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TECA pioneered thermoelectric technology and was the first to market solid state air conditioners for electronic enclosures. Applications we serve include harsh environments such as NEMA 4X and CID1 explosion proof for military and industry. Our products have even been used in demanding applications such as the NASA Space Shuttle (6 missions) and nuclear power plants. We don't just make air conditioners. We do it all! Including air-cooled, liquid-cooled, AC and DC input re-circulating liquid chillers, cold plates for laboratory and industry, plus all the ancillaries and accessories like temperature controls and power supplies for DC.
Here is an abbreviated history of our development from 1960 to the present:
| 1960 |
Norge Refrigerator/Freezer Unit |
| 1960's |
Thermoelectric Material Research |
| 1960's |
Standard Cascaded Coolers |
| 1960's |
Standard Modules |
| 1961 |
Sidewinder Missile Cascade |
| 1961 |
Wine Glass Cooler |
| 1961 |
Time Magazine Advertisement |
| 1962 |
Norge Ice Maker |
| 1963 |
Film Developing Tank |
| 1965 |
Gyro Ball Temperature Stabilzer |
| 1967 |
Published the "Where and Why of Thermoelectric Cooling" |
| 1968 |
Photo Multiplier Cooler |
| 1969 |
Cloud Chamber System, University of Missouri |
| 1970 |
AHP-150CP Prototype Cold Plate |
| 1970 |
Enclosure Air Conditioner |
| 1973 |
Liquid to Liquid Cooler |
| 1974 |
Detector Array Cooler |
| 1974 |
AHP line of Air Cooled cold plates introduced |
| 1974 |
LHP line of Liquid Cooled cold plates introduced |
| 1975 |
Boeing ALCM Air Launched Cruise Missile Program |
| 1975 |
Strap On Heat Pump |
| 1976 |
Boeing Inertial Guidance System |
| 1976 |
BOD Incubator, Biological Oxygen Demand |
| 1976 |
Worlds Largest Thermoelectric Cold Plate |
| 1977 |
Portable, re-chargeable Insulin Cooler |
| 1978 |
AHP-150CP Cold Plate introduced |
| 1978 |
LHP-150CP Cold Plate introduced |
| 1978 |
AHP-300 family of Cold Plates and Air Conditioners introduced |
| 1978 |
LHP-300 family of Cold Plates and Air Conditioners introduced |
| 1978 |
AHP-800 family of Cold Plates and Air Conditioners introduced |
| 1978 |
LHP-800 family of Cold Plates and Air Conditioners introduced |
| 1978 |
Borg Warner Thermoelectrics moves out of the Research Center as a free standing business unit |
| 1979 |
AHP-1700 Worlds First standard 120VAC Thermoelectric Enclosure Air Conditioner |
| 1980 |
AHP-1000 120VAC Thermoelectric Enclosure Air Conditioner introduced |
| 1980 |
LHP-1700 120VAC Water Cooled Thermoelectric Enclosure Air Conditioner introduced |
| 1980 |
Heat and Cool Variations for most products introduced |
| 1981 |
TC-106 Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1981 |
Cooling Design Slide Rule distributed to designers |
| 1981 |
TC-2A Temperature controller for enclosure cooling introduced |
| 1982 |
Winners of back to back IR-100 innovation awards for products |
| 1982 |
TC-108 Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1982 |
TC-3A Temperature controller for enclosure cooling introduced |
| 1984 |
Borg Warner Thermoelectrics becomes Thermoelectric Cooling America Corp, TECA. |
| 1984 |
TECA Moves to Halsted, Grand and Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago |
| 1985 |
AHP-3000 Worlds Largest Thermoelectric Air Conditioner, |
| 1985 |
AHP-301FF introduced, Worlds smallest 110/220 VAC TE Air Conditioner |
| 1985 |
AHP-301CP introduced, Worlds smallest 110/220 VAC TE Cold Plate |
| 1985 |
TC-4500 Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1985 |
Six successful launches on the NASA Space Shuttle. Electrophoreses Operations in Space (EOS) |
| 1985 |
TC-5F Temperature controller for enclosure cooling introduced |
| 1985 |
ALC-750 Air Cooled Liquid Chiller introduced |
| 1986 |
AHP-1200X introduced, Worlds First Thermoelectric Air Conditioner to maintain NEMA-4X |
| 1986 |
ALC-1200 Air Cooled Liquid Chiller introduced |
| 1987 |
ALC-1500 Air Cooled Liquid Chiller introduced |
| 1991 |
TECA moves into current facility on West Schubert Ave in Chicago |
| 1992 |
AHP-1800X introduced, Worlds largest Standard N4X TE Air Conditioner |
| 1993 |
TLC-750 Air Cooled Liquid Chiller introduced |
| 1993 |
TLC-1600 Air Cooled Liquid Chiller introduced |
| 1993 |
