Patent ID: 6293002
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
A heat exchanger assembling apparatus comprising:a tube loading device for loading tubes of a heat exchanger, in an aligned state, into a tray having a plurality of partitions spaced at intervals;a fin supply device for supplying fins to spaces between the partitions of the tray;a support supply device for supplying supports to the spaces between the partitions at an outermost side of the tray;a vision inspector for inspecting whether the fins, the tubes, and the supports are appropriately arranged in the tray without any spaces indicating missing parts;a discharging device for discharging the fins, the tubes, and the supports from the tray to a table and aligning the fins, the tubes, and the supports with respect to a width direction and a length direction of the table;a transfer device for gripping the fins, the tubes, and the supports and transferring the fins, the tubes, and the supports to a header assembly table; anda header assembling device comprising:a pressing device for pressing and firmly holding a support on the header assembly table;a picket device for pushing the fins into spaces between the tubes;a header assembly device for coupling a header to the tubes by deforming an end portion of the tubes after fitting the header to the tubes, thereby assembling the header to the tubes on the header assembly table; anda transfer device for transferring the header assembling device relative to the header assembly table.