The thermal management materials market
Ahlhorn | 23.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX
The thermal management materials market
Thermally conductive pastes are used in the areas of electrical engineering, electronics, engine construction, heating and cooling devices. Efficient heat conduction and a long service life are requirements that are placed on the materials.
Thermal paste consists mainly of silicone oil and zinc oxide. High-quality versions with aluminium, copper, graphite and silver components are available.
Typical areas of application are heat-sensitive components where an active or passive cooler is used. It serves as an assembly aid for electronics, measurement and control technology and for improved heat dissipation from electronic components such as power transistors. Thermally conductive pastes compensate for unevenness and enable better heat transfer from the component to the heat sink.
Areas of application for thermal paste
Thermally conductive pastes are used in the following industries, among others:
- electrical engineering and electronics industry,
- Plastics industry (extrusion nozzle heaters, hot runner manifolds, press moulds, screen changers),
- Shoe machine industry (vulcanizing presses and mold heating, lasting machines, hot stamping machines),
- Foundries (core molds and molds, die casting machines, vacuum furnace heating),
- Apparatus construction and laboratory industry (hotplates, industrial baths, distillation systems, soldering baths, oil sump heaters, sterilization baths, oil preheaters),
- Wood machinery industry (hot glue, melting and application devices, branding irons),
- Packaging machine industry (embossing, sealing and welding stamp heating, carton sealing machines, tube filling and sealing machines),
- Medical technology (inhalers and sterilizers, polymerization devices, dialysis machines),
- as well as in general mechanical engineering (small air heaters, expansion screw heating, bookbinding machines, refrigeration compressors).
Top – key player on the market
The major players in Electronic Thermal Management Materials are:
- Honeywell International Inc,
- Amerasia International (AI) – Technology,
- Inc, of European Thermodynamics Ltd.,
- Parker Chomerics,
- Laird PLC
- Henkel AG & company,
- Wacker AG,
- 3M,
- DuPont,
- Marian Inc,
- Darcoid society and
- Dr. Dietrich Mueller GmbH
the dr With more than 50 different thermally conductive pastes, D. Müller GmbH is one of the leading suppliers worldwide. The thermal paste works in a range from -180 to +1200°C. IMDS-listed thermally conductive pastes are also available for applications in the automotive industry. Special vacuum-suitable heat-conducting pastes can also be produced on customer request.
Sources
- mueller-ahlhorn.com
- wikipedia.org
- fipoblog.de
