lancaster, pennsylvania – september 2014. advanced cooling technologies, inc (act) announced today that they are expanding their high temperature heat pipe products and service offerings. for the past eight years act has had a successful product line of isothermal furnace liners (ifls). these devices are used for precision materials processing and contact and non-contact temperature calibration in the temperature range of up to 1,100⁰c. act is now offering high temperature heat pipes for many other unique applications.

act isothermal furnace liner

typically, high temperature heat pipes are used in the temperature range of 400⁰c to 1,100⁰c. heat transfer rates of up to hundreds of kilowatts are typical of these heat pipes. “we have design and manufacturing experiences with numerous high temperature heat pipes of diverse form factors and utilizing a variety of working fluids, envelope materials, and wick structures”, noted dr. richard bonner, manager, of the custom products group at act. typical options include cesium, potassium, sodium and lithium for working fluids, stainless steels, inconels, haynes alloys and refractory metals as envelope materials with screen mesh and sintered powder wick structures. “we see a market need for these products across many established and emerging industries”, bonner continued. high temperature heat pipes have been proven beneficial in applications including materials processing, temperature calibration, heat engine receivers, heat exchangers, heat recovery devices, hypersonic wing leading edges, thermoelectric generators, solar thermal, bio-mass reactors, nuclear power, and others. act is one of the very few companies that commercially manufactures heat pipes across this temperature spectrum, from cryogenic fluids to liquid metals. “with our strong heat pipe heritage and substantial high temperature heat pipe experience, act is uniquely qualified to satisfy the needs of these markets,” bonner concluded.

act’s high temperature heat pipes are one of the product lines designed and manufactured within its custom products business unit. this business unit’s goal is to help customers solve thermal challenges by developing new products and applying existing technology to new applications. feasibility assessments, prototyping, low volume custom manufacturing and testing are some of the products and services available.if you have a need for high temperature thermal management, or would like to learn more, call an act representative today 717-208-2612. or click here to learn more

 

about act

act specializes in advanced thermal technology development and custom thermal product manufacturing. act designs and manufactures cold plates, hik™ plates, heat pipes, pumped liquid and two-phase loops and thermal storage devices for customers in diverse markets including aerospace, electronics, temperature calibration, medical device, and energy recovery systems.

act’s team consists of personnel with established track records in technology development, commercialization and production. many of them were involved in the pioneering work on heat pipes, loop heat pipes and other single and two-phase heat transfer devices. they are the inventors/co-inventors on numerous u.s. and international patents and the authors/co-authors of hundreds of scientific publications.

the r&d team at act has engineers with backgrounds in mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, nuclear, materials, manufacturing and physics. their expertise assures we can serve wide variety of material, thermal and modeling challenges in diverse applications.

act’s facility measures more than 40,000 square feet, including office, laboratory and manufacturing spaces. with iso9001 and as9100 certified quality system in place, the facility has designed and manufactured high quality, cost effective, thermal management solutions for dozens of mission critical satellite, and military programs as well as for numerous commercial applications.

simultaneously act’s broad and diverse r&d efforts are developing thermal solutions for tomorrow’s emerging technologies.for more information about act, please visit www.1-act.com.

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