Since 2009, when the main patent for portable 3D printers expired, 3D printing has exploded into an industry of its own. As a result, 3D printers are one of the defining products of our time.

Designed to provide freeze protection and process temperature maintenance for high power, high exposure industrial heat-tracing applications, Raychem mineral-insulated heating units ensure operational reliability and corrosion resistance in harsh environments.

In 2017, the China Development and Reform Commission issued the Northern China Winter Clean Heating Plan. It mandated that, by the end of 2021, clean combustion of coal in thermal power plants would be used to provide 8 billion square meters of heating area. Estimates say this will account for nearly 40 percent of the total clean-heating area in northern China in 2021.

Use the 2019 edition of our burner selection tool to compare equipment makers and find those with experience with your industrial heating process.

Model DTS 3000 is suited for multiple-enclosure applications including washdown. The side-mount cooling units are available in sizes from 900 to 24,000 BTU/hr for use in applications with high temperature, high ambient environments.

Model PS200 measures any combination of LEL, oxygen (O₂), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), making it suitable for personal monitoring and confined space applications.

With industrial heating processes that require some type of heating, drying or curing, several reasons are commonly cited for process improvements.

Infrared has been in use in process heating for more than 30 years, but only recently has it become a commonplace consideration for most oven designs. Convection (hot air) heating typically has been the ubiquitous solution, and it does a good job in many situations.

Smart process automation and data exchange technologies — more commonly known as Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) — are transforming manufacturing operations, and many companies are looking to capitalize on the benefits.

Tremaine Hartranft was promoted to director of technical sales for bakery and snack-food production equipment maker Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), Robesonia, Pa.