TC-965 Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1993 |
TC-6F Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1994 |
TC-3200 Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1994 |
TC-3F Temperature Controller introduced |
| 1994 |
Americool Series of Air Conditioners Introduced |
| 1995 |
FHP Series, Worlds first Flush mount Thermoelectric Air Conditioners introduced |
| 1995 |
100's of Refrigerators for Crew ATGL flies with the US Military |
| 1995 |
Worlds first standard air conditioner NRTL Evaluated to UL/CSA Standards is introduced |
| 1995 |
Worlds smallest standard air conditioner, the AHP-150FF, is introduced |
| 1995 |
Sizing Software #1 Released |
| 1996 |
TECA introduces the worlds largest Standard TE air conditioner, FHP-2852 |
| 1996 |
AHP-1200XP the Worlds First Standard UL-1604 Class I Div 2 TE Air Conditioner is introduced |
| 1999 |
XE series of Air Conditioners Introduced, low cost, N4 |
| 1999 |
Website #1 Launched |
| 2000 |
TLC 700 Liquid Chiller Introduced |
| 2002 |
TLC-1400 Liquid Chiller Introduced |
| 2002 |
TLC-702 Liquid Chiller Introduced |
| 2002 |
AHP-1400SCP Bench top Cascade Introduced |
| 2002 |
Website #2 Launched |
| 2005 |
AHP-301CPV is used in published research, Molecular Pain. 2005; 1(36). Detection of cold pain, |
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cold allodynia and cold hyperalgesia in freely behaving rats. Allchorne, A., Broom, D. and Woolf, C. |
| 2005 |
AHP-1200CXP air conditioner for Zone 0 and Class I, Div 1 areas is introduced |
| 2005 |
RLC-1400 Rack Mount Liquid Chiller is introduced |
| 2005 |
FHP-450XE Worlds smallest standard flush mount air conditioner is introduced |
| 2005 |
Website #3 Launched |
| 2005 |
Sizing Software #2 Released |
| 2006 |
AHP-301CP is used in published research, Neuron. 2006; 50. TRPA1 Contributes to Cold, |
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Mechanical, and Chemical Nociception but Is Not Essential for Hair-Cell Tranduction. Kwan, K., |
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Allchorne, A., Vollrath, M., Christensen, A., Zhang, D., Woolf, C. and Corey, D. |
| 2006 |
TLC Air cooled liquid Cooling Cubes for OEM's introduced |
| 2006 |
TC-4300 temperature controller introduced |
| 2006 |
TC-3300 temperature controller introduced |
| 2007 |
Website #4 Launched |
| 2007 |
AHP-1200CPV Worlds First Versatile Laboratory Cold Plate |
| 2007 |
AHP-301CPV Worlds smallest Versatile Laboratory Cold Plate |
| 2007 |
AHP-800MSP Stirring Cold Plate introduced |
| 2007 |
LHP-1200CP liquid cooled cold plate introduced |
| 2008 |
AHP-1200CPHC is used in published research, Journal of Neuroscience. 2008; 28(34). cGMP Produced |
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by NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase Essentially Contributes to Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain by |
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Using Tergets Different from cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase I. Schmidtko, A., Gao W., Konig P., |
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Heine, S., Motterlini, R., Ruth P., Schlossmann, J., Koesling, D., Niederberger, E., Tegeder, I., Friebe, . |
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A. and Geisslinger, G |
| 2008 |
CPV Accessories introduced for Laboratory Cold Plates |
| 2008 |
RLC-900 Rack mount air cooled liquid chiller introduced |
| 2008 |
RLC-1800 Rack mount air cooled liquid chiller introduced |
| 2008 |
TLC-1200 liquid chiller with stainless heat exchanger introduced |
| 2008 |
TC-3500 temperature controller introduced |
| 2008 |
AHP-1200DCP, worlds largest dual temperature controlled zone cold plate introduced |
| 2009 |
AHP-1200DCP is used in published research, Molecular Pain. 2009; 5(9). Mice with cisplatin and |
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oxaliplatin-induced painful neuropathy develop distict early responses to thermal stimuli. Ta, L., Low, P. |
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and Windebank, A. |
| 2009 |
TLC-900 bench mount universal input liquid chiller introduced |
| 2009 |
Enclosure Heaters introduced |
| 2010 |
AHP-1200DCP is used in published research, Molecular Pain. 2010; 6(15). Transient Receptor Potential |
