Military/Rugged Environments

Under the Radar

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Under the Radar

Cooling RF Device with Liquid Chiller:

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TECA Corp. manufactures an extensive line of thermoelectric, recirculating liquid chillers. Typically used in laboratories, TECA’s chiller Model RLC-1800 recently adventured out into a more unique application. In this application, TECA was able to help a contractor working for the USAF to reduce cost. The contractor required a replacement chiller with the same form, fit, and function as their original (non-TECA) equipment. The TECA engineering team found a way to modify the RLC-1800 to satisfy the customer’s requirements, while keeping the expense to a minimum. The cooling capacity of the RLC-1800 is our largest in a mountable chiller.

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STIRRING COLD PLATE

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Stirring Cold Plate:

A Peltier stirring cold plate was needed to cool liquid inside a standard 1000 ml plastic tank and maintain the class 100 clean room rating. They desired a custom designed thermoelectric stirring cold plate with integral variable stir speed control, temperature control, alarm and remote sense capability.

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TECA is glad to participate in custom and OEM product development. Over the years we have come up with some innovative and novel solutions for our customers. This product was developed from scratch for a start-up company in the field of pharmaceutical development. This TECA cold plate apparatus was designed and built for use in a clean room facility. The controls are ergonomic. The user can easily adjust controls for stir speed, timing and temperature even while wearing clean room garb and sterile gloves.

AIRBORNE THERMOELECTRIC LIQUID CHILLER

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A customer serving the national security market specializes in remote sensing solutions. TECA Corporation’s thermoelectric, rack-mounted RLC-1400 Liquid Chiller improves the customer’s product efficiency by reliably cooling a laser and high-power electrical components, as part of an airborne system.

COOLING DETECTORS FOR PIPELINE INSPECTION

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Cooling Detectors For Pipeline Inspection:

inspected pipeline cooling detectors for pipeline inspection TLC-900 cooling detectors

 

The maintenance supervisor from an inspection company was experiencing over heating of his detectors which are used in his outdoor pipeline inspection process. TECA’s TLC-900 Liquid Chiller was mounted to the back of his truck to aid in cooling two detectors. The components had been close to over heating without the chiller. Using the chiller with 50 feet of hose, the customer obtained a good result, successfully cooling his components down several degrees (Celsius), to a safer and more reliable operating temperature.

The customer has purchased multiple TLC-900 Chillers for the same use in other trucks. With little maintenance required, the TLC-900 has versatile features such as universal input (100-240 VAC), which is helpful in this application as the customer has inspections in Europe and in the USA. The same TLC-900 Chiller can be used in either locale. A PWM temperature controller offers USB communications, programmable ramp & soak profiles, and fan speed control for noise reduction.

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