30.10.2014
Getting prepared for the winter
The consequences of low winter temperatures such as frozen gullies, icy pendants, life threatening, slippery stairs and ramps, cracked pipes create a number of inconveniences and can have lasting consequences.
One solution for many of us is found in the products of Heat Trace Ltd. For 8 years Filkab has been offering them on the Bulgarian market with great success, both for industrial and household purposes. The English company Heat Trace Ltd. has many years of experience in the production of heating cables with different applications and in recent years it has become the leader of this market segment.
The company pays special attention to self-regulating heating cables. What is self-regulating? "The explanation is not complicated: A self-regulating heating cable is a special type of heating cable that uses a semiconductor heater element to change its consumption depending on temperature.
When we have a low temperature, the consumption is high and the result is that more energy is needed to maintain the set temperature. When the temperature of the system increases, the cable consumption decreases, thus reducing the output power. This way the consumption varies from 30% to 110% of the nominal power of the heating cable.
The manufacturer classifies them as energy-saving without any hesitation. The physics of the process is well-known to all who attended the material science lesson in the semiconductor lesson.
Another great advantage of this type of cables is their ability to cut to the exact lengths, ie. we have a 3 m pipe, cut off a 3 m heating cable and install it. Those of ordinary skill in the art know that common heating cables are sold at factory lengths that can not be changed, i. E. we need 3 m for the pipe, but the heater is 4 m and even to compensate for this length by spiral installation, we get a higher power consumption than the one we need.
Another important point is the easy way to divert the heating cable - for branching water pipes or snow melting of roofs (gutters and gutters) its use is very convenient.
These cables can easily be attached, stacked, or muffled after mechanical damage. To the experts, terms like a cold end and repair of a constant resistance (ordinary) heater bring unpleasant sensations that you will not experience with self-regulating cables.
When switched on, self-regulating heating cables increase the temperature of the system graduatlly, rather than suddenly like the regular resistive heating cables do.
FILKAB offers advice and solutions to all customers who are interested. Each heating system is individually calculated with the manufacturer's software and based on the result, you will be offered the most cost-effective and economical solution that lasts for a long time.
In conclusion, we should emphasize that self-regulating heating cables are a modern, environmentally-friendly, long-lasting and reliable solution to tackle the negative effects of winter.
For more information:
FILKAB AD
eng. Petar Danchev
eng. Daniel Ivanov
Tel: +359 32 277 280, 608 884
e-mail: access@filkab.com
