Reliability is a key design objective for electronic components and devices; particularly those which must operate under adverse conditions. Moisture, oxygen and corrosive volatiles can lead to the failure of electronic devices. For every producer of electronic components, who depends on performance and reliability, malfunctions are unacceptable. Multisorb offers a variety of solutions for enhancing product performance, minimizing failures, limiting warranty claims, costly recalls, and liability issues. Multisorb offers custom and pre-engineered sorbent solutions to extend service life and improve overall device quality. Our sorbent formats range from forms that can be dropped in to packaging, to configured solid forms which can be fit into a component part or built in to an electronic device as a functional device component. Multisorb’s engineers and scientists represent a highly effective support team that can demonstrate new ways of ensuring product reliability while helping to protect brand value and product integrity. Multisorb’s straight-forward mission: Develop and manufacture the most successful, cost-effective solutions for customer and market challenges.
A wide variety of consumer applications, ranging from computer hard-drives, gaming devices, mobile communications, satellite receivers, and digital imaging to the next generation of electronic products, experience failures that can be prevented. Consumer usage seems to increase exponentially, with reliability and performance driving product design. While some requirements are limited to product protection during distribution and shipping, many devices demand sophisticated sorbent solutions for normal operation. To meet these demands, Multisorb offers breather and bypass filtration, moisture regulation, adsorption of volatile organics and acids, and moisture indicating technologies.
Automobile manufacturers confront the challenges of increasing dependability and the service life requirements of a myriad of devices starting with batteries, extending to air bags, under-hood control units, and electro-optical devices. Because automotive electronic components are continually exposed to adverse and rapidly changing environmental conditions, failure is always possible. While not always readily apparent or predictable, malfunctions need to be controlled and/or eliminated. From the latest night vision systems, back-up cameras, crash avoidance technologies and more, Multisorb sorbent technologies can and do play a critical role. Whether it’s fit-in or built-in, Multisorb can help you identify effective and economical solutions.
Multisorb products can be applied to target acquisition, guidance systems, ordinance, IR imaging and more. Hardware requirements and the potential sources for malfunction or shortened life cycle can vary significantly. For example, condensation within navigation systems is clearly an unacceptable failure mode. Regardless of the specific problem source, failsafe and zero-defect operation is often critical. Laser reliability is also critical. Multisorb sorbents prevent water vapor from condensing on the optics, thus preventing blurring or other damage to the optics. Our ability to optimally shape the sorbent for location in the laser has meant bypassing expensive mounting schemes typical with other options. Multisorb is an approved Tier One subcontractor for the military and offers solutions that meet or exceed MIL-Spec. Multisorb has a CAGE Code that is used for vendor identification of military suppliers serving the industry for over 45 years.
Current solar panel technology, based on thinly sliced mono and polycrystalline silicon wafers with printed and welded stainless steel wires encapsulated in EVA is extremely susceptible to oxidation. TPT or Tedlar-Polyester-Tedlar, a fluoropolymer is extensively used to protect the silicon and circuitry from oxidation. But the water vapor transmission rate for TPT is inefficient. Multisorb has developed a sorbent that provides 15 to 20 years of moisture protection at ambient conditions for this application. Our R&D team can consult with you to develop unique high performance solutions for maximizing panel efficiency and minimizing costs.
Operational reliability of aircraft radar domes and telecommunication antennae is impeded by both moisture and water vapor. The radar horn, or chamber through which microwave passes, can attenuate signals when affected by moisture. Multisorb solutions keep signal strength consistent and minimize intermittent shorts. Our products offer shock resistance, cleanliness, and moisture control in a single product solution.
Multisorb sorbents are engineered to reduce environmental and atmosphere related problems encountered in avionic sensors and controls, radar, communication equipment, and a variety of lasers. Challenges can range from performance/reliability issues to problematic situations like condensation build-up in navigational lighting. Given the dependence on sensing devices in both military and commercial aircraft, and the extreme pressure, temperature variations and humidity to which they are subjected, control of moisture and vapor control is essential. Multisorb’s design-in technologies are used in a host of applications to control adverse conditions that impair reliability of this sophisticated equipment. Multisorb continuously identifies new and creative approaches to extending equipment life and increasing performance values.
All types of machinery and equipment can be exposed to conditions which can slow performance, create down-time difficulties or otherwise deter operations. In the food processing industry, for instance, much of the food contact equipment is designed for CIP (clean-in-place), and, as such, is regularly washed down, exposing sensors, instrumentation, and controls to heat, moisture, and strong cleaning agents . Security cameras and surveillance systems often malfunction in harsh environments. Multisorb can offer an extensive array of sorbent solutions, each one intended to provide maximum reliability and performance. Even when manufactured products are stored in the presence of reactive chemicals, or production machinery is exposed to equally difficult volatiles, Multisorb’s engineers and scientists can develop the right methodology with custom formulated solutions to reduce or eliminate problems before they occur.
The JEDEC specification for shipping components currently recommends Multisorb MiniPax and Humidity Indicating Cards. There are alternatives, however, for storage and shipment particularly sensitive devices and components. Flexible, semi-rigid, and rigid packaging with protection built in may be available for your application.