Simulate instead of trial and error

Constantly growing requirements and increasingly complex applications make well-considered preparation indispensable - especially in terms of optimising performance and costs in an ever more rapidly changing market.

By integrating thermal simulation into system development at an early stage, thermal problems can be identified and solved at an early stage. In addition, it is the most efficient way to visualise temperature developments and flow conditions. Ignoring thermal management may lead to the failure of a project in the worst case.

To help our customers reach their goals faster, we have greatly expanded our development department and further optimised our processes. We work with the simulation software FloEFD™ from the manufacturer Mentor Graphics, which is based on CFD methods. In combination with the latest hardware, we have high computing power to keep simulation times short.

 

Benefit from our experience

 
         

You have already designed a cooling solution and would like us to evaluate it professionally?

  

 

 You have a product that has reached its thermal and/or price limits and would like to optimise it?

 		  

 

You are starting a new development and would like to have an optimised cooling solution developed at an early stage?

 
         

Our range of services

 

Analysis and evaluation
Thermal simulation and evaluation of the current state (3D model available)
 
 
Optimisation through choice of material/fan
Thermal/price optimisation through material/fan selection
 
 
Optimisation through choice of manufacturing technology
Thermal/price optimisation through manufacturing technology
 
 
Optimisation through design changes
Thermal/price optimisation through changes to the design
 
 
Individual cooling solution
Construction and thermal design of your customised cooling solution (new design)

 

 

Optimising your cooling solution

 

Suitable if you... 

...  want to determine the performance of your existing cooling solution
 
...  want to optimise the costs of your existing cooling solution
 
... want to find out how to increase the performance of your existing cooling solution
   (by modifying the material or changing the fan type)
 

Example:

Simulation Aluminium   Simulation copper
 
Simulation of aluminium heatsink
  
 
Simulation of copper heatsink

Note: The heat sink has a fan blowing through it, which is not shown in the simulation.

 

Analysis:

evalutation basic

 

Your advantages:  

  Detection and elimination of thermal problems

  Possibility to vary materials / fans

  Cost-optimised cooling solution

 

 

Perfomance improvement for your cooling solution

 

Suitable if you... 

 
... want to analyse the performance of your existing or designed cooling solutions
 
...  want to optimise the costs of your existing or designed cooling solution
 
... want to find out how to improve the performance of your existing or designed cooling solution

   (by changing the manufacturing technology, the material, the fan selection, etc.)

 
...  want to make design changes to optimise the price / performance of your cooling solution
 

Example:

Simulation Druckguss   Simulation Extrusion
 
Simulation of die-cast heat sink
 
 
  
 
Simulation of extruded heat sink
 
 

Simulation gelötet

  

Simulation gecrimpt
 
Simulation soldered heat sink
  
 
Simulation of crimped heat sink

 Note: The die-cast heat sink was the customer's initial product. The aim was to improve the cooling performance without a severe weight increase.

 

Analysis: 

evaluation plus

 

Your advantages:  

  Detection and elimination of thermal problems

  Performance and/or cost optimisation of your cooling solution without major development effort

  Detection of HotSpots in your system

  Identification of potential for improvements in the system design

  (e.g. size reduction at the same performance, arragement of components, size and number of ventilation slots in the housing)

 

 

New development of your cooling solution

 

Suitable if you... 

 

... are starting a new project and want to include the design of the cooling solution in the early development phase
 
... want to check and optimise the costs and performance of a planned cooling solution for your new development
 
... need several cooling solutions for different performance classes for your new development
 

Example:

Simulation 1   Simulation 2
 
Simulation model 1*
 
 
  
 
Simulation model 2*
 
 

Simulation 3

  

 
 
Simulation model 3*
  
 
 

Note: The customer had no cooling solution for his application yet. All models were designed by our engineering team.

*Simulation model 1:

- Large heat sink with long fins

- One fan on the heatsink and an additional fan on the housing 

-  5 x 6 mm heatpipes (long heatpipes - decrease in performance)

*Simulation model 2:

- Shorter heat sink (less pressure loss)

- The additional fan was now mounted on the heat sink

- 5 x 6 mm heatpipes (shorter heatpipes - less decrease in performance)

*Simulation model 3:

- Shorter heat sink (less pressure loss)

- The additional fan was now mounted on the heat sink

- 2 x 6 mm heatpipes

- 3 x 8 mm heatpipes

 

Analysis:

evaluation premium

 

Your advantages: 

  Avoidance of thermal problems at an early stage

  Significant time savings in development / less development loops

  Predictable development costs

  A shorter prototype phase

  Performance and cost-optimised cooling solution

  Detection of hotspots at an early stage

  Identification of further improvement potential during system design

    (e.g. size reduction wit the same or higher performance, arrangement of components, size and number of ventilation slots in the housing) 

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