Heat pipes are an efficient option to help transfer heat away from the source to other areas where it can then be dissipated or managed. Since the lenghth of heat pipe, the pathway and width used are often different from application to application it is not uncommon to develop custom solutions when integrating these devices.
Many of our design solutions use heat pipes as an embedded option to help move heat away from the local source. This is sometimes required because some metals, such as aluminum, are not the best for heat spreading across a large heat sink. The heat is often localized and can not reach into other areas of the heat sink structure.
Our embedded heat pipe technology allows us to spread the heat more efectively to the outer edges of the heat sink which helps improve the thermal performance of the design. This option can sometimes help reduce the size and weight of a similar heat sink while improving the performance of the part.
One example of a heat sink using an embedded heat pipe:
