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

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. 

Papcel, a Czech Republic-based papermaking machinery manufacturer, is employing Exergen’s noncontract infrared sensors in its Softcalender paper machine to ensure optimal operational efficiency and paper quality.

As Process Heating wraps up another year of serving industrial processors who use low temperature industrial heating equipment and supplies, its editorial staff offers readers this handy reference guide to the feature articles published in 2017.

Check out the ten most popular product articles on Process-Heating.com in 2017!

Infrared technology and combustion are the focus of two free online seminars offered by the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA).

Infrared heating is a technology that impacts various products that we use in our day-to-day life, from paint curing to toaster ovens. A no-cost webinar, “The Ins and Outs of IR: Efficient Curing with Infrared,” will look at infrared heating for industrial applications.