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Vanilloid 1 is essential for cisplatin-induced heat hyperalgesia in mice. Ta, L., Bieber, A., Carlton, S., |
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Loprinzi, C., Low, P. and Windebank, A. |
| 2010 |
AHP-1200DCP is used in published research, Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. |
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2010; 4(3). Behavioral Testing of Thermo-Sensitive Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channel Agonists |
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Cinnamaldehyde and Menthol on Touch, Temperature and Pain Sensations. Tsagareli, M., Klein, A., |
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Tsiklauri, N., Carstens, M., Gurtskaia, G., Nozadze, I., Abzianidze, E. and Carstens, E. |
| 2010 |
AHP-1200CPHC is used in published research, Molecular Pain. 2010 6(70). Inter-strain differences of
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serotonergic inhibitory pain control in inbred mice. Wijnvoord, N., Albuquerque, B., Haussler, A., |
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Myrczek, T., Popp, L. and Tegeder, I. |
| 2010 |
CPV low temperature Cascades Accessories introduced |
| 2010 |
TC-4600 temperature controller introduced |
| 2010 |
TLC-900 Cascade option introduced |
| 2010 |
TC-3400 temperature controller introduced |
| 2010 |
Uniform Gradient Bridge option introduced for CPV products |
| 2011 |
AHP-301CPV is used in published research, PLoS One. 2011; 6(6): e21144.
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Published online 2011 June 22. Turning Males On: Activation of Male Courtship Behavior in Drosophila |
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melanogaster. Pan. Y., Robinett, C., and Baker, B. |
| 2011 |
Website# 5 Launched |
| 2011 |
TC-7F single set point, reverse polarity control introduced |
| 2011 |
AHP/FHP-400 Efficient air conditioners introduced |
| 2011 |
AHP/FHP-401 120 VAC Efficient air conditioners introduced |
| 2011 |
AHP/FHP-500 Efficient air conditioners introduced |
| 2011 |
AHP-1200P indoor hazardous duty air conditioners NRTL approved |
| 2011 |
AHP-1800P indoor hazardous duty air conditioners NRTL approved |
| 2011 |
TUV evaluation of Standard Air Conditioners for US and Europe complete |
| 2011 |
TUVDotCom.com ready for release |
| 2011 |
TC-1F single set point temperature controller introduced |
| 2011 |
Colorado State University Study |
| 2012 |
TLC-900 is used in published research, Elastic modulus, biaxial fracture strength, electrical and thermal |
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transport properties of thermally fatigued hot pressed LAST and LASTT thermoelectric materials. Materials |
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Chemistry and Physics, Volume 134, Issues 2–3, 15 June 2012, Pages 973-987. A.Q. Morrison, E.D. Case, F. |
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Ren, A.J. Baumann, D.C. Kleinow, J.E. Ni, T.P. Hogan, J. D’Angelo, N.A. Matchanov, T.J. Hendricks, N.K. Karri, |
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C. Cauchy, J. Barnard, M.G. Kanatzidis. |
| 2012 |
Compact high efficiency Peltier air conditioners AHP-400, AHP-401and AHP-500 introduced |
| 2012 |
TECA introduces ECO-Mode TC-4F and TC-7F controllers with integral heat exchanger mode setting. |
| 2012 |
AHP-2200 series high efficiency and high capacity air conditioners introduced |
| 2012 |
AHP-3200 series high efficiency air conditioners with up to 2600 BTU capacity introduced |
| 2012 |
AHP-4200 series world's largest capacity thermoelectric air conditioner with 3600 BTU introduced |
| 2012 |
AHP-6200 series world's largest capacity thermoelectric aconditioner with 5200 BTU introduced
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| 2013 |
TECA introduces the LHP-1200CPV liquid cooled versatile cold plate capable of reaching -50 C dT |
| 2013 |
TECA introduces LHP-1200CAS liquid cooled cascaded cold plate capable of reaching -80 C dT |
| 2013 |
TECA introduces AHP-301ICE Histology Freeze Plate which eliminates the need for messy ice bath |
Historical Photo Galleries Of Thermoelectrics and Peltier Technology:
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