ARRANGEMENT FOR A TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

An arrangement for a tempering device may include a component including an opening. The arrangement may also include a tubular body through which a fluid is flowable. The tubular body may include a connecting section that may be arranged in and held by the opening of the component. At least one of the tubular body and the component may also include a plastic layer, more specifically a plastic coating, for sealing the opening.

Claims

1. An arrangement for a tempering device comprising: a component including an opening; and a tubular body through which a fluid is flowable, the tubular body including a connecting section arranged in the opening and held by the component; wherein at least one of the tubular body and the component includes a plastic layer for sealing the opening, and wherein the plastic layer is a plastic coating.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the plastic layer is arranged on at least one of the connecting section and a region of the opening.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the connecting section is deformed to connect the component and the tubular body.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein deformation of the connecting section results in an accumulation of material of the plastic layer.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the component is plastic.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the component is structured as one of a plate and a fin.

7. A method for producing an arrangement comprising: providing a component including an opening; providing a tubular body through which a fluid is flowable, the tubular body including a connecting section; arranging a plastic layer on at least one of the connecting section and a region of the opening; inserting the connecting section into the opening; and deforming the connecting section within the opening connecting the tubular body and the component.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein deforming the connection section includes forming an accumulation of material of the plastic layer for sealing the opening.

9. A modular system for the modular production of a tempering device, comprising: at least one arrangement including: a component including an opening; and a tubular body through which a fluid is flowable, the tubular body including a connecting section arranged in the opening and held by the component; wherein at least one of the tubular body and the component includes a plastic layer for sealing the opening, and wherein the plastic layer is a plastic coating; and at least one box configured to at least one of collect and distribute the fluid that flows through the tubular body; and wherein the at least one arrangement and the at least one box are able to be connected to one another.

10. A tempering device for controlling the temperature of an object or of a fluid, comprising: an arrangement including: a component including an opening; and a tubular body through which a fluid is flowable, the tubular body including a connecting section arranged in the opening and held by the component; wherein at least one of the tubular body and the component includes a plastic layer for sealing the opening, and wherein the plastic layer is a plastic coating; and a box configured to at least one of collect and distribute the fluid that flows through the tubular body; and wherein the arrangement is connected to the box.

11. The tempering device according to claim 10, wherein: p1 the component is plastic and structured as a plate; the box is plastic; and component and the box are connected to one another in a materially integral manner.

12. The tempering device according to claim 10, wherein the tempering device is produced from a modular system.

13. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the connecting section is deformed within the opening connecting the component and the tubular body.

14. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein deformation of the connecting section results in an accumulation of material of the plastic layer.

15. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the component is plastic.

16. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the component is structured as one of a plate and a fin.

17. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the connecting section is deformed within the opening connecting the component and the tubular body, and wherein the deformation results in an accumulation of material of the plastic layer.

18. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the deformation of the connecting section results in an accumulation of material of the plastic layer.

19. The tempering device according to claim 10, wherein the plastic layer is arranged on at least one of the connecting section and a region of the opening.

20. The tempering device according to claim 10, wherein the connecting section is deformed within the opening connecting the component and the tubular body, and wherein the deformation results in an accumulation of material of the plastic layer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] There are shown, respectively diagrammatically,

[0030] FIG. 1 a section through an arrangement during production,

[0031] FIG. 2 the section of FIG. 1 after producing the arrangement,

[0032] FIG. 3 a modular system in sectional illustration,

[0033] FIG. 4 a section through a tempering device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] FIG. 1 shows an arrangement 1 during its production. The arrangement 1 has at least one tubular body 2, wherein two such tubular bodies 2 can be seen in FIG. 1. In the method step, shown in FIG. 1, for the production of the arrangement 1, the tubular bodies 2 are configured identically and have respectively a substantially cylindrical shape. The arrangement 1 has in addition a component 3, which runs transversely to the tubular bodies 2. The component 3 can be constructed for example as a tube plate 4, or abbreviated as plate 4, or as a fin 5. The component 3 has an opening 6 associated with the respective tubular body 2. Here, a connecting section 7 of the respective tubular body 2 is inserted or respectively introduced into the associated opening 6.

[0035] The tubular bodies 2 can be produced respectively from a metallic material, for example from aluminium. The component 3 is produced from a plastic.

