Abstract: A water cooled panel (1), e.g. for metallurgical use, is constructed from a plurality of rectangular hollow section tube lengths (2), with adjacent tube lengths oriented corner-to-corner in a diamond array, with geometrical diagonals (4) of the tubes in a common plane (5), or generally so, and with means (6, 7, 12) to secure the tubes in such orientation, and with means (14-20) to ensure water flow communication between an end portion of one tube length (2) and an end portion of an adjacent tube length (2).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2000
Assignee:
P. Howard Industrial Pipework Services Ltd.