Heat exchanger frame components
AssigneeThe A.P.V. Company Limited
InventorMichael P. Bond
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Abstract
In a plate heat exchanger of large dimensions the frame members, such as the head and follower, become very heavy and bulky so manufacture and handling becomes matters of difficulty. In accordance with the present invention a head (4) or follower (12) of a plate heat exchanger frame is made-up from separate slabs (5, 6, 7 or 13, 14, 15 respectively). A range of heat exchangers may then have common standard upper and lower slabs and either no intermediate slab or a selected one or more of a range of intermediate slabs.
Claims12
A frame element for a plate heat exchanger frame, said frame comprising a head, an end stop, a top rail extending between the end stop and the head, and a follower mounted on the top rail whereby a pack of plates may be suspended on the top rail and compressed between the head and the follower to form the heat exchanger:
- characterized in that the frame element, selected from the head and follower, consists of two or more separate slab form members having means to connect them.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.