Apparatus and method for manufacturing heat exchanger for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSung Wook Na, Hun Woo Park, Chi Myung Kim, Il Hwan Kim, Sung Bok Yoo, Soo Hwan Park
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger for a vehicle has a plurality of cooling panels bonded to each other by pressing a cooling panel module where the plurality of cooling panels are stacked vertically, including: a fixing portion for supporting top and bottom ends of the cooling panel module; and a pair of elastic portions that are provided between the top or bottom end of the cooling panel module and the fixing portion, and are arranged symmetrically based on a top or bottom surface of the cooling panel module to compress the cooling panel module.
Claims2
A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger for a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a plurality of cooling panels bonded to each other by pressing a cooling panel module where the plurality of cooling panels are stacked vertically, wherein each cooling panel is provided with an inlet through which coolant is input and an outlet through which the coolant is discharged;
- inserting a support pin into at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the cooling panel;
- brazing the cooling panel module where the support pin is inserted into at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the cooling panel;
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- cutting an end of at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the cooling panel;
- wherein the end to be cut at the cutting step includes a scrap that is formed at the brazing step to prevent the inlet and the outlet from being blocked by the scrap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.