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With the help of Coolit, ADVA AG Optical Networking is detecting potential thermal
problems early in the development phase while engineers are still able to change
cabinet and board designs. As a result, the company has shortened its development
cycles and eliminated time-consuming and costly redesigns.
ADVA, the leading metro optical-networking provider in Europe, develops a series
of fiber optic boards, optoelectronic boards and accompanying cabinets and
shelves. The company had tested other thermal packages, but found them
cumbersome. Using Coolit, the company can easily construct and run models
and display the three-dimensional colored simulations that predict temperatures
and airflows inside its cabinets.
During a recent redesign, the company was investigating a special heat sink
design and called on support from AMS Technologies, the Daat sales representative
and Support Center in Germany. Using Coolit and expert technical support from AMS,
ADVA engineers quickly detected breakdown conditions that had not been anticipated.
"We could not have conducted the same detailed analysis in the
laboratory as we did with Coolit," explains ADVA's R&D engineer for
Optical+Ethernet networking products. "We not only gained time, but
also real safety in our thermal design through use of the software."
ADVA has verified its computational results against thermal models in the
laboratory, and is planning to eliminate physical prototyping of new product
designs.
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