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Tony Koryban Mail Bag Archives: how to determine the percent error when comparing measured temperatures with CFD predictions

Posted on July 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

CFD has been a boon to thermal engineers designing next generation thermal management solutions. But, what happens when the measured temperature doesn’t meet the CFD projection? Tony Koryban at Cooling Zone has a good take on this and what to do. You can read all about it his post, “How to determine the percent error when comparing measured temperatures with CFD predictions“.

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Thermal Management Instrumentation Demo Video with SMT Magazine

Posted on July 1, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ATS recently was interviewed by SMT Magazine about what research instruments are used to do the necessary thermal analysis to develop a thermal management solution, including an aluminum heatsink, copper heatsink or other kind of heatsink.

The demo shows a wind tunnel, sensors, differential pressure system, and thermal measurement system and their use.   We do an actual demo of how to use the equipment all in five minutes.   Have a look at this link here, “PCBA in Wind Tunnel Demo at SMT” or at SMT Magazine’s site directly

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Thermal Management of a Data Center; an ATS Webinar on August 12, 2PM

Posted on May 6, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Data centers are effectively large scale systems composed of the “components” of racks of computers. Novel approaches to cooling data centers of various sizes are being undertaken today to obtain the best and most green cooling possible. This vertical webinar will consider approaches for small, medium and large scale data centers to achieve a given data centers cooling goals.

ATS Webinars are light on marchitecture but heavy on thermal engineering principles and practice. Taught by our R&D staff, some of whom have taught at RPI and Northeastern University, we invite you to attend this free webinar by registering at this link: Thermal Management of a Data Center

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Verizon’s Chuck Graff speech on VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Spec; Pass Verizon’s tests by partnering with ATS

Posted on May 5, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Last week we told everyone that July 1st, 2010, Verizon’s Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment, Verizon Technical Purchasing Requirements VZ-TPR-9208, will come into full effect.

Light Reading taped TPR-9208’s author, Chuck Graff, during a speech, where he describes the specification and what is expected of OEM equipment providers:  Verizon’s Chuck Graff Light Reading Speech on VZ.TPR.9208

Clearly this is a big change for the entire ecosystem of equipment providers.

Last week we introduced our readers to ATS’s newly formed Verizon’s Thermal Management Design Services and this week we want to provide more details of our service and how to partner with us.

Our services team and skills include:

  • An expert team with 150 years of collective experience in thermal design
  • State of the art thermal testing facilities
  • Expert-level knowledge of the latest CFD and other simulation tools
  • Unmatched experience in electronics cooling and thermal management
  • CFD analysis
  • Thermal modeling
  • Simulation of a wide range of conditions
  • Design based on NEBS and other requirements

Our service set offers two options:

Thermal Design Audit:

  • Product Is Ready for Verizon Test: before you send the system for testing, ATS team will come to your facility and conduct a full audit on your thermal design and analysis procedure. Minimum engagement fee is $10,000.00 for a five day audit.

Product in Design Stage:

  • ATS will design the thermal and mechanical portion of your system based on industry’s best practices in the shortest amount of time. ATS will provide you with full documentation that is ready for production as well Verizon’s TPR-9208 test.

ATS services allow the OEM to avoid rejection of their systems by Verizon or the approved labs since the design will be done right-the-first-time and in accordance to the requirements. You can learn about our service at our corporate web site by visiting this link: Verizon’s Thermal Management Design Services

Engage with us today by contacting us at our corporate web site:  Contact ATS

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ATS Announces Thermal Design Services to help Telecom Equip OEMs meet Verizon’s VZ.TPR.9208 Thermal Management Req.

Posted on April 29, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Verizon has announced that on July 1st, 2010, it’s Thermal Management Requirements for Improved Energy Efficiency of Telecommunications Equipment, Verizon Technical Purchasing Requirements VZ-TPR-9208, will come into full effect.

What does this mean for the telecommunications equipment provider? Simply that your equipment must be in compliance with this specification in order to be included in Verizon’s network.

At ATS we know this can be a complex process so we’ve released our newly formed Verizon’s Thermal Management Design Services.

ATS is well acquainted with the entire range of NEBS telecommunications requirements, VZ-TPR-9208 just being the latest.  Dr. Kaveh Azar, ATS’s founder, was the founder and manager of Lucent Technologies’ Thermal Management Center, responsible for developing the next generation of cooling systems. In addition, Dr. Azar authored Lucent’s thermal roadmap and served as the corporate thermal consultant. While at Lucent, he developed a state-of-the-art thermal/fluids laboratory for simulation of components, boards and systems.

That same telecommunications thermal management expertise forms the solid foundation for our Verizon Thermal Design Services.

You can read about our offering and reach us to engage a discussion on how we can help you at this link:  Verizon’s Thermal Management Design Services

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