Conductive thermal pad solution with a minimal lead time
The customer was looking for a conductive thermal pad solution for their assembly, but current materials carry excessively long lead times.
The challenge
Need to find a product that meets the specifications for function, but improving the material lead time is critical.
The solution
Melrose provided the customer with a solution that meets the requirements using the right material and processing, keeping the lead time into consideration.
Material:
Melrose materials experts determined that an acrylic thermal pad could provide a potential solution. The features of the material include the following,
- UL94 V-0 flame rating
- Equivalent thermal conductivity at 3W/m-K
- Excellent conformability, surface tack, and dielectric properties
Processing:
Utilizing digital fabrication, Melrose was able to eliminate tooling time & costs to compress the manufacturing cycle and turn the parts quickly.
Key elements
- Find an alternate material that meets the requirements of the application
- Leverage a digital solution to reduce the manufacturing cycle
- Collaborate with our key material suppliers to provide a significant improvement in the availability
Result
The conductive thermal pad solution provided to the customer was perfect. The team was able to achieve it with minimal time and cost.
Why Melrose?
At Melrose, we utilize a combination of in-house resources and expertise, along with the knowledge of our key material suppliers (partners) to deliver solutions. We believe in listening to the needs of our customers, determining how we can solve the problem, and leveraging all our internal and external resources to create solutions that deliver tremendous value.