Custom/OEM Assemblies
For
the most challenging cooling situations, we provide customized
solutions for all needs and specifications. From Thermoelectric
coolers and cold plates to cooling modules and heat exchangers, TE
Technology can work with your preexisting designs as an outsourced
manufacturing partner or assist you in rapidly achieving tailored
answers for demanding cooling requirements. Take a look below for a
sampling of possibilities.
Custom/OEM thermoelectric
cooling assemblies are our specialty!
TE Technology has extensive experience in designing cooling products
and cold plates for medical, laser, telecommunications, commercial,
industrial, aerospace and most other markets. Our thermoelectric
coolers and custom/OEM assemblies are designed to meet your exact,
thermoelectric cooling requirements while minimizing cost, size,
weight and power consumption. This, in turn, helps reduce the size
and cost of the power supply making your end product even more
competitive!
TE Technology also performs contract manufacturing for
preexisting designs where you wish to establish a manufacturing
partner for outsourcing thermoelectric assembly work. The examples
shown below are merely several of the 1500 devices we have
custom-designed. Hopefully, the visuals will stimulate your
creativity and help you to envision how TE Technology can solve your
most challenging thermoelectric cooling problems.
Please note that the assemblies shown are not for sale to the
general public, as the companies who originally requested the
systems paid the engineering charges.
Heat Exchangers for
Space Station Use
These two thermoelectric coolers were developed for space
flight use and, in particular, for the International Space
Station. One version uses an air-cooled, folded-fin heat
sink while the other uses a stainless steel, liquid-cooled
heat sink. Designed to cool or heat a single-locker
enclosure, these were optimized for maximum capacity while
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Cold Plate for
Prostate Treatment
This cold plate provides cooling to a medical instrument
used in the treatment of the prostate gland. The medical
procedure generates a large amount of heat, so cooling is
required to prevent damage to surrounding healthy tissue. A
specifically designed liquid-cooled heat sink provides the
necessary performance for the cooler. |
Cold Plate for a
Medical Device
This large 250mm x 250mm cold plate is capable of removing
630 watts of heat at a 0° temperature difference
(referenced to ambient). The cold plate is hard coat
anodized and Teflon coated for durability. The heat sink
footprint is 250mm x 300mm, and is cooled by a 250mm
diameter fan. |

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Air Cooler for the
Semiconductor Industry
Here is an example of utilizing standard coolers as a
building block for a custom product. Four AC-162 air coolers
are mounted on a frame of stainless steel and the cold side
fans have been removed to allow the customer to use their
own air movers that are integrated in their cabinet. Other
custom features include tachometer output fans,
over-temperature thermostats on the heat sinks, custom
wiring, and a panel to hold electrical connectors and fuses. |
Medical Instrument
Air Conditioner
This uniquely configured air-cooling unit was designed to
fit into a very confined space. It heats and cools the air
needed to keep an internal compartment at a constant, preset
temperature. TE Technology was contacted to retrofit a
cooler previously designed by another company that generally
was not performing up to specification. This redesigned unit
meets specifications without exceeding the original physical
envelope. |

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Gene-Cloning
Cuvette Holder
This assembly embodies a unique, blue-anodized aluminum
cold/hot plate with an array of holes to accommodate
cuvettes containing gene solutions. Genes are cloned via
repetitious, tightly controlled hot/cold thermal cycles. The
assembly contains a flexible, orange-colored interface
sleeve for easy installation to the final instrument's
fresh-air duct. |
Air Dryer for an
Air Bearing
Excess moisture is condensed from an air supply in this
cooling assembly. Moist incoming air flows through the
center of a cooled radial exchanger and returns over its
radial fins, which condense and collect the liquid. The
radial-finned exchanger is cooled using a single
thermoelectric module and a compact, bonded fin heat sink. |

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Air Cooler for a
Precision Airborne Instrument
Another example of a custom unit derived from a standard
product. Here, a standard AC-162 has been modified with a
blower for the hot-side air mover. Additional features
include an anodized heat sink and cold sink and an air duct
that is made from a flexible rubber material to isolate the
blowers vibration. |
Cold Plate for a
Medical Instrument
The original design requirements here called for high heat
pumping within a small footprint. This unit uses two modules
and a bonded fin heat sink for maximum cooling. A conversion
coating on the aluminum heat sink is used to prevent
corrosion. |

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Air Cooler for a
Space Flight Instrument
This air-to-air cooler was extensively engineered to give
maximum performance. The fin spacing, fin height, and
heights of the heat sink, cold sink, and cold sink extenders
were all optimized to give maximum heat pumping within the
physical and electrical constraints. Holes were also
perforated into the fins of the heat sink and cold sink to
reduce weight and increase performance. |
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