Thermal library gains Alpha Novatech heatsinks

Design engineers can now download validated thermal models of approximately 330 different Alpha Novatech heatsinks and incorporate them in their Flotherm models.

Alpha Novatech, a leading manufacturer of heatsinks, is providing prebuilt thermal models for nearly all of its standard heatsinks on the SmartParts3D website (www.smartparts3d.com).

Design engineers can now download validated thermal models of approximately 330 different Alpha Novatech parts and incorporate them in their Flotherm models, saving time and improving modeling accuracy.

"We are delighted that Alpha Novatech, one of the world's leading suppliers of high-performance heatsinks, is now uploading thermal models of their parts to the SmartParts3D web site".

said Dr Mike Reynell, Director of Marketing for Flomerics.

"SmartParts3D is gaining real momentum, as suppliers and end-users both realise the benefits of a searchable web-based database containing validated, ready-to-run models for design by simulation".

Alpha Novatech customers include Cisco Systems, Cray, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, NEC, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems and Toshiba and many other electronics manufacturers.

"Our heatsinks are made by cold forging instead of extrusion, which gives us the freedom to optimise their geometry, such as by providing an elliptical shape at the leading edge of the fin, instead of the normal flat surface", said Glenn Summerfield, Director of North American Product Development for Alpha Novatech.

"This makes it possible to optimise airflow by lowering pressure drop across the heatsink".

"Normally this would make it more complicated to model our heatsinks and some engineers might be tempted to simplify the geometry in their thermal models".

"But now that we have provided models for our parts on the SmartParts3D site".

Summerfield said: "Our customers can simply download an accurate package model".

"They can be confident that the model will fully reflect the geometry of the heatsink design".

"They will also save a lot of time by avoiding the need to build the geometry and define material properties of the heatsink".

"In providing models for the SmartParts3D website, we are reflecting the preferences of our customers, many of whom use Flotherm for thermal modeling".

Alpha Novatech joins Bergquist, Chomerics, Delta, Dow Corning, ETRI, Honeywell Electronic Materials, HS Marston Aerospace, Micronel, Papst, Sanyo Denki, Thermagon, Universal Air Filters, JMC Products, and many other companies that have contributed data to the SmartParts3D library.

The library is searchable by part family, description, manufacturer, model number, and performance criteria.

Models can be downloaded from the website and imported into Flotherm, which has become the standard tool for design and optimisation of cooling systems for electronics equipment with a user base twice that of all competitors combined.

Flotherm software from Flomerics reduces the time and skill required to simulate complicated electronics cooling problems, because it is specially designed for electronic cooling applications.

Flotherm provides tools that allow users to assemble models from libraries, avoiding the need to create them from scratch.

It provides an abundant supply of thermal model libraries for existing components.

Flotherm provides an environment that enables fast, automated design studies.

Automated gridding and distributed processing across networks streamlines the process of evaluating multiple iterations to optimise the design.

In conjunction with other Flomerics products, Flotherm makes it possible to address other interrelated performance issues such as electromagnetic compatibility, reliability and stress in a concurrent fashion.

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