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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Rolf Brück, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Robert Diewald, Siegburg, DE;
Emitec Gesellschaft fur Emissionstechnologie mbH, Lohmar, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a honeycomb body from a stack having a plurality of at least partially structured sheet metal layers forming a plurality of channels through which a fluid can pass, including a mould having an internal shape substantially corresponding to an external shape of a honeycomb body to be produced, a wrapping device for holding a stack at least partially structured sheet metal layers at a central region thereof, the wrapping device being pivotally disposed about an axis for wrapping the stack, and a holding device having positioning elements at least partially insertable into channels formed in the central region of the stack for maintaining a structural configuration in the central region of the stack during a wrapping of the stack.