Generative AI and EV Batteries: Why Liquid Cooling?

Generative AI and EV Batteries: Why Liquid Cooling? Advancing technologies like high performance artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicle (EV...

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COOLERCHIPS Program - Advanced Cooling System for Data Centers

A $5 Million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports NVIDIA and seven partners, including Boyd, to build an advanced liquid cooling sy...

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Right Sizing Liquid Components and Systems

The Benefits of "Right-Sizing" Components & Systems Designers sometimes oversize components in order to build in a margin of safety. However, this...

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UL 969 Marking and Labeling Standards

UL 969, also known as the "Standard for Marking and Labeling Systems", is a rating provided by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) assuring the performance...

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Regenerative Turbine Pump Maintenance

The following is a brief overview of some fundamental heat transfer concepts. To learn more, the reader is encouraged to review the source publication...

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Reducing Contact Thermal Resistance

The trend in the electronics packaging industry is towards smaller, more powerful devices. With these small, high power components, however, there are...

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How to Measure your Heat Load

Formula for Specific Heat The first step in selecting the proper product for your cooling system application is to determine the heat load, or the amo...

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Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

The following is a brief overview of some fundamental heat transfer concepts. To learn more, the reader is encouraged to review the source publication...

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Defining Heat Source’s Dissipated Power

Input Power versus Dissipated Power For those new to thermal management, most devices have two associated power values: input power and dissipated pow...

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The Basics of Heat Transfer

Heat Spreading Heat spreaders offer cost-effective, reliable high thermal conductivity and efficacy with almost no moving parts. A heat spreader is an...

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How to Calculate Maximum Case Temperature of a Device

Gathering Critical Device Data Finding how much heat your electronic device dissipates and how to calculate maximum case temperature can be difficult ...

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The Basics of Compressor-Based Refrigeration

When trying to understand how a compressor based cooling system works, you must keep three physical phenomena in mind: Fundamental Physical Principles...

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Frequently Asked Thermal Questions

Get answers to frequently asked questions about heat pipes, thermal technology and thermal management. Heat Pipes and Heat Exchangers What is a heat p...

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Laser Liquid Cooling Optimization

The performance of high-powered lasers depends on effective cooling. High-powered lasers generate a significant amount of heat that must be removed fr...

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High Performance Liquid Cooling Loop Design

Embedded systems are becoming more complex, processing and analyzing a growing number of sensors and signals. The result of this increased computing i...

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Liquid Cooling Introduction

Liquid cooling is an effective way to remove high heat loads from components. Excessive heat can compromise the reliability of a system and engineers ...

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Selecting a Liquid Cooling System

Ambient cooling systems, recirculating chillers, liquid-to-liquid cooling systems there are so many different cooling technologies that selecting...

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Assessing the Quality of a Tubed Cold Plate

As many applications move from air cooling to liquid cooling, tubed cold plates are often a cost efficient and popular solution. Although many local s...

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Liquid Cold Plate Manufacturing Cost Drivers

Liquid cold plate prices can vary quite a bit; understanding why can help you cut costs and still obtain the performance you need to properly cool you...

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Designing Custom Liquid Cold Plates

Liquid-cooled cold plates offer superior cooling for high power electronic devices and can be purchased as standard products or can be custom designed...

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Selecting a Liquid Cold Plate Technology

Complex systems that utilize liquid flow rely on leak-free systems, dependable liquid containment, transport, and sealing solutions. These active syst...

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MAKE IT HAPPEN: Supporting African-American Men in Higher Education

With the 2023 US graduation season upon us, Boyd would like to congratulate this years graduates for their academic achievements! Promoting Diversity ...

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Sizing a Heat Exchanger for Cold Plate Applications

In many liquid cooling loops, the heat that is picked up by a cold plate is rejected to ambient air via a heat exchanger. Calculating the Thermal Resi...

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturing Cost Drivers

Heat exchanger prices can vary quite a bit; understanding why can help you cut costs and still obtain the performance you need to properly cool your a...

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Selecting a Heat Exchanger

In order to select the correct heat exchanger or oil cooler, you must first determine required thermal performance for your application. Use the examp...

