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Heat Sink Prototyping

Besides heat sink and thermal design and manufacturing, Enertron offers heat sink and thermal solution prototyping services to our customers. Once a design for a heat sink or an overall thermal solution has been completed, it is often necessary to build a prototype to test the unit. Enertron builds prototypes for heat sink and thermal solution designs developed by our staff as well as prototypes for our customer's heat sink designs.

Enertron Prototyping

Prototyping is a very important stage in the product development and is most often the determining stage for production. For this reason, Enertron recognizes three important factors for thermal and heat sink prototyping:

Prototype Performance Needs to Be Indicative of Final Product Design

The primary purpose to build prototypes is to test the performance. Oftentimes, the production manufacturing techniques will differ from the prototype manufacturing technique. For example, a machined Aluminum 6061 heat sink will perform better than a cold forged Aluminum A356 heat sink of exactly the same dimensions, due to differing thermal conductivities of the aluminum alloys. Because of this, it is important to understand any differences between the heat sink prototype and production, and either modify the prototyping method or account for the discrepancy. Otherwise, the heat sink prototype may have sufficient performance, and the production parts may fail. Enertron engineers have excellent understanding of the discrepancies that may arise in the performance of a prototype and production heat sinks and take this into consideration during the heat sink design stage.

Prototype Needs to Be Produced Quickly

The prototyping stage is notoriously short and hectic. The design stage often runs long, which reduces the available time for prototyping. Long lead time parts are ordered prior to design finalization, forcing on-the-fly fixes. The entire product can be delayed due to a supplier's inability to deliver as promised. Enertron understands the importance of heat sink prototyping. It is for this reason that our staff is devoted to meeting our commitments and supporting our customer's accelerated prototype development. Our typical heat sink prototyping lead time is 2-4 weeks, however it can be sorter or longer depending on the complexity of the heat sink and thermal solution design.

Prototype Must Be Cost Effective

Enertron views heat sink prototype development as a service for our customers. Enertron's goal is to provide high quality heat sink parts, yet priced cost effectively. It is our experience that by providing this service, and exceeding our customer's expectations, we can form a solid relationship that is continued into heat sink and thermal assembly production. For more information regarding our heat sink and thermal solution prototyping services, please call one of our engineers at 1-877-ENERTRON (1-877-363-7876).