VHD Technology
Technology Built for Scalable Manufacturing
Shaping the future of Heat Management
VHD's high thermal conductivity, high thermal diffusivity and anisotropic heat-spreading characteristics enable the manufacture of lightweight thermal management products, designed to deliver low thermal resistance for high heat flux and high power density applications.
Thermal management solutions incorporating VHD products can deliver system-level impacts: reducing overheating events, increasing product performance, and extending battery performance.
Raw
Ingredients
Main ingredient is
graphite flake.
VHD
Technology Process
Simple multi-stage process to manufacture VHD blocks:
Process designed for
mass production: scale
and cost.
VHD
Blocks
VHD Blocks with
Superior Properties.
Able to be produced in a variety of shapes and sizes.
VHD
Products
VHD Blocks machined into the desired end user product.
Heat sinks, heat spreaders, cold plates.
Next-Generation Innovation
VHD Technology represents cutting-edge innovation — a technology that produces an advanced graphite-based material for mass market applications, with industry-leading material properties, some of which have never been achieved before in commercial mass market production.
GCM has full global ownership of the technology to produce VHD blocks, including all rights, titles, and interests in the intellectual property.
VHD's Properties
Efficient and Customisable Production
VHD Blocks are highly customisable, and their rapid, moderate-temperature production process enables efficient and cost-effective manufacturing. This method enhances energy efficiency and supports sustainable production practices. VHD products can be custom-engineered, and products with fins as thin as 750 microns have been achieved.
Exceptional Properties
Independent testing has demonstrated that VHD (in-plane) outperforms conventional materials such as copper and aluminium, both of which are facing increasing supply constraints and competing demand pressures. With its low bulk density, VHD material not only exhibits exceptional thermal performance — it is significantly lighter than conventional metals.
During like-for-like testing:
- VHD (in-plane)
Thermal conductivity of 422 W/m·K and a thermal diffusivity of 286 mm²/s - Copper
Thermal conductivity of 328 W/m·K and a thermal diffusivity of 98 mm²/s - Aluminium
Thermal conductivity of 142 W/m·K and a thermal diffusivity of 63 mm²/s
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Diffusivity
Density
Applications in Rapid Growth Markets
AI Servers and Data Centres
Computing
Consumer Electronics
Power Electronics and Industrial Applications
EV Infrastructure
Unmanned Vehicles
