Patent ID: 8128855

Claim:
Method for producing a condenser, which is provided with a plurality of pipes extending parallel to each other and disposed in a specified grid, with ends of said pipes being held by a base plate, characterized by the following sequential method steps: providing a pan having a base surface provided with a plurality of bores disposed in a defined grid and pipe sockets aligned with the bores, introducing filling pins into the pipe sockets, introducing granules of thermoplastic material into the pan, melting the granules in the pan to establish molten granules, introducing centering pins into the pipe sockets while pushing out the filling pins, sliding the pan, including the molten granules, onto free ends of the pipes, cooling the molten granules to form a base plate receiving the free ends of the pipes in a gas-tight manner, said base plate being made of the thermoplastic material of the granules, and subsequently pulling the pan and the centering pins off a connection of the base plate and pipes.