Special polymers Laticonther open up new prospects for LED technology
The quality of the light emitted, monochrome and without harmful, invisible components makes the LED technology applicable to any sector, from domestic lighting to public signage, from the car to sports equipment.
The future of LEDs in lighting engineering is assured with the introduction of new LED that offer greater emission intensity, but also it is true that require greater electric current.
The performance of LEDs is outstanding, but still produces a warming to be drawn to keep the temperature below the threshold of functioning of the diode. For this reason, the LEDs are mounted directly on coolers of heat which is the keep controlled work parameters. The coolers must cool LEDs through natural convection through the flow of air through their fins.
Until today were radiant metal parts, typically manufactured by extrusion or mechanization of copper or aluminum, as you know, posed a direct and indirect costs that can affect the overall price. LVL, European specialist in the field of special polymer compounds, has created a line of thermoplastic products that offer a higher thermal conductivity and are able to transfer heat with much better efficiency than traditional plastics. Thanks to the electrical insulation and thermal conductive charges Laticonther products offer a conductivity of
2 W/M ° K, less than the metals, but 10 times greater than traditional plastics. Simulations and experience demonstrate how the thermal conductive polymers can ensure working conditions appropriate to the LEDs, maintaining the temperature close to the values that are obtained with dissipating metals and without ventilation. Natural convective heat exchanges the high conductivity of metals is often redundant and conductive compounds can be advanced and innovative solution to reduce costs of production.
Replace metal coolers for polymers is a good opportunity to save on material costs and take advantage of a manufacture, Assembly and finishing easy, clean and safe.
