Mahle International Gmbh

Estra Automotive Systems Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Thierry Berger

Gary Scott Vreeland

Vincent Nautet

Hervé Damotte

Fadil Ayad

Richard Cipriano

Bruno Prochette

Chris Calhoun

Philippe Biver

Youen Puillandre

A flat heat exchanger tube is formed from a single metal strip and comprising two opposite spaced apart broad sides in a thickness direction of said tube and two opposite nose-forming narrow sides in a width direction of said tube. The strip has two longitudinal edges, the first longitudinal edge being contiguous to the first broad side and the second longitudinal edge being contiguous to the second broad side. The two longitudinal edges of the strip are joined together at a first one of the narrow sides, both longitudinal edges being convex-shaped so that the first edge forms an outer convex bend and the second edge forms an inner convex bend that fits in the outer convex bend and conforms to its internal curvature.

Flat heat exchanger tube

In a method for producing a thermal component () a pipe () having a fluid channel () with an inner profile () is provided, and a swirler () having an outer profile () corresponding to the inner profile () is inserted into the fluid channel (). A thermal component () manufactured in this manner includes a pipe () having a fluid channel (), and a swirler. The fluid channel () of the pipe () includes an inner profile () corresponding to an outer profile () of the swirler (), and the swirler is disposed in the fluid channel ().

Thermal component, method for producing same, and heat exchanger

The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger forming between its plates a first flat flow tube in which a first fluid circulates between a first inlet orifice and a first outlet orifice, and a second flat flow tube in which a second fluid circulates between a second inlet orifice and a second outlet orifice. The two flat tubes form parallel arms which extend in a longitudinal direction (L) perpendicular to a transverse air flow traversing the heat exchanger, the first tube being upstream in the air flow and the second tube being downstream.

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