How to Produce Heat Sinks With Skiving

Heat sink Fins skiving machines are used to maintain the temperature of a component or a system by providing a series of extended surfaces called fins. There are a lot of heat sinks that are produced with skiving available in the market. These types of heat sinks consist of uniformly shaped and closely spaced fins. These narrow and closely spaced fins in heat sink allow larger surface areas for maximizing heat dissipation.

Production of Skived Heat Sinks

For the production of skived heat sinks, a solid block of aluminum or copper, having a certain thickness, is used as a starting material. The block is extruded in a rectangular shape. It is then placed on a worktable. Lubricant is applied to the top of the surface so that excessive heat is not generated during the machining process. The block is then passed through a machine that consists of a sharp blade. The blade slices the top of a block to the desired thickness and bends the slices.

This slicing process is repeated at certain intervals to make a series of fins along the length of the block and to attain the designated spacing between them.