Heat Sink Tape - What Are They?

Heat Sink Tape, also known as thermal tape, is one of the most popular items in the electronics repair industry. It is a flexible multilayer tape, available in different thicknesses and resistant to heat. Thermal conductive adhesive heat tape for attaching to the heat source or heat sink is specially designed to give a preferred thermal conductivity between heat-producing elements and heat sinks or other heat-generating devices.

Heat tape for heat sources consists of multilayer sheets or strips having the properties of both paper and rubber, making it possible to utilize thermal tape in thermal or battery thermal management applications. One example of application includes battery thermal management systems for electronic products such as laptop computers. The use of heat tape for thermal management has been standard practice in battery thermal management for years due to its high reliability and excellent performance. The adhesive tapes' high rigidity and ability to adhere to a wide range of surfaces make them the ideal choice for thermal applications, especially in the auto-lithium-ion battery replacement markets. The use of heat tape in these applications is the only feasible solution for the maintenance of high performance and reliability in the battery thermal management systems.

Heat Sink Tape has a much wider range of applications in which it can be used than do heat sink thermal tapes. It can be used in situations where a high quality of the product is an issue. It is most often used to help maintain the battery's temperature range within which the battery will operate at full output for an extended period of time. It is also useful to help protect a battery from fluctuations in temperature that occur during its operation, as well as from fluctuations that may occur during its charging cycles. It is also useful to prevent the accumulation of surface heat on a battery's terminals during charging and discharging and to prevent damage that may occur during storage and prior to use.

When choosing between the many kinds of transfer and heat sink thermal tapes available for use in the battery replacement industry, it is important to consider which of these would be best suited to the battery that will be replaced. The customer must also take into consideration the level of maintenance and troubleshooting required for each application, as well as the specific characteristics of each tape style. Some examples of each type of tape include; Thermal Transfer Tapes, Induction Transfer Tapes, LED Lighting Tapes, and Heat Sink Tapes.

If you need more specific information about different types of transfer and heat sink pads, or you simply need more assistance with your thermal conductivity measurements, contact a  China Heat Resistant Tape for assistance. They can provide answers to your questions.