I have just started a job in a manufacturing plant that makes air cooled heat exchangers and would like to know step by step process of making an air coolers.
The making of air coolers starts with the design of the equipment required to perform the process of heat removal from the process fluid. There is a number of reputable software performing the mentioned heat transfer design (HTRI, etc). Then you could start with the mechanical design of the cooler, based on the selected / approved code ( ASME, EN, etc).
The mechanical design codes will guide you in the secrets of fabrication, inspection, testing of the equipment, including references to many related standards.
Basically, if you have a complete mechanical design, ie set of fabrication drawings, you can ask the people in the workshop how they make every component, including assembly until finished cooler is ready for delivery.
I believe that the process of learning step by step the process of making those exchangers would take a few years, if you want to understand that process.
Hope it helps,
Cheers,
gr2vessels
To supplement gr2vessels post, get out on the manufacturing floor if/when you can and take a look at the process. Perhaps there are some "established" model offerings in addition to specialized models. Let your curiosity guide you.
