SKIVED FIN HEAT SINKS

Materials

• Aluminum 6063

• Pure Copper CDA 110

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Specifications

• 4 foot max profile width

• <= 10 in profile length

• 40:1 fin height to minimum gap ratio

• <= 50 mm maximum fin height

• 0.2 – 1.0 mm fin thickness

Applications

• Limited space

• Forced airflow

• Servers

• Networking / Telecom boards

Manufacturing Process

Skived fins are achieved by a knife tool that literally shaves fins up from an extruded aluminum or copper base. This process of slicing and then standing the fins up one at a time can create an extremely high fin-to-gap aspect ratio. The top of the fins are then cut to maintain a uniform height.  This increased surface area drastically improves the thermal performance in forced airflow environments.