System for fastening cooling elements

A system for fastening cooling elements to a component, said system comprising:

• a base device including a number of rows of heating elements to support a bottom side of the component, with the heating elements being arranged along a respective row;
• a gripping device arranged on the base device and including a corresponding number of rows with rail elements along which the cooling elements are to be arranged, with the rail elements being arranged along a respective row such that an nth row of heating elements is in congruence with an nth row of rail elements, said rail elements being configured to temporarily hold the cooling elements on the gripping device;
• and
• an application device configured to apply an adhesive joint onto a base-device-distal topside of the component in strips in congruence with the rows along which the heating elements are arranged,
• wherein the gripping device is configured to arrange the cooling elements on the strips of the adhesive joint and to press the cooling elements against the topside of the component, and
• wherein the heating elements are configured to heat the adhesive joint between the cooling elements and the topside of the component to a temperature which is at least as high as a curing temperature of the adhesive joint.

A method for fastening cooling elements to a component, said method comprising:

• arranging a number of rows of heating elements on a base device;
• arranging a corresponding number of rows of rail elements on a gripping device;
• arranging the gripping device on the base device such that an nth row with heating elements is in congruence with an nth row of rail elements;
• placing the component with its bottom side on the heating elements;
• applying an adhesive joint onto a base-device distal topside of the component in strips in congruence with the rows along which the heating elements are arranged;
• temporarily holding the cooling elements on the gripping device;
• arranging the cooling elements along the rows of rail elements on the strips of the adhesive joint;
• pressing the cooling elements against the topside of the component;
• and
• heating with the heating elements the adhesive joint between the cooling elements and the topside of the component to a temperature which is at least as high as a curing temperature of the adhesive joint.