Multi-tube insertion fixture and process
AssigneeLiebert Corporation
InventorMatthew Dixon
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Abstract
A method and fixture for assembling a plurality of tubes to a tubesheet. A first end of each of the tubes is situated over a corresponding support rod that extends from a pattern block of the fixture. A first end of a plurality of locating members is inserted into a second end of each of the tubes such that a second end of the locating member extends from the tube second end. The tubesheet is then slid over the locating members and tubes such that each of a plurality of holes in the tubesheet receive corresponding ones of the tubes.
Claims14
A method for assembling a plurality of tubes to a tubesheet, the method comprising the steps of:
- situating a first end of each of the tubes over a corresponding support rod that extends from a pattern block;
- inserting a first end of a plurality of locating members into a second end of each of the tubes such that a second end of the locating member extends from the tube second end;
- and
- sliding a first tubesheet over the locating members and tubes such that each of a plurality of holes in the tubesheet receive corresponding ones of the tubes.
A fixture for assembling a plurality of tubes to a tubesheet, the fixture comprising:
- a pattern block;
- a plurality of support rods, each of the support rods having first and second ends, the first ends being attachable to the pattern block, the second ends adapted to receive one end of a corresponding tube;
- and
- a plurality of locating members, each of the locating members defining a first end that is receivable by a second end of a corresponding tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.