Hello All,
I have fabricated a plate type heat exchanger. Currently, I amdoing a different heat exchanger design. The heat exchanger plateshave 2mm channels of semicircular cross-section. Please check theattachments for details. Plate 1 gives the overall plate, plate1ashows the semicircular c/s channel at one of the corner holes(start point), plate 1b shows the partially cut (not semicircularc/s) at the diagonally opoiste corner hole. Following are the stepsthat I followed to get the channel
a) Draw plate of given dimensions
b) Extrude cut holes on the four corners of the plate
c) Sketch the path of the channel
d) create a plane at one of the corner holes and sketch asemicircle on that plane of radius 1mm
e) Extrude the semicircular sketch (to arbitrary depth) to createthe profile and use that to sweep cut along the path sketched in(c)
here is where I have the problem: when I sweep cut, at the end ofthe path (which is the diagonally opposite corner hole) I do nothave semicircular cross-section). In other words, it does not cutfully. I am wondering if anyone can help me find a way out of this.Thanks in advance,
Besides, I have around 12 channels on a single plate. Can I somehowuse linear pattern and avoid the tedious task of doing it for allthe 12 channels ? The channels have a pitch of 2.5 mm. Pls let meknow.
Sai
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I have fabricated a plate type heat exchanger. Currently, I amdoing a different heat exchanger design. The heat exchanger plateshave 2mm channels of semicircular cross-section. Please check theattachments for details. Plate 1 gives the overall plate, plate1ashows the semicircular c/s channel at one of the corner holes(start point), plate 1b shows the partially cut (not semicircularc/s) at the diagonally opoiste corner hole. Following are the stepsthat I followed to get the channel
a) Draw plate of given dimensions
b) Extrude cut holes on the four corners of the plate
c) Sketch the path of the channel
d) create a plane at one of the corner holes and sketch asemicircle on that plane of radius 1mm
e) Extrude the semicircular sketch (to arbitrary depth) to createthe profile and use that to sweep cut along the path sketched in(c)
here is where I have the problem: when I sweep cut, at the end ofthe path (which is the diagonally opposite corner hole) I do nothave semicircular cross-section). In other words, it does not cutfully. I am wondering if anyone can help me find a way out of this.Thanks in advance,
Besides, I have around 12 channels on a single plate. Can I somehowuse linear pattern and avoid the tedious task of doing it for allthe 12 channels ? The channels have a pitch of 2.5 mm. Pls let meknow.
Sai
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