Innovation Cooling's Diamond 7 TIM test results

[tastymannatees]

My main concern is how to apply even mounting pressure while tightening the blocks down. Even with a criss-cross tightening pattern it will compress the film just like you are squeezing out a tube of toothpaste. Getting someone to help with the mount is not real world and I do not know if this should be done because your average user if told two people are required to apply the Tim might choose not to try. Just a thought.


John

Well Maybe it's an issue maybe not. I am trying to anticipate what problems we may encounter. Hopefully the company rep can provide some insight.

There is also a time factor involved in this- less than ten seconds - more than ten seconds. When I talked to the rep he also mentioned longer term conditions like overnight, something like this may average out the initial imbalances would be perhaps another way to go.

Careful sequential tightening may be adequate

[123bob]

We can be careful with how we mount. I think we will have more suggestions when we try out the first piece. I have no clue how this stuff behaves. The company rep's suggestions should prove useful.

Whatever we do, we should work within some set of guidelines so we don't return a bunch of "blown" film to you.

I would think if we mount with paste, we may have an issue of false results on the film since the paste will spread out, with some force, to the edges. Without paste though, we are really just looking at the contact profile of the bare metal. I don't know what is better.....I suppose we'll see.

Regards,
Bob

[littleowl]

We can be careful with how we mount. I think we will have more suggestions when we try out the first piece. I have no clue how this stuff behaves. The company rep's suggestions should prove useful.

Whatever we do, we should work within some set of guidelines so we don't return a bunch of "blown" film to you.

I would think if we mount with paste, we may have an issue of false results on the film since the paste will spread out, with some force, to the edges. Without paste though, we are really just looking at the contact profile of the bare metal. I don't know what is better.....I suppose we'll see.

Regards,
Bob

I was planning on doing it with out any paste I don't see the paste as helping in any way. the sheet that SPI sent me is kind of neat and i don't see a way that it could be done with the paste on either.