Infrared Process Heating Handbook for Industrial Applications, a handbook from the Industrial Heating Equipment Association’s (IHEA) Infrared Equipment Division (IRED), has been updated and revised.

Infrared heaters are used to transfer heat through a process or to a product via radiation.

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.

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The Industrial Heating Equipment Association will celebrate its 90th anniversary at the 2019 Annual Meeting April 29-May 1 at Lido Beach Resort in Sarasota, Fla. IHEA members will enjoy the camaraderie created by the ever-popular social events and presentations. The annual meeting provides opportunities for attendees to get involved with important industry-related developments while exploring new business contacts and growing relationships.

Whenever infrared is used to heat, predry, dry or cure continuously traveling web material — or a continuous stream of flat materials supported on a conveyor — there is a risk of a natural phenomenon referred to as the edge-cooling effect. If the material exceeds 24” in the cross-machine direction (CMD) dimension, edge cooling will occur.

Ovens designed to cook, color, melt, disinfect or mature food products such as bacon, chicken, burgers, salmon, dough, vegetables cheese.

An executive-level summit intended to bring together upper management from manufacturing plants and industry suppliers for networking and information exchange will be held in July.