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Liquid Thermal Gap Fillers | Available for Distribution | High Conductivity
NEDC services many accounts with liquid thermal gap fillers. These liquid gap fillers are used in applications where automation, and material cost over high volumes are a concern. What Makes NEDC Different from Other Distributors for Liquid Thermal Gap Fillers? Shelf...
Thermal Insulators | Laird/DuPont | TGard | High Conductivity
At NEDC, we sell a lot of thermal pads. We also sell a lot of die-cut thermal insulators. When I hear of a die-cut thermal insulator, I usually think of a thermal pad that is on the thinner side that has added pressure to achieve its thermal properties. As discussed...
Tackiness on Thermal Pads, Gap Fillers | With, or Without?
It is no secret that NEDC has a thermal pad test machine at its facility in Methuen, MA. We test a lot of thermal pads. We stack them, sort them by apparent thermal conductivity, by bulk thermal conductivity, test with liners, without liners, with PSA, without PSA… In...
Stacking Thermal Pads | Can you do it?
NEDC manufactures many different types of thermal pads. Customers ask us all sorts of technical questions about thermal pads. One question we get all the time is: “My Gap .250’’, can I stack this Thermal Gap Filler Pad that only comes in .125’’ , twice?” Potential...
CoolZorb™ Thermal/EMI Absorbers | Custom Die Cutting/Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we have a core competency of thermal pads, and RF absorbers. We were wondering the other day, what if there was a product that did both conducting heat out of an application, while also absorbing RF waves, and giving it off as heat. Well, that would be an...
Silicone-Free Thermal Pads | Laird/DuPont | TFLEX SF10, SF800, SF600
Recently, we saw some thermal pads that caught our attention. Silicone-Free in industry is important for a number of reasons. In the last 10-20 years, silicone-free thermal pads has become a huge market for the electronic industry. In this blog, we wanted to discuss...
TFlex HD Thermal Pads | High Deflection | High Thermal Performance
Customers are looking for the best thermal performance when it comes to thermal interface materials. To get the best thermal performance, in my opinion in most cases, you don’t want to rely on much external pressure to get there. For that reason, we thought we’d write...
TFlex SF10- Compliant, Ultra-Soft, High Conductivity
Thermal Pads are the future. I don’t think anyone can overstate that at this point. Electronics are getting smaller, while the power densities obviously increase. Recently, I discovered a material that we really liked. It had a lot of qualities that we often hear...
Clear/Transparent – Translucent Silicone Rubber Gasketing
NEDC manufactures gaskets of all sorts. There are many different types of silicone rubbers. It came as a surprise to me that we have not discussed transparent/clear, or translucent silicone rubber in the 250 odd blogs we have done. Properties of Clear/Transparent...
Phase Change Materials | EIF1000 KA/KB/K3 AKA ISOSTRATE
NEDC considers themselves thermal interface pads experts. When you’re discussing the best thermal performance, phase change is the best you are going to get. In this blog, we wanted to highlight a pad that we handle all the time. Properties of EIF1000 aka ISOSTRATE As...
New Car | Gaskets Everywhere!
Gaskets are everywhere. I wanted to post a blog that discusses gaskets in everyday life. I recently bought a car, and thought I could discuss several places where I found gaskets during routine maintenance. Applications of Gaskets Oil Plug- On the oil plug, there is...
NEDC Releases New Graphic Showing Product Groupings!
This blog post is all about the image we releasing. In this image, NEDC is showing a die-cut insulator, a thermal pad, an RF absorber, some die-cut gaskets, and an epoxy film that are all present on a typical application that we might service
ABLESTIK 561K | In Stock At NEDC | Die-Cut, Laser-Cut
Ablefilm is a staple of the materials we cut at NEDC. in past blogs, we have discussed some of the electrically conductive options such as CF3350, or 5025E Ablefilm Epoxy Film. In a change of topics, we thought we would discuss an electrically insulative epoxy film. ...
Henkel Releases New High Performance GAP PAD 18 W/m-K!
At NEDC, we are always using thermal pads for different customers. Performance for our customers is huge. While I encourage customers to not look at thermal conductivity for a sole indicator of performance, I’d be remiss to say that in this case, the 18 W/m-K is all...
