Staying competitive and profitable is a balancing act for industrial processing companies. Meeting market demand and shareholder expectation keeps the pressure for well-executed heat tracing systems on high boil. 

Whether maintaining pipe temperatures in a petrochemical plant on the Gulf of Mexico or a platform off the windswept Scottish coast, facility managers are all too familiar with the challenges such a task poses.

Raychem XTV, HXTV and KTV industrial heat-tracing cables are suitable for maximum intermittent exposure temperatures of up to 482°F.

Software offers installers and specifiers a step-by-step guide to designing a heat-tracing solution for their project.

Adhering to the four basic requirements of a heat tracing project promotes successful applications.

Electric heat tracing is used in many process industries to maintain process fluids at the desired temperatures. It is important to understand the requirements of the application as well as each heat-tracing technology’s capabilities and limitations before selecting a specific heat-tracing technology for the application.

Similar in construction to the company’s current self-regulating heat trace, Series Long Line (SLL) is suited for use on extremely long pipelines where high temperature maintenance is critical for freeze protection and viscosity maintenance.