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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Werner Zobel, Boblingen, DE;
Werner Zobel, Boblingen, DE;
Modine Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for producing tubes for use in a heat exchanger that includes providing first and second metallic strips on a rolling mill train with predetermined breaking points using a device, deforming the strips to form the a tube, separating individual tubes from the tube at the predetermined breaking points, sensing positions of the predetermined breaking points in the strips using a sensing element which the strips pass through, transmitting signals relating to sensed positions of the predetermined breaking points of the strips to a computer, comparing the positions of the predetermined breaking points in the first and the second strips using the computer on the basis of the signals transmitted, and sending signals to the device using the computer which lead to the alignment of the positions of the predetermined breaking points in the first and the second strips.