Electrolube Launch New Thermal Phase Change Materials

Marking its second appearance at this specialist LED lighting industry event, Electrolube will have technical specialists available on Booth 223 to discuss some common – and not so common - issues that LED lighting manufacturers experience in the course of product development, including thermal management, environmental protection and colour shift problems associated with potting resins. The company’s involvement in the LED industry has grown exponentially in recent years, with the introduction of new, high-performance thermal phase change materials taking the US market by storm.

The new thermal phase change materials, TPM350 and TPM550, which offer high thermal conductivity levels of 3.50 and 5.50 W/m.K respectively. The low phase change temperatures encourage efficient wetting of the mating surfaces thereby ensuring minimal bond line thickness and reduced thermal resistance at the interface. Phase change materials provide an alternative to traditional thermal greases and both are silicone-free, have an operating temperature range of -40 to +125°C and are RoHS-2 compliant. These products do contain small amounts of solvent to improve wettability on application, this rapidly evaporates following application to leave the solid phase change material on the substrate.

Commenting, Ron Jakeman, Electrolube's Group Managing Director, said: "Our reputation and position within the LED lighting industry goes from strength to strength, which is owed largely to our R&D team, the consistent development of innovative new products and our well-earned reputation for problem solving. We work in conjunction with a number of prominent LED lighting manufacturers and end users around the world and have helped to solve many design and production related problems for our industry partners. One that immediately comes to mind involved a colour shift problem experienced by one of our Indian manufacturing partners, which was resolved with the help of our UK based technical team. They recommended one of our low exotherm polyurethane resins specifically designed with LED applications in mind. Strategies in Light offers an excellent showcase for our products and expertise and we extend a warm welcome to visitors to come and join us on the booth 223 and discover how partnering with Electrolube can help them improve their products’ performance and reliability.”

Further information about new products on show can be found at www.electrolube.com