An infrared oven from Heraeus Noblelight allowed the Newmor Group to carry out pre-gelling of PVC used in wall coverings as an inline process, reducing production times and increasing productivity.

High quality spirits get their special taste by being stored in wooden barrels that are roasted before filling. Roasting traditionally has been done with an open flame. A custom infrared oven is replacing that open flame for one spirits maker.

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.

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

Anyone who has spent even passing time in the Midwest will have noticed a key difference among the seasons. There’s fall (nothing to do), winter (nothing to do), spring (still nothing to do) and festival season — I mean summer.