Abstract: A progressive die for forming a turbulator having multiple rows of axial corrugations. The corrugations are slit and offset such that artificial turbulence is generated as it passes through the corrugations. The device includes a plurality of dies disposed along an axial material direction. A flat strip of material enters the dies and is folded about its longitudinal axis in a relatively wide V-fold. As the strip of material moves forward, it is intermittently stamped in the series of dies. The initial dies create a central V-shaped fold that gradually narrows into a U-shaped channel with straight walls. Once the first corrugation is formed, a series of progressive dies form the remaining corrugations in alternating fashion. Next, the material moves through a slitting station that provides apertures and an axial offset such that adjacent sections of the corrugation are slit and offset in the axial direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Voss Manufacturing, Inc.
Inventors:
Kenneth L. Adams, Michael E. Harmer, Robert L. Carlo
Abstract: A serpentine louvered heat exchange element comprising a folded metallic strip having a length and width wherein the length is over ten times the width prior to being folded. The strip has back and forth folds with legs having substantially equal lengths defined therebetween. A plurality of the legs are provided with louvres having openings which allow the passage of fluid. Each of the folds have a fold apex with an observable preformed fold arc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 1992
Date of Patent:
September 27, 1994
Assignee:
Voss Manufacturing, Inc.
Inventors:
Kazimierz Sadowski, Donald Ziemendorf, Robert Carlo, Gary Kochems