Daniel Herrington speaking at Heat Exchanger Worlds Conference on PECM
- Kirk Abolafia
- Aug 6
- 2 min read
Voxel Founder & CEO Daniel Herrington is speaking at the Heat Exchanger Worlds conference in October on how pulsed electrochemical machining (PECM) can enable improved heat transfer and production scalability for heat exchangers-- from aerospace to AI and beyond.
Event Details:
📅 October 15 & 16, 2025
📍 NRG Convention Center, Houston, TX
🎤 Daniel Herrington, Voxel Founder & CEO
⚠️ Further details to be announced by organizers.
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Case Study: Enabling High-Aspect Ratios, Thin Walls, and Production Scalability for Critical Microchannel Heat Exchangers via Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM)
As demands on thermal systems increase, so too do the challenges faced by heat exchanger designers. The push toward thinner walls, tighter spacing, and higher performance often runs into the limits of conventional manufacturing methods. Thermal engineers are increasingly constrained not by simulation or design tools, but by what can actually be machined (especially at scale). At the upcoming Heat Exchanger World Americas conference in Houston, Voxel CEO Daniel Herrington will explore how Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM) is overcoming those limitations.
Voxel’s PECM process unlocks geometries at scale that are simply not cost-effective with milling, EDM, or laser. Unlike thermal or mechanical methods, PECM is a non-contact, non-thermal approach that removes material atom by atom without burrs, recast layers, or significant tool wear. Herrington will discuss how PECM has already been used to produce titanium and stainless steel components with internal microchannels, long aspect-ratio cavities, and ultra-thin walls while maintaining micrometer-consistency across arrays, at scale. Herrington will share relevant examples to showcase PECM's geometric capabilities, surface finishing, and scalability for critical heat exchangers-- whether they're cooling a jet engine or dissipating thermal loads in high-density AI microchips.
About Daniel
Daniel is currently CEO of Voxel Innovations and focused on creating high-value metal components for the aerospace and energy industries utilizing next-generation Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM) technology. Creating precision parts from advanced metal alloys is a growing challenge facing customers in Voxel's target industries. Our PECM processes permits novel designs, produces higher quality parts, and can decrease costs through speed or operational improvements that is unmatched by competing technologies.
From 2005 to 2011 Daniel was a professional racecar driver in the IndyCar and Grand-Am series, winning multiple races and raising over $1,000,000 in sponsorship funds. During his time at Duke University, Daniel worked extensively on commercialization, business development, and research projects for a number of companies outside of the university including Acorn Energy, Acuity Edge, and femtoMass Inc.
After graduating from Duke, Daniel pursued his interest in high-tech energy research working for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy. While there, Daniel advised teams from universities, national labs, start-ups, and multinational companies on commercialization strategies ensuring they were on a successful path to market. At ARPA-E Daniel worked with a wide range of technologies from natural gas industrial turbines to wave-energy harvesting devices to magnet manufacturing. Starting in 2013, Daniel began consulting in the emergent metal additive manufacturing industry and electrochemical machining industry, exploring new business opportunities in this sector.
⚠️ We will update this page updated as we receive new information from the event organizers. Stay tuned.
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