Swage method for cooling pipes

A metal component into which a cooling tube is placed, comprising:

• a first surface having a first outer point and a second inner point;
• a second surface having a third inner point and a fourth outer point;
• a groove located between the first and second surfaces, the groove having an inner surface that extends into the metal component, and that begins at the second inner point and ends at the third inner point;
• a first ridge that extends in a positive, vertical direction from around the second inner point and from a fifth point located between the first outer point and the second inner point, the first ridge having a height measured from the first surface;
• and
• a second ridge that extends in a positive, vertical direction from around the third inner point and from a sixth point located between the fourth outer point and the third inner point, the second ridge having a height measured from the second surface.

A metal cooling system, comprising:

• a metal component having:
• a top surface formed by swaging two ridges on the metal component onto a cooling tube, the cooling tube prior to swaging having a first wall thickness;
• a groove that extends into the metal component from the top surface, and holding the cooling tube;
• the cooling tube having an upper wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, the cooling tube having been placed into the groove, the cooling tube having an upper wall thickness less than the first wall thickness;
• and
• deformed metal around each side of the groove, the deformed metal formed by the two ridges being swaged into the cooling tube.

A method for installing a cooling tube into a metal component to cool the metal component, the method comprising the steps of:

• inserting the cooling tube into a groove of the metal component having a first surface and a second surface, and having at least one ridge where each of the at least one ridge extends in a positive, vertical direction from one of the first and second surfaces;
• the groove having an inner surface that extends from the first and second surfaces into the metal component, and
• the cooling tube having an outer surface, and having an outer diameter being approximately equal to the width of the groove at the surfaces, and the outer surface of the cooling tube being adjacent to the inner surface of the groove;
• and
• swaging the cooling tube into the groove by applying pressure to the at least one ridge until the at least one ridge and cooling tube are flush with the first and second surfaces.