UK Manufactured 3D Printed Sintered Wick Heat Pipes for Embedded Solutions

英国制造的用于嵌入式解决方案的 3D 打印烧结芯热管

• 批准号: 10072860
• 金额: $ 5.59万
• 依托单位: ENGINEERING ENTROPY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10072860
• 关键词: UK; Manufactured; 3D; Printed; Sintered

This project will evaluate the commercial viability of developing a 3D printed sintered wick heat pipe rugged embedded heat frame.The base unit for evaluating performance in this project will be a modular VPX VITA 48.2 conduction cooled heat frame. This form factor has been selected as it is highly mechanically constrained by the VITA standards and represents a large number of products in the rugged Defence sectors currently on the market.It is intended that solutions developed as part of this project can be replicated on larger modules, or rugged chassis developments for the same industry.Integrated heat pipes are not a new technology for the rugged market, however may developers have struggled to correctly implement them resulting in lower uptake than should be expected considering their maturity. Common problems include poor integration and assembly, or poor pipe quality from supplier.By incorporating the wick structure into a single printed unit, these challenges are removed entirely from the unit and will allow more developer to use and implement these techniques in their products.Additionally, heat pipe supply chains, which almost universally originate in the Far East, are under severe scrutiny from Defence program engagement due to political tensions in the area. For these low volume markets, alternative supply chain costings are prohibitively high which discourages wider implementation of heat pipe technology in products. The low volume, and wick geometry complexity of integrated heat pipe modules lends itself to the development of an additively manufactured alternative.By close of this project, Entropy intend to show that additively manufacture sintered wick modules have both a performance and cost benefit in rugged electronics modules over their traditionally manufactures counterparts. Entropy will have clear steps to commercialisation of these products, and will evaluate further funding including commercial partnership to progress to production ready levels.

该项目将评估开发3D打印烧结芯热管坚固嵌入式热架的商业可行性。在这个项目中，评估性能的基本单元将是一个模块化的VPX VITA 48.2传导冷却热框架。之所以选择这种外形因素，是因为它受到VITA标准的高度机械限制，并且代表了目前市场上坚固的国防部门的大量产品。作为该项目的一部分，开发的解决方案可以复制到更大的模块上，或者为同一行业开发坚固的底盘。对于坚固耐用的市场来说，集成热管并不是一项新技术，但是许多开发人员一直在努力正确地实施它们，导致其采用率低于考虑到其成熟度的预期。常见的问题包括集成和组装不良，或供应商提供的管道质量差。通过将灯芯结构整合到单个打印单元中，这些挑战完全从单元中消除，并将允许更多的开发人员在他们的产品中使用和实施这些技术。此外，由于该地区的政治紧张局势，几乎普遍起源于远东的热管供应链正受到国防项目参与的严格审查。对于这些小批量市场，替代供应链成本过高，阻碍了热管技术在产品中的广泛应用。集成热管模块的低体积和芯几何复杂性使其适合于增材制造替代品的开发。在这个项目结束时，Entropy打算证明增材制造烧结芯模块在坚固的电子模块中比传统制造的同类产品具有性能和成本优势。熵将对这些产品的商业化有明确的步骤，并将评估进一步的资金，包括商业伙伴关系，以达到生产准备水平。