Patent ID: 7128130
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: F28F

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing vibration in a tube bundle, wherein the tube bundle having a plurality of tubes arranged in rows with tube lanes separating the tube rows, comprising: inserting at least one elongated longitudinally extending support strip within at least one tube lane, wherein each elongated longitudinally extending support strip having a pair of opposing faces and a plurality of successive transverse tube support rows located at successive longitudinal locations along the strip, wherein each tube support row having a plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones, wherein the plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones extend laterally outwards to engage with tubes in the tube bundle on opposite sides of a tube lane; and orienting the at least one elongated longitudinally extending support strip such that each tube adjacent the tube lane contacts at least one of the transverse tube support rows.