Custom Silicone Rubber Heaters For Fluid WarmingSince time is critical in many life-saving situations, a medical device design team needed a custom thermal solution for rapidly heating plasma that is stored in a refrigerated environment.The thermal solution needed to be fast, but not so fast that the plasma was damaged because of overheating. It would require an assembly designed with precision dimensions to optimize temperature uniformity. We designed and manufactured a low watt density silicone rubber heater with wattage distributed to provide uniform temperature. The custom silicone rubber heater was vulcanized to a robust conductive housing material. By supplying a complete electric silicone heater thermal assembly, our thermal solution met the specifications and reduced design and production costs for the medical device Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
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