Video on Thermal Pad Comparisons, Thermal Conductivity is Not Everything!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRMPlikAE-s
Thermal Gap Filler | NEDC distributes TGF 3600/GF3500S35 | Information
At NEDC, some say we are experts in thermal gap pads. We are also experts in liquid gap filler materials. So much in fact, we actually distribute both. One of the materials we like a lot, and will be highlighted in an upcoming video is TGF 3600, or...
NEDC Launches Video Demonstrating How Thermal Pads Work!
NEDC posts a video demonstrating how thermal interface pads work.
NEDC Introduces First Thermal Pad Experiment Video
This video shows how a thermal pad actually works with the analogy of cooking.
Frozen Epoxy Films in Stock at NEDC!
NEDC is a converter of frozen epoxy films to make custom preforms for customers to buy. For that reason, NEDC has many frozen films in stock. These include: Ablefilm 5025E Ablefilm 561K Ablefilm CF3350 Ablefilm 566K And others. We wanted to just get it out there on...
Thin Gasketing, Thin Gauge Gaskets | .015”, & Below
Applications get smaller, and smaller everyday. As footprints of the electronics we serve get thinner, and lighter i.e electronic signs, tablets, and other peripherals, the gasketing must get thinner to accommodate it. We have customers come in all the time looking...
T-Global Technology | Thermal Gap Pads | Thick, Thin, High W/m-K
At NEDC, thermal pads are our specialty. Our manufacturing site is in Methuen, MA. Across the pond, in the United Kingdom, there is a reputable thermal pad manufacturer. This manufacturer is called T-Global Technology. They make a number of thermal interface...
EMI/RFI Bulb/Hollow Gaskets – The Softest EMI/RFI Gasket
At NEDC, we mostly die-cut, knife-cut, or waterjet cut gaskets. However, we do also fabricate, glue, or bond together some gaskets. Why do we do this? The short answer is because we cannot die cut, or waterjet cut them. However, sometimes it's also for performance...
Applications: Scanner, PDDs, Analyzers – Gaskets, Pads, Thermal Pads
At NEDC, we manufacture an incredible array of applications. In today's blog, I thought I’d talk about something we’ve all interacted with at some point. In today's world, we are trying to have the data at our fingerprints all the time. Some of these mobile devices...
Silicone Rubber Gasketing, Peroxide vs. Platinum Cured
Customers buy all sorts of silicone rubber gaskets. In fact, silicone rubber gasketing materials are some of our most popular materials we sell to customers. Of course, theres all sorts of silicone rubber materials. Customers sometimes ask if one is better than the...
Can you use a Thermal Pad/Gap Pad more than Once?
My blogs largely originated from the various questions I have gotten from customers over the years. This includes the most popular ones. One question I realized I get an awful lot is : “Are Gap Pads Reusable?” In other words, is this thermal pad reworkable? Heres my...
Garlock BLUE-GARD Gasketing Options | Waterjet/Die-Cutting
At NEDC, engineered options are our thing. In this blog, we wanted to discuss all of the Garlock options that are under the BLUE-GARD® brand. These materials are non-asbestos, aramid fiber gaskets that are compressed with different binders. Popular Garlock BLUE-GARD®...
R10400M (Medium) Flame Retardant Silicone Sponge | Custom Die-Cut Parts
Silicone Sponge, and Silicone Foam are different. I’ve talked about that in another blog on our website. Both have desirable properties. Some have good physical properties, and some have good flame retardant properties. There are some products that can actually be...
Thermal Pad Tackle Box | Sales Tool for Testing/Sampling
At NEDC, we are all about thermal. We enjoy making new sales tools to help customers design thermal interface pads into their applications. Why use this Sales Tool? This thermal pad tackle box allows the user to try different thermal pads. In this kit, we have 5...
Thermal Pad vs. Thermal Grease/Mica
One common question I hear engineers ask about is if it's better to have Mica/Grease or Sil-Pad products. Obviously, I’m partial to this, but I wanted to give some thoughts I had about Mica/Grease, and why I think it has its place, but why I think in a manufacturing...
Die-Cutting vs Laser Cutting, Epoxy Preforms: Part 2
I had a customer call the other day, saying he heard that laser cutting was better than die-cutting for frozen epoxy preforms. Heres the thought I had in my head “Why does this keep coming up!?” Heres my thought, and then I’m going dive into every advantage, and...
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