Component and associated production method
AssigneesMahle International GmbH, Behr GmbH & Co.
InventorsVeit Bruggesser, Juergen Stehlig, Andreas Eilemann, Hubert Pomin, Christian Saumweber
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Abstract
A method for producing an intake module may include providing a housing and at least one intercooler arranged therein; forming at least two housing parts via injection molding from plastic; inserting at least one intercooler into at least one of the housing parts; wherein the housing parts, with at least one intercooler inserted therein, are welded together to form the housing; and wherein the intercooler has contact points to at least two of the housing parts.
Claims19
A method for producing an intake module, comprising:
- providing a housing and at least one intercooler arranged therein;
- forming at least two housing parts via injection moulding from plastic;
- inserting at least one intercooler into at least one of the housing parts;
- and
- welding together the housing parts, with at least one intercooler inserted therein, to form the housing;
- wherein the intercooler has contact points to at least two of the housing parts;
- and
- wherein the housing parts have at least one receptacle holding the intercooler in a positive-locking manner at least in certain sections.
An intake module production device, comprising:
- an injection moulding device for injection moulding at least two housing parts of an intake module from plastic;
- an insertion device for inserting at least one intercooler into at least one of the housing parts;
- and
- a welding device for welding together the housing parts, with at least one intercooler inserted therein, so as to form the intake module;
- wherein at least one of the insertion device and the welding device includes a robot arm, and the welding device includes at least one heating element configured to heat respective welding zones of the housing parts, hot gas flowing out of the at least one heating element to act on the respective welding zones.
A method, comprising:
- forming at least two housing parts by injection moulding from plastic in a respective moulding tool section;
- inserting, by an insertion device, at least one intercooler into at least one of the housing parts;
- heating, by at least one heating element of a welding device, the housing parts at respective welding zones;
- welding, by the welding device, the housing parts together at welding zones to form a housing with the at least one intercooler inserted therein;
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- wherein the intercooler has contact points to at least two of the housing parts, and wherein the housing parts have at least one receptacle holding the at least one intercooler in a positive-locking manner at least in certain sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.