Abstract: A header tube for heat exchangers with a tube segment having slots which are perpendicular to the tube axis and spaced in the longitudinal direction and separated by webs, into which hollow flat pipes can be inserted and joined to the contact surface of the respective slot. The webs each have a pair of stampings to strengthen the material on each side of each web and the webs are shaped largely flat such that the cross-section of the tube segment has a largely D-shaped profile. A method of manufacturing the header tubes is also presented.

Abstract: A spacer to bridge the interspace between two parallel panes of glass in a multilayer insulating glass. The spacer includes two hollow metal sections mutually spaced apart. A solid web of an unfoamed and fully-cured polyurethane casting compound fills the space between the hollow sections and adheres to the facing surfaces of the sections. The hollow sections and solid web form a spacer having relatively high torsional rigidity and electrical insulation, and having relatively low thermal conductivity between the glass panes. The outside surface of the web is covered with a layer impermeable to vapor.