[0036] As can be seen in FIG. 1, a plastic layer 8 is provided in the connecting section 7 of the respective tubular body 2 between the opening 6 and the connecting section 7. The respective plastic layer 8 extends on the outer side of the tubular body 2 beyond the connecting section 7. Here, the plastic layers 8 of both tubular bodies 2 have the same size. The respective plastic layer 8 can be applied onto the tubular body 8 or respectively on the inner side of the opening 6. For this, the tubular body 2 or respectively the opening 6 of the component 3 is preferably coated with the plastic layer 8.

[0037] In FIG. 1 it can be seen in addition that the plastic layer 8 substantially fills a gap 9 arranged between the tubular body 2 in the connecting section 7 and the component 3 in the opening 6, wherein the respective plastic layer 8 along the associated tubular body 2 has a substantially identical layer thickness 10, running transversely to the tubular body 2. Hereby, the respective plastic layer 8 already guarantees hereby a sealing of the associated opening 6. Here, the respective tubular body 2 and/or the associated opening 6 can be provided with the plastic layer 8 before the arranging or respectively introducing of the respective tubular body 2 into the associated opening 6. However, it would also be conceivable to provide the respective plastic layer 8 after the arranging of the associated tubular body 2 in the associated opening 6.

[0038] For improving the sealing effect of the respective seal, a deformation of the respective tubular body 2 takes place, as is illustrated in FIG. 2. Here, the respective tubular body 2 which is shown is deformed in a different manner. The deformation of the right-hand tubular body 2, in the illustration of FIG. 2, takes place in such a way that the tubular body 2 is bent outwards in the direction of the component 3 in a deformation section 11 projecting out from the associated opening 6. Here, the connecting section 11 can be an end section of the associated tubular body 2. Such a deformation can take place for example by means of a pin, not shown, which is introduced into the tubular body 2. Through the outwardly directed bending of the tubular body 2 in the deformation section 11, an accumulation of material 12 is created between the deformation section 11 and the component 3, which accumulation of material improves or respectively intensifies the sealing effect of the seal of the opening 6 realized by the plastic layer 8.

[0039] In the case of the left-hand tubular body 2 in FIG. 2, the deformation takes place in the connecting section 7 in that the connection section 7 is widened in the opening 6. Hereby, an outwardly directed curvature 13 of the tubular body 2 occurs in the associated opening 6 in the connecting section 7, and a corresponding curvature 13 of the component 3 in the associated opening 6, which likewise lead to an accumulation of material 12. This accumulation of material 12 is arranged in the associated opening 6 and improves the sealing effect of the seal, brought about with the plastic layer 8.

[0040] The respective plastic layer 8 has, in addition, the advantage that it creates a certain flexibility between the associated tubular body 2 and the component 3. This means that in particular thermal stresses can be reduced between the tubular body 2, produced from a metallic material, and the component 3, produced from plastic. In addition, the tubular bodies 2 are movable relative to the component 3 in a region predetermined in particular by the provision of the plastic layer 8. This means that a rigid connection between the respective tubular body 2 and the component 3 is prevented. Hereby, in particular tolerances of the arrangement 1 can be equalized.

[0041] In FIG. 3 a modular system 14 is shown, to the components of which such an arrangement 1 belongs. The modular system 14 allows a modular composition of a tempering device 15 (see FIG. 4 ), wherein the arrangement 1 can be a module 16 of the modular system 14. The modular system 14 has further elements 17, which are composed together with the arrangement 1 for the production of the tempering device 15, and can also be configured in a modular manner and in different variants. Here in FIG. 3 such an element 17 is shown, which is configured as a box 18 and is able to be connected with the arrangement 1.

[0042] FIG. 4 shows such a tempering device 15, which is configured as a heat exchanger 19. Here, a fluid, for example a coolant, flows through the tubular bodies 2, in order to control the temperature of an object, not shown here, or respectively another fluid, not shown here. The component 3 of the arrangement 1, illustrated in FIG. 4, is configured as such a plate 4 which together with the element 17, configured as a box 18, forms a collector 20 or distributor 21 of the tempering device 15. Here, the collector 20 or respectively distributor 21 serves to collect the fluid flowing through the tubular body 2 and to distribute it between the tubular bodies 2.

[0043] In the example which is shown, the box 18 is produced from plastic and is connected in a materially integral manner with the base 4, produced from plastic, of the arrangement 1. In this way, seals for sealing the collector 20 or respectively distributor 21 can be dispensed with.

[0044] Through the invention, therefore, a favourably priced and simple production of such an arrangement 1 and of such a tempering device 15 is possible in different variations.