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Assessing the Quality of a Tubed Cold Plate

From Lytron Inc.

As many applications move from air cooling to liquid cooling, tubed cold plates are often the technology of choice. Their growing presence begs the question "What are the significant criteria for selecting a high quality tubed cold plate?" Most machine shops are able to produce a tubed cold plate. However, a well designed cold plate results in a product with noticeable and significant advantages in both quality and performance. Figure 1 shows tubed cold plates from three different manufacturers: Can you tell which cold plate is likely to have the best performance or be the most reliable?

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