Back to Boyd Blog Most of the time when we hear folding, and not folded fin heat sinks. We first think of folding typical daily things like laundry or paper. Most of us don't think or know about the awesome applications that folding has in technol...

Back to Boyd Blog Bonded Fin Heat Sink: What is it and how does it compare to other heat sinks? Aavid Genie has a bonded fin heat sink as one of the options available to you in the Technology Matrix. For those unfamiliar to them, a bonded fin hea...

Back to Boyd Blog What is Brazing? Brazing is the process of melting a metal between two other pieces of metal in order to join them. Common metals for this process in the thermal management world include copper and copper based alloys, aluminum-...

Back to Boyd Blog Skived Fin Heat Sinks: Singular Piece Solutions Many heat sink designs consist of separate fins and base and are assembled together using an adhesive process to bond the two together. These heat sink assemblies have an added the...

Back to Boyd Blog Extruded heat sinks are one of the most popular types of heat sinks. They're easy to make in bulk, economical, and have fewer secondary operations before a final product than other heat sink technologies. That's why the extrusion...