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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Bruce David Harkins, Clear Lake Shores, TX (US);
Jan Szymon Illakowicz, Spring, TX (US);
Bruce David Harkins, Clear Lake Shores, TX (US);
Jan Szymon Illakowicz, Spring, TX (US);
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of attaching an air duct to a recuperator core may include welding a pair of butterpasses along a length of each of a plurality of core portions, connecting the plurality of core portions to one another to form the recuperator core and a pair of butterpasses extending along a length of the recuperator core, and attaching the air duct to the recuperator core along at least a portion of the pair of butterpasses. The method may also include controllably moving a welding torch into the air duct and along substantially the length of the recuperator core and controllably welding each butterpass to the air duct along substantially the length of the recuperator core without adding metal to the weld.