Apparatus for brazing end plates and the like

An apparatus for brazing of end plates and the like onto tubes of variable sized heat exchangers having a plurality of work stations, said apparatus including a brazing station and conveyor means comprising endless guiding means at least in part extending in a horizontal path, a plurality of upright support bars movably carried by said guiding means and connected together for common motion along said guiding means, each of said support bars carrying fitting means, the fitting means of adjacent support bars being adapted to engage the bottom side of the end plate of a given heat exchanger and each of said fitting means being disposed at a common height on said support bars whereby each of said heat exchangers may be successively conveyed through the brazing station with the uppermost end plates all arranged in a common horizontal plane to facilitate the brazing thereof.