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From design to manufacturing Climetal will
go hand-in-hand with you.

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Climetal Microchanel Simulation

Climetal Software for Microchannel Coils.

Climetal will assist you in the integration of the
Microchannel Technology in your Sytems. Our
products are customized, with this aim Climetal
uses a Simulation-Software to adapt our products
to your needs.
This on-line software (web based) is a free
calculation tool, very user-friendly; there is
no need to neither download nor to install it.

You just need a user name and password, an

internet connection and there you go! This will
allow you to make your own selections, obtaining
performance simulations in different working
conditions, e.g: type of refrigerant, dimensions,
airow, temperatures etc.

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Climetals drawings

Customized Design.
Climetals drawings ensure our customers the
coil will properly t into their equipment frame or
systems.
The drawings include all the dimensioning
details to achieve the completely satisfaction of
our customers.

We will also assist you in the design of the

coil and the related parts of your unit, i.e. by
recommending or reviewing different possibilities
regarding: connection, xing, supports, etc. for a
proper assembly of the heat exchanger in your
system.

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Fixing recommendations

Flexible hose

Rubber washer

Example of incorrect xing: weight

is on the microchannel.

Rubber support

When designing your xtures and brackets make sure you take into account the following concepts:
DILATATIONS:
Your coil will expand and contract during its
normal operation due to the extreme temperature
changes it will go through. Make sure your xing
system allows the coil to expand and contract
VERTICALLY and HORIZONTALLY. Otherwise,
the aluminum will fatigue and leak after sometime.
Make sure your xing points are not rigid and
allow the coil to expand freely, as dimensions will
change according to the following formula:
LT=Lo- -t where
Aluminum = 24x10-6
Lo= Initial length
LT = nal length
t= Temperature change
Example:
A 2 meter coil with t=100C will expand and
contract 4,8mm

VIBRATIONS:
Your coil will be most likely working under
continuous vibrations either coming from the
compressor or from the fans. You cannot
eliminate the origin of your vibrations, but you
can avoid them affecting your coil. Otherwise,
the material will fatigue and, eventually, leak.
Some best practices to avoid vibrations to affect
your coil are:
Use some exible sections along your piping,
specially the one going from the compressor to
the coil inlet.
Isolate the coil from the frame with elastic or
exible
elements (rubber washers, shock
absorbers, etc.).

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WEIGHT:
Avoid to have any extra weight (fans, metal
shrouds, etc.) supported by the coil.
Having the weight of the coil resting on the
microchannel is a bad practice. The weight

should be born by the manifold, which is the

strongest part of the coil. If this is not possible,
the coil should have an extra aluminum prole or
a dummy microchannel tube.

Some examples of good xing

EXAMPLE 1

EXAMPLE 2

EXAMPLE 3

EXAMPLE 4

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Vertical oating brackets

Horizontal oating brackets

Top and bottom pins

Side brackets with rubber washers

Not recommended
1000x1000mm

for

coils

bigger

than

Not recommended
1000x1000mm

for

coils

bigger

than

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Types of connections
According to the method for connecting the Cu tubes of the circuit to the heat exchanger we can
ofer:

MECHANICAL
Commonly used with steel connections for
AMONIA APPLICATIONS

BRAZED

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Angle connections

28 mm
22 mm
28 mm
22 mm
18 mm

18 mm
5/8 (15.88)
1/2 (12.7)

5/8 (15.88)
1/2 (12.7)

EVERY SIZE, EVERY ANGLE

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