Electronic components form a major part of our lives, so much so that it really is difficult to imagine life without them. These components take in energy from electricity in order to help us calculate countless difficult equations or simply to give us extra light. In the modern world, the electronic device industry is a massive giant with a valuation of $1,177 billion by 2028. The compounded annual growth rate stays at a healthy 2.99% from 2022 to 2028. If you wish to break into this market, now is always the perfect time to do so!
One of the most challenging parts of designing and producing electronic products is designing a coolant system. An electronic device needs coolants in order to not run overboard, as it heats up very easily due to long-term use. Without the appropriate heat-shrinking solutions as well as the correct insulation, major issues will occur.
Why Coolants are Important for Electronic Devices?
Some electronic devices such as mobile phones can use up a lot of energy, especially the more modern models. When electronic energy is used, a part of it becomes heat energy, which rapidly heats up the air as well as the materials surrounding the devices. This may cause major problems to the operation of the devices since some devices will not work at all if too heated. Thus, with the silicone insulation and heatshirnk protection techniques, you will not only save your devices but also make them a better version that will be much more reliable.
Choosing Silicone Insulation to Enhance Electronics Reliability
Silicone is one of the most popular choices for cable insulation materials, and there are some excellent reasons for this.
Silicone is, first and foremost, a great insulation material, which means that it does not conduct electricity, preventing shock and electrical accidents. Furthermore, silicone is also particularly heat resistant, so you can use silicone insulation for a vast range of environments, even extreme ones such as in the middle of a desert. As a cherry on top, silicone materials will not be affected by chemical corrosion, widening its range of use even further.
When used as insulation for electronic devices, silicone can easily enhance the reliability of these devices by making sure that the cable within the insulation stays inert and protected all the time, preventing accidents as well as other mishaps. In the automotive industry, silicone insulation will greatly increase the reliability of car wire harnesses, the nervous system of a car. Some popular choices of silicone cables include TUFFSIL and SIL-KOAT.
Heatshrink Protection Technologies: Enhancing Thermal Protection
Aside from using silicone insulation for your electronic devices, you can opt for heatshrink protection technologies. These technologies will ensure that your cables will be even more protected against environmental factors, vastly improving the reliability of the electronic devices.
Heatshrinking is a technology where you shrink the tube at the end of the cable so that it wraps around the cable tightly, protecting it from abrasion as well as other forms of damage. To heatshrink a tube, you will have to apply heat to a thermoplastic tube, which shrinks rapidly until it wraps around the cable nicely, creating the heatshrinking tube. The manufacturer can also use adhesive-laced tubes as heatshrinking tubes to make sure that the cable inside is completely protected against all possible damage.
Benefits of Heatshrinking
Heatshrinking is a rather simple process, but it offers a robust layer of protection against environmental factors as well as low-impact abrasive damage, increasing the reliability of the electronic device a great deal.
Furthermore, heatshrinking will also help the engineers to group many different cables together to form a color-coded cable group, enhancing cable management a great deal. This will also improve the aesthetic value of the device as a whole because having too many cables without management will make the device look really messy.
Materials for Heatshrinking
Heatshrinking can take on a wide range of thermoplastic materials, but there are materials that are more suitable for this protection method than others.
- PVC: PVC is everywhere, and it is naturally one of the best choices for heathshrinking tubes. PVC materials are durable, sturdy, and quite easily manufactured, making them some of the cheapest materials on the market. There is also the fact that you can produce PVC materials with varying colors to help you create color-coded tube groups. However, PVC materials are not great with thermal protection, as they can only resist temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius.
- Polyolefin: This is the most popular material for heatshrinking. It comes with naturally high heat resistance up to 135 degrees Celsius, making it a great choice for any heat treatment process. This material is a bit more expensive than PVC, so you will have to spend extra costs to procure them. That said, their amazing thermal resistance will make them the perfect choice for factories or other high-heat environments.
- Adhesive-lined polyolefin: This variant of polyolefin comes with adhesive lining to make sure that it sticks to the cable once shrunk. This adds an extra layer of protection that will not come off, even when splashed with water.
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Silicone insulation and heatshrinking are two particularly useful technologies that improve the reliability of electronics by a great length. Both of these technologies aim at creating extra layers of protection for the electric cables, making sure that they can stand against abrasion as well as other forms of damage with ease, ensuring the safe and continuous operation of the device.
Reference:
https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/consumer-electronics/worldwide
