Production facility for pipe components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019061596-A1
Application number	US-201716081698-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 14, 2017
Priority date	Apr 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 28, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is one box body attached to an undercarriage of a trailer, and provided with a brazing area, a gastight testing area, and a finishing area aligned with one another in this order along a first side wall of the box body. In the brazing area, a plurality of members are bonded together by brazing to produce a half-finished product. In the gastight testing area, gas-tightness of the half-finished product is tested. In the finishing area, the half-finished product is covered with a thermal insulator to completely produce a pipe component. As a result, it becomes possible to properly dispose a working area, where the pipe component is produced, in the interior space of one box body without losing workability.

First claim

1 . A production facility producing a pipe component for use in installation of a refrigeration apparatus, the production facility comprising:
one box body disposed on an undercarriage of a vehicle to allow an interior space of the box body to serve as a working space; a brazing area formed in the interior space of the box body, and provided with at least a brazing table where a plurality of members are bonded together by brazing to produce a half-finished product; a gastight testing area formed in the interior space of the box body, and provided with at least a gastight testing table where gas-tightness of the half-finished product is tested; and a finishing area formed in the interior space of the box body, and provided with at least a finishing table where the half-finished product is covered with a thermal insulator to completely produce the pipe component, wherein in the interior space of the box body, the brazing area, the gastight testing area, and the finishing area are aligned with one another along a first side wall of the box body disposed along a longitudinal direction of the box body.

2 . The production facility of claim 1 , wherein
the box body has a rear end provided with a door, and the brazing area, the gastight testing area, and the finishing area are aligned with one another in this order from the rear end of the box body toward a front end of the box body.

3 . The production facility of claim 2 , wherein
the box body has a delivery port in the first side wall at a position along the finishing area, the delivery port delivering the pipe component out of the box body.

4 . The production facility of claim 3 , wherein
the delivery port is a laterally elongated opening extending along an upper surface of the finishing table.

5 . The production facility of claim 3 , further comprising
a sheet member stretching from the delivery port to an outside of the box body, and receiving the pipe component fed from the delivery port.

6 . The production facility of claim 1 , further comprising
a pipe bender disposed adjacent to the brazing area in a width direction of the box body, and bending a pipe constituting the half-finished product.

7 . The production facility of claim 1 , wherein
the gastight testing table is provided with: a cover member housing the half-finished product by covering the half-finished product that is a target for the gastight test; and an air supply fan supplying the testing space with air outside the box body.

8 . The production facility of claim 1 , wherein
the box body has an openable/closable second side wall facing the first side wall.

9 . The production facility of claim 8 , wherein
the box body is in a shape of a plate extending in the longitudinal direction of the box body, and has a passage formation member outwardly extending from a side of a bottom of the box body with the second side wall being opened.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• SHIOTSUKI Satoshi
• Shigenaga Yukio

Classifications

• B23K1/0008

  specially adapted for particular articles or work · CPC title

• B60P3/14 Primary

  the object being a workshop for servicing, for maintenance, or for carrying workmen during work (lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins for workmen B66F11/04) · CPC title

• F24F1/32

  for connecting the separate outdoor units to indoor units · CPC title

• F16L13/08

  Soldered joints · CPC title

• B21D7/06

  in press brakes or between rams and anvils or abutments; Pliers with forming dies · CPC title