In various embodiments, laser devices feature means, such as fasteners, for attaching a laser package to a cooling plate, which allow motion of the laser package in response to thermal cycles resulting from operation of a beam emitter therewithin. Embodiments of the invention additionally or instead include laser devices featuring segmented barrier layers for electrically isolating the laser package from the cooling plate.

The invention relates to a method for producing a cooling device (10), which has at least one hollow body (30) made of a first material having good thermal conduction and a base body made of a second material having good thermal conduction, and a pre-product for the production of a cooling device (10) and a cooling device (10) for an electrical assembly and an electrical assembly having a cooling device of this kind. The hollow body (30) is coated on the outside with a third material and is filled on the inside with the third material, which has a lower melting temperature than the first material and the second material, wherein the filling (5) completely fills the hollow body and is then cooled, wherein the filled hollow body (30) is placed in a die-casting mould, wherein the second material is introduced into the die-casting mould as die casting with a first temperature and flows around the hollow body (30) at least partially, wherein the die casting melts off the third material of the surface coating (36) and melts on the first material of the hollow body (30) so that at least in regions an integral connection is formed between the die casting of the second material, which forms the base body (20), and the first material of the hollow body (30), wherein the die casting of the second material becomes rigid and solid, wherein during the solidification phase, the die casting of the second material heats the filling (5) made of the third material in the interior of the hollow body (30) until the melting temperature is reached, and wherein the melted third material is removed from the hollow body (30) under pressure.

A brazing sheet may be used for brazing under an atmosphere of an inert gas without flux. The brazing sheet may include at least three layers. The at least three layers may include a core material, a brazing material layer, and an intermediate layer. The at least three layers may be cladded by an outermost layer of the brazing material layer. The intermediate layer may be disposed on a face of the core material. The core material may be composed of a first aluminum alloy including at least one of (i) 0.20 weight % to 1.0 weight % of Cu, (ii) 0.8 weight % to 1.8 weight % of Mn, and (iii) 0.25 weight % to 1.5 weight % of Mg. The intermediate layer may be composed of a second aluminum alloy including 0.20 weight % or less of each of Si and Fe and 0.10 weight % or less of each of Cu, Mn, and Cr.

A transfer tube for a thermal transfer device can include at least one wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, where the inner surface forms a cavity, where the at least one wall further has a first end and a second end. The first end can be configured to couple to a terminus of a heat exchanger of the thermal transfer device. The second end can be configured to couple to a collector box of the thermal transfer device. At least a portion of the at least one wall can be disposed in a vestibule of the thermal transfer device. The cavity can be configured to simultaneously receive a first fluid that flows from the first end to the second end and a second fluid that flows from the second end to the first end.

A radiator structure is provided. The radiator structure includes a substrate, a first metal coating layer and a second metal coating layer. The first metal coating layer and the second metal coating layer are made of materials different from one another, and are formed on the substrate by different processes. The first metal coating layer is a non-first masking area formed on the substrate by wet processing. The second metal coating layer is a non-second masking area correspondingly formed on the first metal coating layer and the substrate by sputtering. A first masking area and a second masking area are not necessarily the same.

Disclosed is a covering for an information handling system. The covering includes an aluminum alloy layer that can include at least a portion of recycled aluminum. The covering includes a copper heat pipe that can include at least a portion of recycled copper. The heat pipe and the aluminum alloy layer can be directly coupled to each other, with a heat-conductive carbonaceous material provided at the interface between the aluminum alloy layer and the heat pipe.

A method for fabricating an article from an aluminum alloy is provided. The method includes providing an aluminum alloy containing at least 0.04 wt % Sc, at least 0.5 wt % Mn, at least 0.5 wt % Zr, at least 0.05 wt % Mg, and at least 90 wt % Al; casting the alloy into a sheet; subjecting the cast alloy to a thermal cycle which includes raising the temperature of the alloy along a first temperature gradient, holding the temperature of the alloy at a temperature T for a period of time t, and reducing the temperature of the alloy along a second temperature gradient; and utilizing the sheet in a brazing operation.

A heat exchange device and a freeze dryer. The freeze dryer comprises a bearing device, and an evaporation device and a condensation device which are provided on the bearing device, at least one of the evaporation device and the condensation device comprising a structure of the heat exchange device. The heat exchange device is integrally molded by extrusion, and the heat exchange device is provided with at least one medium flow passage, a plurality of fins are formed on the outer periphery of the medium flow passage, and the fins being provided at intervals to form gaps allowing airflows to pass therethrough. The heat exchange device and the freeze dryer of the present disclosure can be designed to be smaller, reducing the volume, and facilitating miniaturization of products.

A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.

Provided are new aluminum alloys for use as one or more cladding layer(s) in clad aluminum alloy products for brazing applications. The cladding layer(s) include constituents that break and remove the oxide film on metal parts to be joined to produce high-strength brazing joints without the use of corrosive flux. Also provided herein are corrosion-resistant aluminum sheet packages including one or more of the aluminum alloy cladding layer(s) and an aluminum alloy core.