| | | Custom and integrated components Minco operates four different product divisions, all coordinated in the same facility for faster, seamless integration that can boost your time-to-market. This makes us unique in our ability to customize and integrate components into turnkey assemblies and complete thermal, sensing and flex circuitry solutions. All of our components can be designed, manufactured, and integrated to perfectly fit your application while providing matched system accuracy. We can furnish heaters with integral resistance thermometers, thermocouples, thermistors, or thermostats. Minco controllers can monitor sensors and power heaters for tight control and accuracy. And, with flex circuit capabilities and in-house pick-and-place equipment, control circuitry can be incorporated in the same assembly to save you assembly time and cost. Custom tailored for better fit Size and shape possibilities are limitless. Minco can manufacture heaters as large as 8 feet (2.4 m) long, and smaller than 0.25" x 0.25" (6.4 mm x 6.4 mm). You can specify intricate geometries to follow the bumps and curves of your hardware at the same time designing the heater for best accuracy and reliability. Value-added assembly As an added service, Minco can laminate, vulcanize, or clamp heaters to mating heat sinks. Our specialized equipment guarantees tight bonds, high reliability, and superior performance. We can mount the heater to your furnished parts, or provide machined heat sinks to offer you a complete turnkey solution. Best fit — best price Minco's custom heaters are typically more cost effective than our standard models at OEM quantities (e.g. 500+ pieces). Start with our off-the-shelf solutions for experimentation and proof-of-concept testing. Then, we'll work with you to optimize a custom solution. Contact us early in the design process so our expert engineers can help you design the best and most efficient heating solution available. Call Access: Minco Sales and Support today. | | |
| | | Thermofoil™ heaters are thin, flexible components consisting of an etched-foil resistive heating element laminated between layers of flexible insulation. Since their introduction by Minco over 45 years ago, Thermofoil heaters have demonstrated significant advantages over conventional electric heaters. Precise heating Thermofoil heaters put heat where you need it. You simply apply them to the surface of the part to be heated. The thin construction provides close thermal coupling between the heater element and heat sink. You can even specify profiled heat patterns with higher watt densities in areas where heat loss is greater. Faster warmup and longer life The flat foil element of Thermofoil heaters transfers heat more efficiently, over a larger surface area, than round wire. Thermofoil heaters, therefore, develop less thermal gradient between the resistive element and heat sink. Heaters stay cooler. The result is higher allowable watt densities, faster warmup, and prolonged heater life. Thermofoil heaters can safely run at wattages twice those of their wire-wound equivalents. Insulation life may be ten times greater. For high levels of reliable heat, the obvious choice is Thermofoil. Space and weight savings A polyimide (e.g. Kapton™) heater typically weighs only 0.009 oz/in2 (0.04 g/cm2) and measures just 0.010" (0.25 mm) thick over the element. For applications with limited space — defense electronics, aircraft, portable medical instruments, high density electronic devices — Thermofoil heaters deliver the heat you need. | | |