Thermal Pads Blog
GAP PAD 1500 aka GAP PAD TGP 1500 | High-Compliance Pad | Die-Cutting
At NEDC, Gap Pads/Thermal Pads are a core product. One uncommon type of material in the thermal pad world is an unreinforced pad. Normally, thermal pads are reinforced to aid with handling. It is unusual for a thermal pad to have enough continuity to be easy to handle...
GAP PAD TGP HC3000 aka Gap Pad HC3.0, Die-Cut, Custom Cut Shapes
Whenever a customer comes to me looking for a middle of the road option available in today's world, that is: -Soft & Compliant -Low Outgassing -Available in many thickness options -Economical yet good thermal properties I will look towards Gap Pad HC3.0 aka GAP...
EVs(Electric Vehicles) & Thermal Pads
In February, I just took possession of an electric vehicle. It got me thinking, electric vehicles use a lot of thermal interface material, don’t they? Batteries are the life, and blood of electric vehicles. They control the entire car; air conditioning, heating,...
Henkel Announces New Ultra-Low Modulus Product | GAP PAD TGP 12000ULM
Henkel has launched the Gap Pad TGP 12000ULM under their Bergquist product line. This silicone material is filled with thermally conductive particles to impart the highest thermal conductivity to date of 12 W/m-K. This is an exciting development for the Gap Pad...
Thermal Pad/Choosing a Thermal Pad – Case Study
In our last blog, we discussed 3 tips to choosing a thermal gap filling pad. We wanted to show how that worked in a previous application. The below is a case study that utilizes a few of those tips. The Problem: A customer came to us looking for an thermal management...
3 Tips for Selecting a Thermal Gap Filler Pad!
Many of our customers are using thermal pads nowadays. With another year in the books, the electronics used this year are at an all-time high. This requires more cooling! To finish off the year, we thought we would make a blog about a few tips on choosing a thermal...
What do we make at NEDC?
A lot of times when I’m explaining to someone what I do for a living, I almost feel like saying “I play with giant cookie cutters all day.” We Use Giants Cookie Cutters, why say this? To most people it seems hard to explain that our customers just send me a print and...
Outgassing of Thermal Pads | ASTM E595 | TML & CVCM
One of our tips for selecting a thermal pad is selecting a thermal pad that has a lot of data about it. Some of these data points include, thermal conductivity, volume resistivity, flame rating, Young's Modulus, and more. However, one common question when it comes to...
NEDC Announces Thermal Pad Sample Kit!
Today, NEDC announced a thermal pad sample kit. This thermal pad sample kit features over 20 Gap pads placed on a 8.5'' x 11'' card. This card makes it simple to understand different thermal pads available for thermal management. Below is a table of thermal pads...
Tolerancing for Thermal Pads | Thickness, Diameter, Linear Dimensions
One difficult thing for the team is when a tight tolerance is put on a thermal interface material. Some of our customers understand, gap filling materials are putty like. Alternatively, thin thermal pads are usually coatings coated on a reinforcement layer such as...
Thermally Conductive Silicone Sponge | Custom Shapes
At NEDC, we are all about thermally conductive gap filling pads. A unique thermal gap filler that can double as a gasketing material is Thermacool R10404 Thermally Conductive Silicone Sponge. This closed-cell silicone sponge rubber gap filling material is not only...
Rogers’ Thermabond – Thermally Conductive Adhesive Preforms
At NEDC, we cut a lot of adhesive preform products into finished cut parts. One of the more common adhesive products that NEDC cuts is Thermabond® Silicone Electronic Adhesive products by Rogers Corporation. Properties of Thermabond Adhesive Preforms A common demand...
Thermal Pads | Filling Thick Gaps with Thermal Interface Pads
Oftentimes, customers come to us looking for thermal solutions. The problem with filling thick gaps when trying to solve a thermal solution is many typical thermal interface solutions won’t be a good fit to solve the problem. Reasons other Thermal Management Products...
Phase Change Materials(PCMs), and their Advantages
At NEDC we are a custom manufacturer of thermal interface pads. Many of these gap filling thermal pads are used to remove heat out of the application. PCM materials offer an advantage that other thermal interface products cannot seem to do. Phase Change Materials work...
Advantages of Thermal Pads over Thermal Pastes
In one of our other blogs, we mentioned other different types of thermal pads and their advantages. Many thermal pads are used as replacements for thermal pastes. However, we never discussed different advantages that thermal pads have over thermal putties/greases. Of...
Tips for Choosing a Tape for your Adhesive Backed Gasket!
At NEDC we manufacture a lot of different components for aviation, military, medical and electronics. One of the common things we see is trouble with adhesive transfer tapes. In this blog post, we wanted to discuss some tips on choosing the right tape for your...
PGS Thermal Graphite Sheets | Custom Die-Cut Shapes
Thermal management is a core competency at NEDC. One of the core products we die-cut is graphite-based thermal interface material. Panasonic has a line that features incredible thermal performance! Panasonics PGS(Pyrolytic Highly Oriented Graphite Sheet) Thermal...
