The ability to customize any aspect of a company’s operations can be a significant boost to efficiency. That’s especially true in thermal management, as companies in virtually every industry continue adopting newer and more innovative technologies into their operations. However, customization often seems like a luxury that many companies can’t easily afford, or that is beyond the reach of certain processes, such as electrical thermal management. Fortunately, increasingly more companies are realizing that custom thermal management solutions are more versatile and, in many cases, affordable than they may have originally thought. (more…)
High-Performance, Passive Phase-Change Cooling
There are many different methods that modern electrical cooling systems can utilize to utilize to address waste heat. However, not all cooling methods are created equally, or are able to achieve the same high-level thermal management performance that most modern applications require. For example, more traditionally relied-upon solutions, such as air conditioners or compression units, may be some of the more established thermal management options, but that’s largely due to them being some of the oldest solutions. Today, more advanced electrical cooling units often use more natural and streamlined methods, such as phase-change cooling. (more…)
Streamlining Thermal Management in Hazardous Locations
All industries have their unique considerations when it comes to their use of technology. Their specific technological solutions, processes, and investments all differ, but in all industries, companies seek to improve the efficiency, reliability, and safety of their technologies to be more competitive. In industries that operate in hazardous locations, utilizing technology to its ultimate benefit is much more challenging. Companies have to balance efficiency and productivity with consistently high levels of safety, both for employees and the technologies they interact with. (more…)
Natural but High-Performance Thermal Management
As technology evolves, its thermal management needs often become more intense. Yet, rather than utilizing more powerful, air-chilling techniques to meet their needs, many technology designers and the companies that use their solutions have found more efficient cooling in simpler, more natural methods. For example, modern heat exchangers, which have grown increasingly more popular over the years, use one or a combination of natural thermal management methods to cool electrical enclosures and other applications. Though simpler than traditional methods that rely on chilled air, the ways in which heat exchangers achieve electrical cooling are often able to perform much more efficiently. (more…)
Eco-Friendly Cooling and the Rise of Automation
Virtually all forms of technology rely on an electrical cooling solution of some sort, and the quality of their cooling systems have a significant impact. For more advanced forms of technology, that’s especially true, and especially challenging given the frequently high thermal management demands and limited space for cooling apparatus. The rise and widespread adoption of automated technology is a good example of these challenges. Until electrical thermal management was made nearly automated itself with the help of heat exchangers, automated technology applications lacked a viable and affordable method of electrical cooling. (more…)
Better Thermal Management for Food & Beverage Companies
Thermal management has different implications in different industries, so improved thermal management can take on a wide variety of forms. For example, in the food and beverage industry, thermal management includes common electrical cooling processes, such as cooling electrical enclosures and control panels, and more vital processes that are directly associated with the production process. In most cases, the use of advanced heat exchangers helps food and beverage companies streamline all of their thermal management processes, enhancing their productivity and efficiency while lowering their operating costs in several areas. (more…)
How Advanced Manufacturing Enhances Thermal Management
Modern heat exchangers owe their popularity to a variety of different factors. On one hand, the innovative heat transfer methods they utilize can offer far more efficient and affordable electrical cooling compared to more traditional options. Companies that use them can save significantly on costs that include energy usage, routine maintenance, and more. On the other hand, their simplified designs, which don’t require the same complex level of machinery that older cooling solutions require, make it easier to design and manufacture heat exchangers more efficiently. Companies that choose to implement modern heat exchangers can do so faster, and with assurance that their cooling units will perform optimally the first time around. (more…)
Why Low-Energy, High-Performance Cooling Matters
When it comes to the many different ways in which thermal management has evolved over the years, the changes that have had the biggest impact often differ from industry to industry. However, one of the most common and consistent advantages involve the reduced amount of energy that heat exchangers utilize to cool electrical equipment. Electrical thermal management plays an increasingly larger role in modern companies’ operations, and with many older thermal management solutions, that means increasingly higher amounts of energy (and associated costs). With heat exchangers, however, companies can maintain appropriate rates of electrical cooling with significantly less energy, which has helped improve several other areas of operations, as well. (more…)
Making Heat Exchangers Part of Advanced Technology
For many long-standing companies, some of their most heavily relied-upon technologies were designed with older, more traditional cooling solutions. One of the most significant advantages of heat exchangers is that they can be adapted to fit such older technologies, allowing companies to enjoy the benefits of streamlined electrical cooling without having to completely replace all of their most important technological solutions. However, as companies invest in newer forms of technology, many are finding that they’re already designed to be cooled by heat exchanger technology, making the innovative thermal management solutions a key to advanced technology’s implementation. (more…)
An Overview of Cost Savings Associated with Heat Exchangers
By now, the fact that heat exchangers make electrical thermal management much more efficient is well-known. In most industries, companies have continuously enjoyed the numerous benefits of heat exchangers, including the significant cost savings associated with more streamlined electrical cooling. While many of these benefits are obvious, such as the reduced need for energy and more efficient use of physical space, heat exchangers also impact a company’s overhead costs in several other positive ways. (more…)