• Heat Pipes (HP): These are passive thermal management tools that move heat by utilizing the phase change—evaporation and condensation—of a fluid enclosed within a sealed tube. They are known for their simplicity, high efficiency, and operation without any mechanical components.
• Loop Heat Pipes (LHP): A more advanced form of heat pipes, LHPs employ capillary action within a separate compensation chamber to circulate the working fluid. This design allows them to transport heat over longer distances and even function against gravity, making them well-suited for high-power applications or systems with complex layouts.
• Capillary Pumped Loops (CPL): Functionally similar to LHPs, CPLs are primarily used in aerospace systems. They rely on capillary forces within a porous wick structure to drive fluid circulation, offering precise and dependable thermal control in demanding environments.

The heating strips are used on the pipes of fluidic circuits (LHP, CPL, MPL, EHD), to prevent ice formation and condensation of the cooling fluid, also maintaining it in a state of good fluidity, thus ensuring efficient capillary action. 

• Up to 6mm thin and 2.5m long 

Customized dimensions within applicable limits (width: min. 6 mm, max 15 mm; length: min. 610mm, max 2500mm), resistance and connections; possibility to add Aluminum backing and/or space-qualified PSA, double choice on redundancy (single or double layer), EMC/ESD controlled design

TRL 9, very long flight heritage (> 30 years)

Etched foil technology under ESCC 4009 Generic Specification (since 1992)

ESCC 4009/0002 

ITAR-free; NOT "Dual use": i.e. not included in Annex I of EU Regulation 2021/821 (Dual-Use Regulation) and any subsequent amendments and additions.

N/A

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