With so many advances in technology, especially in the manufacturing industry, streamlined thermal management can sometimes be overlooked. Compared to digital interfaces and automated technology, a sleeker and more efficient way to cool electrical cabinets doesn’t seem as attention-grabbing. However, such solutions are a significant reason why industries have been able to implement other technological advancements. All technology relies on efficient electrical thermal management, and heat exchangers allow companies to cool their modern electrical cabinets with optimal efficiency, minimal energy, and little or no maintenance. (more…)
Can Heat Exchangers Really Meet NEMA Standards?
Efficiently transferring electrical waste heat is an essential benefit of modern heat exchangers. However, that benefit would be largely impossible if they couldn’t effectively meet the various NEMA standards that most electrical enclosures must meet these days. As industries continue to streamline productivity and safety, meeting these standards has become increasingly more important. Fortunately, today’s heat exchangers are designed specifically to maintain the integrity of different NEMA-class electrical enclosures. Using advanced heat transfer methods and high-quality seals and gaskets, heat exchangers can ensure a high level of safety under all types of operating conditions. (more…)
How Power Plants Benefit from Advanced Heat Exchangers
Most industries these days have largely benefited from advanced heat exchanger technology for their electrical thermal management needs. Among those benefits, the reduced need for energy and improved overall safety are two of the most important. Therefore, it’s no surprise that the field of power production is no exception. Plants across the world are increasingly utilizing efficient and eco-friendly heat exchanger technologies to power a variety of thermal management applications. The difference is that the benefits to power plants extend to the households and companies that rely on the power they produce. (more…)
3 Ways Thermal Pins Improve Plastic Molds
Virtually all industries rely on the efficient and reliable transfer of heat, such as thermal management for electrical enclosures. Some, however, depend on that ability, such as the molding industry. Therefore, the implementation of advanced heat exchangers that can transfer high levels of heat with minimal energy requirements benefit such industries the most. For example, plastic and other molding facilities are increasingly turning to thermal pins to streamline their production process and lower overhead costs. Combining the advantages of advanced heat exchanger technology with the ability to fit nearly all types of molding equipment, thermal pins have significantly improved how plastic molding companies operate. (more…)
Heat Exchangers: A Step in a Greener Direction
These days, one of the most important things for companies to focus on is finding ways to incorporate greener and more efficient processes. Besides regulations in some industries to ensure those efforts, consumers also prefer to do business with companies that are environmentally conscious with their products and manufacturing processes. In many cases, one of the most significant steps that companies in all industries can make is to upgrade their thermal management processes with the appropriate heat exchanger technology. As one of the most energy heavy processes, thermal management can be one of the biggest areas for companies to start getting serious about going green. (more…)
How Phase-Change Cooling Changed Thermal Management
Science and technology go hand in hand, and that relationship has been the key to advancing thermal management concepts over the last several decades. For instance, many of today’s advanced technology takes advantage of the processes that occur when a fluid (like water) changes from a liquid phase to a gas phase and back again. Known as phase-change cooling, modern heat exchangers can utilize these processes to absorb electrical waste heat and transfer it easily and efficiently. By allowing for smaller but more powerful technologies that require minimal energy to operate, phase-change cooling changed the way many industries approach their various thermal management needs. (more…)
2 Ways to Use a Heat Exchanger
The most impactful forms of technology are those that are used for the widest-ranging applications. For instance, the internet itself began as a secure messaging platform, and today, it allows almost all other forms of technology to connect to each other. On a less grand but, in many ways, equally impressive scale, heat exchanger technologies have also been incorporated into a wide variety of applications over the decades. While they first gained popularity as a way for manufacturing companies to cut their reliance on expensive, unreliable air conditioning, today’s heat exchangers power much more than what they were originally intended for. (more…)
A Few Questions About Heat Exchangers
The benefit of heat exchangers is that, by streamlining thermal management, they can help companies save significantly on everything from energy consumption to maintenance costs and expenses related to equipment downtime. However, their specific advantage is that they can be applied to so many different applications that those savings become multiplied over time. With the ability to handle a wide variety of thermal management tasks, heat exchangers have become a staple for companies of all sizes in many different industries. (more…)
Looped Liquid Cooling with Plate Heat Exchangers
In many applications, air cooling is the most efficient thermal management solution, and modern heat exchangers can provide it with maximum efficiency and minimal energy usage. Yet, for many advanced, high-performance technological applications, air cooling and the units that achieve it are often not viable. For instance, today’s smart devices and small but powerful processors require solutions that can be customized to fit any space without losing any efficiency. To achieve this, many of them require liquid cooling solutions that can transfer high levels of heat consistently while fitting comfortably into minimal design spaces. Therefore, cold plate heat exchangers are often the optimal solution, providing liquid cooling within a closed-loop system that can fit into virtually any application. (more…)
2 Reasons Oil & Gas Companies Use Heat Exchangers
Oil and gas companies choose heat exchangers for various thermal management needs for the same reasons that many other companies do. The energy savings and improved efficiency often make them the best solution for things like cooling electrical control panels and other electrical enclosures, and facilitating wastewater treatment processes. However, in industries like oil and gas manufacturing, heat exchangers provide a number of other vital advantages, such as the ability to effectively and affordably meet all standards necessary to operate in hazardous locations. (more…)