Noctua Innovates New Fan Design

[Lil' ˝ Dead]

Noctua displayed its new innovation in fan design, called Focussed Flow. One of the first fans that use this design come in 120 mm size. Its design goal is to channel (or "focus") air flow towards the center of the fan, making it ideal for use with heatsinks and radiators. The biggest design change here is the stator guide vanes, that are a set of structures permanently fixed between the frame and the center. There are a number of innovations that improve air flow and reduce noise. Notable features are micro-structures on the inner-walls of the frame that dampens the whipping noise made by rotating fan-blades, and integrated vibration dampening material at the edges. The new Focussed Flow 120 fan will be used by Noctua on all its upcoming CPU coolers. The fans were briefly mentioned in the noctua prototypes article, but got overshadowed a bit by the redonkulous new heatsinks.

http://www.techpowerup.com/146786/No...an-Design.html

[Caleal]

But does it blend?

[Nyarlathotep]

I've seen something like that before, I think. One of my uncles is a steel worker and I could have sworn I saw him with something just like that, haha. except it was fairly large.

[vinman]

looks like there are very short leads on that fan!