Mission critical cooling for thermal limits - from one source.

Yes, from a single piece. Our everyday work is customer-specific, complex cooling solutions - these almost always begin with one or a few parts and then grow into series production. Cutting a catalogue profile to length, drilling, tapping and anodising is also possible without a minimum quantity. We also manufacture customer-specific cold plates as a single prototype ahead of a series decision. The one thing to know: with single pieces the set-up effort dominates the unit price, so it is not comparable with a series calculation.

Four blocks: material and material form, joining process, machining, and quantity. Quantity has the strongest effect because set-up and programming occur only once. A dedicated extrusion profile additionally requires tooling that only pays off above a certain annual volume - until then an existing profile with machining is cheaper. We state unit prices in the quotation, not on the website: without geometry and quantity any figure would be misleading.

Six things: heat load and distribution of the heat sources, permissible component temperature, coolant with inlet temperature and volume flow, installation space, connection type, quantity. If one of them is missing, the design is an assumption - and assumptions are the most common reason a prototype misses its targets. The fastest route is a technical drawing and 3D model if the design already exists - we then carry out a manufacturability assessment. Otherwise a STEP model of the installation space plus a sketch of the heat sources is enough. With air cooling, add the mounting orientation, the fan and the ambient temperature at the installation point.

What matters is not the absolute heat load but the power per unit area and the available installation space. As long as air is sufficient, air is cheaper, needs less maintenance and carries no leak risk - then we recommend air. Liquid cooling becomes the simpler solution when the permissible component temperature is only just above the ambient temperature, when the installation space does not allow fins, or when the device has to stay sealed.

Yes - every liquid cooler is leak-tested before delivery, and the test record is part of the shipment. Depending on the requirement we use a bubble test, pressure-decay test or helium leak test; the latter detects leak rates down to the range of 1·10⁻¹¹ Pa·m³/s. What you should tell us: operating pressure, required test pressure, hold time and permissible leak rate - “tight” without a figure cannot be tested.

To DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, certified by TÜV Thüringen, scope: development, production and sale of heat sinks and cold plates plus accessories for the electronics industry. We do not hold industry-specific system certifications such as IATF 16949, EN 9100 or ISO 13485. For industry-specific requirements we supply material and test certificates plus dimensional and leak test records. If your purchasing department requires a particular certification, say so early - then we clarify it before the quotation.

Yes - thermal simulation and design are services in their own right, not just an add-on to a manufacturing order. We calculate variants, compare processes and report temperature distribution and pressure drop with the corresponding boundary conditions. It makes sense early, while it is still open whether air or liquid fits. Important, and something we always state: simulation results are calculated values and have to be confirmed by measurement on the real set-up.

If you need a catalogue product in high volume at market price, without customer-specific geometry - a mass manufacturer is cheaper there. If your purchasing department requires a system certification we do not hold. If it is about plant engineering rather than component cooling: refrigeration units, dry coolers, building ventilation. And if a component temperature below the coolant temperature is required - that needs refrigeration technology, not a cold plate. In those cases we decline rather than cost you time.

We start from your load case: heat load, distribution across the area, permissible component temperature, inlet temperature, volume flow and installation space. This yields the Rth budget, which we test in thermal simulation (FloEFD) against variants of the channel routing - before design work begins. If it has to be a cold plate with a press-fitted tube, we optimise the design within those limits. If you give us design freedom, the best variant may well be a friction-stir-welded, internally structured cold plate.

With a fine channel structure directly beneath the heat source, 3D-printed cooling channels, or turbulators used selectively in drawn-in or press-fitted tubes. Where necessary with a change of material via heat spreaders or inlays at the interface. The key is to spread the heat flow within the cold plate as well as possible before it enters the coolant - and then remove it from there as fast as possible.

Turbulators significantly increase convective heat transfer - in our applications up to 40 % more cooling capacity. The pressure drop rises with it, which is why we use them selectively: only in the sections beneath the hotspots, not along the entire channel length. That keeps the system pressure drop within your pump's budget while the critical spot gets the additional performance. Available in drawn-in tubes and, more recently, in press-fitted tubes as well.

Yes - together with you or independently. With state-of-the-art thermal simulation and over 30 years of experience we meet your specific requirements. You join wherever you stand: development, simulation and design are optional.

From a 30 mm microchannel cooler to a 3 m (30,000 mm) cold plate - right up to a fully cooled large precision part. What is possible is not decided by size alone but by material, design and tolerance: give us your dimensions and we will tell you in which design we can produce them.

Copper, copper-nickel, stainless steel and aluminium - the choice follows three criteria: thermal conductivity, media compatibility and mechanical requirement. We frequently combine: conductive material at the heat source, resistant material at the medium. In doing so we follow our customers' applicable design and release guidelines. On request with coating, anodising and individual marking.

A broad portfolio of air and liquid cooling solutions - from classic profile heat sinks to complex, customer-specific liquid-cooled assemblies, matched exactly to your requirements.

We produce all high-end cooling solutions in Germany, largely automated and in any quantity. For price-sensitive standard parts we use our production sites in Asia - always agreed transparently with you.

Pressure testing of every single liquid cold plate is our standard; for demanding applications we additionally test with a helium leak test or a pressure-drop test and document the leak rate per part. We set the target leak rate together during the design process or the manufacturability assessment.

We work with defined, documented cleaning processes: multi-stage flushing of the internal channels, controlled drying, residual contamination analysis to an agreed test procedure, and cleanroom-compliant packaging with sealing caps. We design the channel geometry so that no dead volumes arise in which particles or media residues could collect.

Material certificates, dimensional reports, pressure and leak test records, plus cleaning and packaging records - to the agreed scope per lot or per part. For initial sample inspections we prepare the documentation to your specification. Exactly what you need is clarified before series start, so that the test steps are planned into the process from the outset.

We deliver samples in around 6-8 weeks as standard. With our express option you reduce the lead time to as little as 2 weeks - depending on product and complexity.

Any. Whether a single piece or a large order - we accompany you through the entire product lifecycle, from the first sample to the last-time buy.

In many projects that is actually the norm. We cool housings and structural parts, optics and mirror mounts, chucks, vacuum chamber components, stators of positioning drives, and process gas. With mechanical parts it is rarely about maximum heat removal alone but about the smallest possible temperature gradient - because the gradient creates the deformation that costs you precision.

Yes, that is the norm for us. We sign your non-disclosure agreement or provide ours. We never pass on customer projects or application details - and we name references only with explicit approval.