Soft Gaskets | Soft – Extremely Soft Gasketing Materials
Gaskets come in an incredible variety of materials. One thing about gaskets is it can always get softer. When compression is not an asset, usually the answer is to go even softer. For that reason, I thought I would write a blog about what options are out there when it...
Die Cut Gaskets vs. Laser Cut Gaskets vs. Waterjet Cut Gaskets
At NEDC we operate many pieces of cutting machinery. We operate state of the art conventional die cutting machines, laser cutting machines, and waterjet cutting machines. In this blog post, we thought we would delineate the differences between all of these machines so...
Thermally Conductive Tapes – Bond-Ply | Die Cutting
At NEDC, double-sided tapes are a common material we deal with. Essentially a double-sided tape is material that has adhesive on both sides. This is with a carrier in the middle of two adhesive coatings of material. In some cases, thermal conductivity is a requirement...
Gap Pad VO Soft, VO Ultra Soft, VO | Gap Filling Pads
At NEDC, we manufacture lots of gap filling pads. In this blog, we discuss some thermal gel pads. All of these Gap Pad materials are used to isolate electronics while providing great thermal properties. Oftentimes customers get confused thinking Gap Pad VO, Gap Pad...
High Thermal Conductivity Gap Pads | Low Modulus | High Compliance | Super-Soft
Design Engineers are constantly looking for the highest thermal conductivity thermal pad they can find. In this blog we will be discussing 5 “High Thermal Conductivity Gap Pads”. Keep in mind Thermal Conductivity is Not Everything. That is why we have included some...
Thermal Gap Filling Pads | Self-Attaching Methods
At NEDC we cut a lot of thermal gap filling pads. One of the frequent questions we get is “Why are many thermal pads not available with pressure sensitive adhesive?” The answer comes back to the whole purpose of the thermal pad itself. Attachment Methods Thermal...
Die-Cut Silicone Products- Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Insulators, Absorbers
At NEDC, we would be remiss to not mention most of our products revolve around silicone-based materials. As a result, products that we offer a lot of die-cut silicone products. Out of our 5 core products, 4 are normally silicone based. In this post, we picked out 4...
Thermal Pads- Non-Electrically Isolating, High Durability, Soft-Tack
I always make the analogy that thermal pads are like ice-cream, there's something for everybody. In this blog, I wanted to discuss some of the qualities of thermal pads that are available but not as sought after or not preferred as some of the other qualities. The...
Sil-Pad 900S Thermal Pad
NEDC has been die-cutting thermal pads since its inception in 1982. One of the more popular products Sil-Pad 900S by Henkel’s Bergquist. It is one of the most commonly die-cut materials NEDC converts. This product is part of the Sil-Pad family, featuring great thermal...
Low Modulus Thermal Pads- High Thermal Conductivity Thermal Pads
One of our core products at NEDC is thermal gap pads. Oftentimes when engineering a new thermal pad into a design, one of the key considerations along with thermal conductivity of the pad is the softness and compliance of it. How well the pad wets out onto the...
Silicone Gaskets, Pads- Silicone Foam, Sponge, Solid, EMI/RFI Shielding
At NEDC, we offer an incredibly wide range of materials. High performing materials such as silicone rubber is one of them. The reason for this is because silicone has countless incredible properties. These include great electrical properties, high & low...
Silicone-Based Thermal Pads, and other alternatives
At NEDC, we manufacture many different thermal pads. The most common type we see is silicone-based thermal pads. One of the things I always say is, thermal pads are like ice cream. They come in hundreds of different flavors. When I say flavors, I mean compositions,...
Silicone-Free Thermal Pads | Thin Thermal Interface Pads
On this blog before, we have discussed the benefits of having a silicone-free thermal pad, and why some applications require there to be no silicone in their application. Of course, silicone-based products can be insidious to applications without immediate obvious...
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Super-Soft Silicone Rubber Gaskets | Tight-Tolerance/High-Temperature
At NEDC, Custom Silicone Rubber Gaskets are a common product we sell. Included in that category are the Super-Soft Silicone Rubber Gaskets that are available. When I think soft gaskets, typically below 40A durometer would be considered soft. However, when I think of...
Double Coated Tape 3M 9731- Acrylic/Silicone
We are an authorized 3M Converter at NEDC. As a result, we work with many of their tape products. These include VHB Tapes, EMI Shielding Tapes, Transfer Tapes, and many others. One of the tapes we work with often is 3M 9731 Double Coated Tape. This tape has the great...
Sil-Pad 900S Thermal Pad
NEDC has been die-cutting thermal pads since its inception in 1982. One of the more popular products Sil-Pad 900S by Henkel’s Bergquist. It is one of the most commonly die-cut materials NEDC converts. This product is part of the Sil-Pad family, featuring great thermal...
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