or vaporous-type medium can flow through the flat tubes () and air can circulate around the corrugated ribs. One corrugated rib respectively comprises two surfaces () which are arranged in an essentially parallel manner in relation to each other and which are connected respectively by an arch-shaped piece () which is soldered to a flat pipe, said arch-shaped piece comprising three sections () which have different curvatures.

Flat pipe-shaped heat exchanger

A heat exchanger, produced by the insertion of welded pipes into a rib pack, has a good connection between the rib pack and the pipes after expansion of the pipes. An optimal contact of the pipes against the passages in the cooling fins of the rib pack is achieved because the weld base of the welded pipe lies in a recess. The recess is formed by reduction of the wall thickness of a strip material from which the welded pipe is produced.

Heat exchanger having a welded pipe which has a reduced wall thickness

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Remseck, Germany

Ralf Bochert