Advanced Silicone Solutions for Electronic and Automotive Applications

For electronic and automotive applications, protecting components from moisture and debris as well as efficient heat transfer are key criteria in material selection.

In this video, CHT’s silicone experts discuss the latest trends in the Electronics and Transportation sector, new R&D projects and why CHT’s silicone elastomers help manufacturers achieve key design requirements such as reduce weight, mitigate thermal runaway, thermal management, and environmental protection.

Transcript

00:00:02 [Music] electronics are no longer the devices that are simply sitting on your desk or in your home theater cabinet they're everywhere we go and as such they're subject to the same type of external conditions that we are but instead of just protecting it from moisture we also want the added benefit of protecting it from flame fires battery explosions

00:00:29 things like that that's components get smaller and smaller hotter and hotter you need to be able to dissipate that heat faster and faster but part of that is a really good mating surface to whatever you're trying to dissipate that heat from and so good adhesion good rology is required to make sure that the material flows out uh that you get a good fit against the material and then

00:00:48 it sticks over a long term we provide uh 1K 2K um thermal management um products for bonding and sealing we have also potting material two components addition curing potting material we provide also lightweight products with low vocc tht's thermal interface materials are unique in the market because we're using a single component adhesive material that's easy to dispense it's easy to

00:01:16 automate and get into the process but the other benefit is that the CHT materials actually have great adhesion so as things expand and contract with thermal cycling we maintain the bond which allows for better thermal efficiency long term chts portfolio has several products that are UL listed so Underwriters Laboratory and the UL listing provides customers some comfort

00:01:39 that not only have these been tested in the field with many other companies but we have tested them in independent Laboratories to show that they perform fantastic whether Outdoors under flame conditions and so you will see uh CHT with a variety of ul94 VZ options as well as UL F1 outdoor ratings and that's fantastic for everything from Automotive to solar to consumer electronics we know

00:02:04 that our materials Will Survive the test of time and they've been tested for it CHT USA is ISO certified um both our Michigan and our Richmond location we are dual certified for ISO 901 and 14,1 in today's Automotive world the drive to lighter weight vehicles to the drive to electric vehicles all require a variety of different chemistries that can help reduce the weight in the

00:02:31 vehicle itself the reduction of heat producing components so they require a thermally conductive material to help drive that heat away from those components that are out there there's a push to reduce the weight of products and and mostly that's in the automotive Market we want to get more mileage in our vehicles we want to reduce the energy expenditure and become

00:02:53 a little more green one of the most recent developments for Ev or electric vehicles uh in the material side of things from CHT is silicone foam fo silicone foam has a several unique advantages to traditional silicone elastomers one it's lightweight uh as much as uh 70% lower in weight than a traditional silicone two it's insulative three it's flame retardant and silicone

00:03:16 foam has tremendous flame smoke and toxicity properties particularly compared to Organics and then they're also liquid dispens so as you have a battery pack um the material our liquid material low density material is dispensed around the battery pack and it Foams up within 5 minutes it's done foaming within 10 minutes it's fully cured and it's ready to move down the

00:03:37 line what makes the chg brand unique is really it's our ability to offer tailor made solutions to our customers what we want to do is that we want to work with our customers in partnership with them in order to really find you know where we can add value for them and given the the breath of knowledge that we have we're really able to work with them to find custom Solutions you know that

00:03:58 solve their problems CC's team is trusted silicone experts because we offer a range of experience ranging from up to 10 years up to 50 years some of us have come from different Industries we're can apply that knowledge and application to solve a customer problems we are a global team with um Global Experience with different experience CHT gives access to our lab gives access to

00:04:23 our technology gives access to the people that understand silicon on the molecular level and that access that customers are looking for or often can't get is a competitive Advantage not just for us but for our customers that is they utilize us we are not supplier and customer we are a partner [Music]