Experts in Designing for Additive Manufacturing
SPIRITECH Advanced Products is pioneering a quantum shift in heat exchanger technology incorporating additive manufacturing, a fabrication method that relies on the process of adding material to make objects from digital 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies.
As an early adopter of additive manufacturing, SPIRITECH Advanced Products is producing high performance heat exchangers unbounded by traditional fabrication methods. Large improvements are achieved, in part, by new technical benefits of integrating three-dimensional, multidisciplinary design features within the given volume and shape constraints. Large improvements in heat sink capacity are realized as heat exchangers are designed to fill the available volume. This is especially true in aircraft applications, where space is at a premium.
SPIRITECH-designed heat exchangers range in size from a small 1 inch x 2 inch to a size that completely fills the entire build volume of the EOS M400. SPIRITECH’s largest heat exchanger is among the world’s largest heat exchangers to be additively manufactured.
Experts in Heat Exchanger and Thermal System Design
SPIRITECH Advanced Products, Inc. has developed extensive background in heat exchanger and thermal management system design through 35+ years of aircraft propulsion design and analysis. Heat exchanger and thermal management design and development is performed using commercially available tools in conjunction with SPIRITECH’s specialized proprietary tools for modeling fluid and thermal systems.
The current state-of-the-art for heat exchanger analysis and design relies heavily on analytical approaches which are immature and highly empirical, thus making the ability to optimize advanced heat transfer devices improbable without comprehensive characterization efforts. To address this problem, SPIRITECH has developed a multidisciplinary Heat Exchanger analytical tool for performing rapid thermal analysis and design optimization of advanced heat exchangers. Heat exchanger characterization and scaling laws are incorporated in the model through application of fundamental physical equations and relationships to provide accurate scaling for geometry, configuration, installation effects, materials, working fluids, structural impacts, and manufacturing considerations. Component templates are incorporated to allow construction of heat exchangers, including new concepts and advanced designs, providing the means to investigate potential candidate technologies and heat transfer mechanisms that can lead to improvements in heat exchanger volumetric efficiency over current technology while reducing the time frame from concept to finished product. A multi-disciplinary approach is used to evaluate the interactions of the thermal analysis, working fluid flow analysis, and structural analysis to provide heat exchanger designs optimized for thermal performance, cost, volume, and weight
Engineering Outsourcing Specialists
SPIRITECH Advanced Products, Inc. is a pioneer in aerospace technology development with a heritage stretching back more than 30 years. Our high tech skills, innovative thinking, and world class leadership skills have been fine-tuned by the highly competitive aerospace industry. SPIRITECH applies the experience gained in the aerospace industry to engineering services and product development for a wide array of industries.
SPIRITECH‘s commitment to developing state of the art technologies, combined with years of experience operating at the highest level of engineering skill, produces unmatched attention to detail at all stages of a product’s life cycle. The result is delivery of affordable, timely, and innovative solutions that meet or exceed all of your project goals.
SPIRITECH offers a full range of services capable of catering to your industry’s needs. Our well-rounded experience includes:
- Mechanical Design
- Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer
- Thermal Management
- Aerodynamics and Computation Fluid Dynamics
- Structural and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis
- Combustion Physics and Chemistry Modeling
- Transient & SS Propulsion System Performance Analysis
- RCS & IR Design, Analysis, and Testing
- Drafting and Solid Modeling
- Exotic/Composite Material Design
- Experiment/Testing Design and Support
- Manufacturing (Process and Support)
AND ALWAYS……SPIRITECH’s “Above & Beyond” Customer Support
