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KTK Thermal Supports the Future of Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles (EV) have exploded in popularity driven by tightened global emissions regulations and increased environmental awareness. This growth is true for commercial vehicles, as well. For example, BloombergNEF estimates that by 2040, 80% of the global...
Design Guide: Heat Sinks for High-Power Applications
Download Your Free e-Book Without appropriate thermal management, electronic components will degrade over time, causing problems ranging from minor errors to critical failures. Many electronic components designed for high-performance applications still don’t account...
How To Have A Long Successful Career: Absorb Everything You Can And Learn To Connect With People
For the past eight years, Carol Werner has been the face of purchasing at DAU, now known as KTK Thermal Technologies, and for the last 3 of those years, she has added human resources to her responsibilities. However, after a total of 46 years in manufacturing, on...
KTK Supplies Heat Sinks for USS Gerald R. Ford’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
KTK Thermal Technologies is proud to have manufactured large bonded fin heatsinks and liquid cold plates to be used in Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS). EMALS is a carrier-based catapult launch system designed for the US Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN...
American Made Thermal Solutions Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions
Over the last few months, we have heard it said again and again, “we are living in unprecedented times.” Manufacturers worried about the economy are juggling keeping employees safe and keeping essential production running. One survey from the National Association of...
Saving Time and Money with 3D Printed Prototypes
Finding out that the form or fit of your thermal solution isn’t going to work after it’s manufactured can be costly. Sometimes mistakes happen, for example, a threaded hole on your ruggedized chassis is off on your CAD drawing by just enough to create a problem or...
Did you know that KTK is the thermal management supplier to the top medical imaging companies?
We offer a wide range of custom thermal products for use in MRI, PET, X-ray, Mammogram, and Ultrasound equipment. Currently, heat pipes we designed and manufactured are providing thermal protection in Mammogram machines, and deep drilled cold plates are being used in...
A Letter From Our President
12 months. Sitting here writing this newsletter, 12 months seems like a long time. However, the last year has flown by since Michael, Gary, and I purchased Dau Thermal Solutions from the Miba Group in August 2018. The first few months were hectic, filled with the...
KTK Purchases New Equipment to Expand Capabilities and Increase Throughput
KTK has recently purchased two new pieces of equipment, demonstrating our commitment to continually invest back into the company to meet our customers’ growing needs for high-performance thermal management solutions. Haas VF6SS vertical machining center KTK has added...
KTK to Supply Cold Plates for Columbia-Class Submarine
KTK Thermal Technologies is proud to announce they will be supplying two cold plates per boat on the Columbia-Class submarine through an awarded contract from Northrop Grumman Corp. The cold plates are the largest in size KTK has ever produced with one being over nine...