Columbia-Staver Ltd is delighted to announce the recent investment as part of a facilities upgrade into an automated Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). The automated CMM allows Columbia-Staver the accurate and repeatable measurement of complex machined components and heat sinks and can be used for both small prototype volume components as well as its quality process for medium to high volume production components. The chosen CMM has a working area of 505mm x 705mm x 405mm and is located within Columbia-Staver’s temperature controlled metrology lab. Further, the CCM operates the latest PC-DMIS software and allows the direct usage of 3D models for measurements. The CMM allows Columbia-Staver to support their clients with their demand for high quality, high accuracy heat sinks and thermal modules.

Columbia-Staver have expanded their Liquid Cold plate offering to include, Vacuum Brazed and FSW (Friction Stir Welded) manufacturing technologies.

In order to offer the very best combination of Thermal Performance and cost, Columbia-Staver can design a custom cold plate to be either vacuum brazed or friction stir welded. Each technology has specific advantages.

Recent developments in fibre wick structures however, enable Columbia-Staver to offer Heat pipes with a thickness as small as 0.4mm. The body of these ultra-thin heat pipes is made of copper with pure deionised water as the working fluid. The Ultra-thin heat pipes are easily able to transfer heat fluxes in the range of 1?6 W/cm2 often required mobile-handheld chipsets.

Ultra-thin heat pipes can come in a variety of lengths, widths and thicknesses.