Tube bundle support

Supporting means in combination with tubes in a tube bundle or the like arranged in an array having a plurality of rows of parallel tubes extending between spaced apart support plates and having lanes between the rows of tubes comprising:

• a plurality of first strip members extending through the lanes of the bundles to provide supporting contact for the tubes,
• a plurality of second strip members extending through lanes of the bundles to provide supporting contact for the tubes,
• the lanes through which the first strip members extend being transverse to the lanes through which the second strip members extend, and
• frame means extending around the periphery of the array of the tube bundle in engagement with said strip members for retaining the same in place, said frame means including a first frame in engagement with the ends of said first strip members and a second frame in engagement with the ends of said second strip members, said first strip member having slots in the ends thereof and said first frame comprising frame members extending through said slots, said second strip members having slots in the ends thereof and said second frame comprising frame members extending through said slots.