Thermalex: Aluminum Thermal Transfer Extrusions

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Thermalex Automotive Extrusion Products are standards in the supply chain of the auto industry for both OEM (original equipment manufacturers) and aftermarket product applications. As a QS-9000™ and ISO-9000™ certified extrusion supplier, our multi-port, micro channel extruded aluminum tubing and shapes are used extensively by global and US Tier 1 automotive suppliers. Thermalex extrusion products are used in the international fabrication of thermal transfer modules for such products as charge air coolers, fuel cells, fuel coolers, heater cores, heat sinks, radiator cores, transmission oil coolers, and vehicle comfort cooling.

Thermalex also has extended its Automotive Products reach into the off-road vehicle, industrial, truck, bus, mobile refrigeration, locomotive and earth moving industries with durable, corrosion resistant solutions to the demanding needs of massive, complicated machinery requiring heat transfer performance.

Microelectronics Applications and exciting, cutting edge technologies emerge daily and Thermalex has micro-extrusion solutions for these new markets. The superior thermal transfer properties of aluminum, extruded to maximize thermal surface area to weight ratios, provide outstanding product applications for tomorrow's new technology innovations, not possible with previous, older copper heat transfer technologies.

The HVACR industry uses Thermalex Micro-Flow® microchannel aluminum extruded tubing in parallel flow brazed aluminum heat exchangers to increase performance and push efficiency ranges up while significantly reducing product size. The lower airside pressure drops and equivalent refrigerant drops are attractive to HVACR manufacturers' design engineers who seek to reduce condenser and evaporator coil face areas with microchannel tubing.

Brazed aluminum microchannel coils not only offer superior performance to older, traditional copper tube-in-fin designs, but also offer improved corrosion resistance, as seen in successful laboratory and field trial seacoast applications. Significantly reduced refrigerant system charges, whether R-22, R410a, R-407c, or others are typical when aluminum extruded microchannel tubing is used.

From ductless mini-split products and room air conditioners to central or home unitary systems, and light commercial HVAC systems, brazed aluminum microchannel heat exchangers have application potential to achieve more with less. In commercial systems, such as large capacity applied or engineered products, including air to air chillers and refrigeration units, microchannel tubing is in development to reduce huge condenser and evaporator coils both in face area size and overall unit footprint.