GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness
GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness
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I am looking for a specification to find out what is the minimum Alumimum thickness allowed in Automotive power electronics enclosures. This design is my 1st that I have worked in an Automotive industry, so not sure what spec. to look for.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
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RE: GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness
RE: GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness
RE: GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness
Wall thickness was controlled by manufacturability 95% of the time, not by mechanical loads. We were pretty much always going as thin as could be allowed by whatever casting technique we were using for that particular part.
There were a few cases with extreme conditions for things like mining equipment where mechanical loads (mainly vibration) were severe enough to require additional material beyond the manufacturability minimums, but these cases were rare, and often wound up using additional techniques to get PCBs to survive (100% epoxy fill, capacitors welded to cases, etc).
RE: GUIDE to determine minimum Aluminum thickness