ABLE & Laird: Precision EMI Shielding and Thermal Solutions Across Industries
For over 50 years, ABLE has built a legacy of excellence in material converting, engineering support, and custom converting solutions across critical industries. At the core of this success is our commitment to innovation and strategic collaborations, one of which is their valued partnership with Laird, a global leader in Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and thermal management technologies.
Powering Performance with Laird Solutions
Laird is an expert in the use of specialized materials to protect delicate electronics, cope with high temperatures, as well as enhance reliability in demanding working conditions. ABLE collaborates with Laird’s wide range of products to provide unique solutions to their customers across the industry.
By leveraging Laird’s state-of-the-art materials, ABLE provides:
- EMI Shielding Solutions: Precision-cut gaskets, absorbers, and shielding foams to reduce interference and ensure compliance with stringent EMC standards.
- Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs): Custom die-cut thermal pads and gap fillers for optimal heat transfer in compact, high-power applications.
- Structural and Impact-Absorbing Materials: For vibration dampening, impact resistance, and device protection.
Precision Engineering Meets High-Performance Materials
As a certified converter and distributor of Laird materials, ABLE merges in-depth material expertise with cutting-edge manufacturing techniques to deliver reliable, high-performance parts tailored to client needs. Here’s what that includes:
Precision Die-Cutting, Laser Cutting, and CNC Knife Cutting
These cutting methods allow ABLE to convert complex shapes from Laird’s EMI shielding and thermal materials with extreme accuracy.
- Die-cutting suits a large number of productions of repeated shape.
- In laser cutting, the edges are clean on complex designs done without making any physical contact.
- The CNC knife cutting is ideal when it comes to prototyping and small quantities with custom flexibility in patterns.
Lamination and Multi-Layer Assembly
ABLE can combine multiple Laird materials into a single, layered component that performs multiple functions — such as shielding, insulation, and impact resistance — all in one piece. This increases their longevity and conserves space in small gadgets.
Tight-Tolerance Slitting and Rotary Converting
These processes ensure materials are cut to exact widths and dimensions, supporting consistency in automated assembly lines.
- Slitting creates precise rolls or strips of Laird material for continuous production.
- Rotary converting allows fast and efficient creation of adhesive-backed or complex shapes with minimal waste.
Custom Packaging and Kitting for Production-Ready Components
When all the materials are converted, ABLE will package the materials in line with how your production workflow would be. Pre-labeled rolls, cleanroom bags, and pre-kitted components, and even custom-labeled parts will be organized, well-protected, and ready to use when they arrive.
Custom Converting Solutions Across Industries
From electric vehicles to cutting-edge medical devices, ABLE and Laird work together to deliver mission-critical materials and converted components that meet the highest performance and safety standards.
Automotive
In modern vehicles, especially electric and hybrid models, managing heat and electromagnetic interference is crucial. ABLE converts Laird’s thermal interface materials and EMI shielding foams into components that improve reliability, battery performance, and passenger safety in control units, inverters, infotainment systems, and ADAS sensors.
Medical Devices and Wearables
Healthcare technology is all about safety, ease, and accuracy. ABLE turns Laird skin-friendly materials and thermal solutions into wearable sensor pads, EMI shielding layers, and insulation components to ISO 13485 levels of quality and performance, making health monitoring devices and diagnostic devices more comfortable and easier to use.
Electronics
Mobile phones, tablets, and laptops have compact and high-performance requirements. ABLE provides precision-cut Laird components, including thermal gap fillers, shielding absorbers and more to guard against overheating and signal degradation, and extend the life, safety and usability of products.
Telecommunication Systems
High-speed communication devices and 5G infrastructures emit much heat and need to exercise extreme control over EMI. ABLE serves telecom OEMs by providing production-ready, application-specific components such as thermally conductive pads, shielding gaskets, and vibration-damping parts based on one of the versatile materials manufactured by Laird.
Aerospace Equipment
High-altitude, high-vibration, and high-temperature environments call for robust solutions. Since Laird offers impact-resistant and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding products, by applying their proprietary processes to the conversion, ABLE creates strong components that are able to be used in aerospace, industrial, and aircraft electronic applications, providing performance even in harsh environments.
ABLE’s Expertise in Converting Laird Materials
With ABLE’s custom converting solutions, and as Laird’s Preferred Converter, we transform advanced EMI and thermal materials into application-ready components that meet the highest industry standards. As a certified converter and distributor, ABLE delivers precision die-cut pads, shielding gaskets, and multi-layer assemblies — empowering clients in automotive, telecom, medical, and more to achieve reliable performance and efficient production.
ABLE’s longstanding partnership with Laird reflects our shared commitment to innovation, precision, and performance. With Laird’s advanced materials and ABLE custom converting solutions capabilities, we will provide stable, high-quality solutions to future requirements of the modern industries, allowing our clients to introduce smarter, safer products to the world.
Partner with ABLE to turn advanced materials into high-performance solutions that move your innovations forward!
References:
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