Heaters for Medical & Life Science Applications
- Medical Application Heaters
We offer two material technologies to fit your diverse requirements.
Ceramic Heaters – designed for thermal uniformity and extremely rapid thermal cycling in precision medical equipment.
Polyimide Heaters – provide high flexibility, low mass, and can be shaped and formed to solve complex packaging challenges.
CERAMIC HEATERS
Fralock’s ceramic heaters are made using high thermal conductivity Aluminum Nitride (AlN) with multi-layered embedded Tungsten heating traces, providing tailored power input to achieve your temperature transition goals.
Extremely rapid heating in excess of 300°C/sec is made possible because the coefficients of thermal expansion of Aluminum and Tungsten are equal (4.3 x 10E-6 Co). Integrated channel structure and low density AlN ceramic provide quick cooling rates, from 300°C to room temperature in a just few seconds.
Features and Benefits of Ceramic Heaters
- Internal cooling channels
- Robust reliability, proven with millions of cycles in the field
- Multiple zones of heater and sensor traces in various layers
- Tungsten traces are fully integrated and chemically bonded into the AlN microstructure
- Ground plane shielding
- Thin substrates: flat, round or any that geometry can be CNC milled
- Complex geometries that include venting, vacuum, and blind features
- Large format sizes up to 380mm diameter
- Sub-micron flatness is possible
Ceramic Heater Applications Include:
- Polymerase Chain Reaction Equipment
- Mass Spectrometry Equipment
- In-Vitro Diagnostics Equipment
- Tissue Fusion
- Packaging and Sealing Applications
POLYIMIDE HEATERS
Polyimide Heater Applications Include:
- Immunoassay Analyzers
- Liquid and Gas Warming
- Pathogen Detection
- Battery Warming
- Optics Defogging
Features and Benefits of Polyimide Heaters
- Several dielectric and foil options are available. Heaters as thin as 0.0635mm (.0025″)
- Flexibility for heating complex, three-dimensional applications
- Multi-layer and multi-zone heating; can include embedded thermocouples
- Excellent temperature range -269°C to +220°C
- Low out-gassing
Ask us about your flex heater needs.