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Introduction to Pressure Drop

Thermal interface material (TIM) is a crucial part of any thermal management solution. Since it's physically a small portion of most applications, it'...

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Couplers, Hose Clamps and Fitting Selection

Fluid line connectors are essential to liquid cooling loops. Engineers must consider selection, installation, and maintenance of a system's fluid conn...

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How Thermal Interface Material Works

Thermal interface material (TIM) is a crucial part of any thermal management solution. Since it's physically a small portion of most applications, it'...

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Avoiding Corrosion in Liquid Cooling Systems

Water and water/glycol solutions are common heat transfer fluids used in cooling systems and recirculating chillers. Although the fluids are the lifeb...

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Liquid Cooling System Pump Overview

Complex systems that utilize liquid flow rely on leak-free systems, dependable liquid containment, transport, and sealing solutions. These active syst...

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The Best Heat Transfer Fluids for Liquid Cooling

Once you've determined liquid cooling is the solution, do you know what heat transfer fluid to use? One of the most important factors when choosing a ...

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Liquid Cooling Solutions for Data Centers

Boyd offers end-to-end support for liquid cooling systems in data centers and colocations. As global digitalization and electronification rises sharpl...

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Recirculating Chiller Protection Options and Fluid Compatibility

Recirculating chillers are "off-the-shelf" liquid cooling systems that offer precise temperature control and/or cooling below ambient temperatures. Ex...

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Chiller Temperature Control

Industrial chillers are commonly used to circulate a constant temperature fluid in a closed loop with liquid cooled instruments and tools in order to ...

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Recirculating Chiller Maintenance

Recirculating chillers are cooling systems that provide precise temperature control as well as cooling below ambient temperature. Key Preventative Mea...

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Selecting a Recirculating Chiller & Cooling Capacity Factors

Selecting the proper recirculating chiller is a function of four factors: The heat load generated by the device being cooled (Q)The maximum acceptable...

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Heat Exchanger Fan Selection

A heat exchanger is a device designed to efficiently transfer or "exchange" heat from one matter to another. When a fluid is used to transfer heat, th...

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Zipper Fin Heat Sinks: An Interconnected Solution

Zipper Fins allow for high fin aspect ratios and more design flexibility due to their progressively stamped construction and assembly. What are Zipper...

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Boyd's Essential Sealing, Thermal, and Protection Solutions in the Fight Against COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate, the world is faced with new challenges each to combat and overcome the virus. With each rising chall...

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Active Web vs Dead Web in Elastomer Keypads

Deciding between active web and dead web designs can give an elastomer keypad a distinct and unique feel. In another blog, we discussed how elastomer ...

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3D Laser Scanning at Boyd

For the inspection and creation of complex injection molded components, a 3D scanner is often the perfect solution. Imagine that you need to precisely...

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Standardizing O-Rings

O-Ring Size has standardized over time to simplify design and manufacturing, but may not always be the best solution for every application. Standardiz...

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Introduction to Thermal Management: Keeping Devices Cool

The latest electrification trends drive products to contain more powerful and compact electrical components, which drives additional thermal managemen...

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Thermal Management in Artificial Intelligence

As technology continues to evolve, more companies leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve existing offerings and generate new solutions to ac...

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How Are Semiconductors Made?

Semiconductors enable billions of electronic devices that we use daily, but how exactly are they created? How Are Semiconductors Manufactured? Billion...

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What is a Transdermal Patch?

Transdermal patches are efficient and non-invasive wearable medicine delivery systems, but how do these unique medical wearables work? What is a Trans...

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Earth Day Cleanup Activity in the Woburn Community

Earth Day is a worldwide observation, highlighting the achievements of the environmental movement while promoting awareness to protect the Earth's nat...

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Tape Backing or Carrier Types

What are the different adhesive tape carrier material types? Adhesive tape backing materials are the foundation of adhesive tapes that provide structu...

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Tape Construction Types

What are the different adhesive tape construction types? There are three main types of adhesive tape constructions: transfer tapes, single sided tapes...

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Adhesive Tape Release Liners

What Are Adhesive Tape Release Liners? Adhesive tape release liners are backing material used to protect the adhesive on an adhesive tape until it is ...

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