Established in 1974, Heat Trace Limited is now one of the world’s leading suppliers of electric heat tracing equipment for both process temperature maintenance and freeze protection applications. With offices, distributors, or representation, in over 50 countries, Heat Trace Limited can provide a variety of associated products and services to complement our heat tracing product range. Heat Trace can provide a comprehensive range of electric heat tracing systems for:
• Short or long pipelines
• Series, parallel constant power, self-regulating, or skin effect current tracing systems
• Above ground, buried, or subsea pipelines
• Complex in-plant piping systems
• Down well heating systems
• Externally, or internally, heat traced pipelines
• Low voltage automotive and aerospace applications (12V; 24V and 48V; etc.)
• Safe, or hazardous area installations
• Tanks, vessel and hopper heating systems
• Helideck heating systems for shipping and off-shore structures
• Temperature maintenance, or heat-raising to temperatures up to 600°C
• Tack and points heating systems for main rail, light rail and monorails
In addition to providing heating and ancillary products, a high quality Design and Engineering facility is available from a number of globally located design centres. Together with the manufacture of a complete and comprehensive product range, our worldwide installation and commissioning capabilities, enables us to offer complete, or partial, turnkey projects. Each Heat Trace product is the result of an innovative concept, idea, or construction, aimed at increasing Safety, Efficiency, Reliability, Performance and System Life. Each product possesses unique features and benefits. Many of the products developed and manufactured by Heat Trace Limited carry world patents. Investing a significant percentage (15%) of our turnover into R & D, Heat Trace has become a world pioneer in several important areas. Work is currently being conducted in such fields as: electronics, computer sciences, polymer technology, metallurgy, composites and programmable power control. This work is carried out within the group’s own R & D Laboratories, sometimes in conjunction with major research and educational establishments. Product proving often takes place with the assistance of Government Departments, such as the UK Department of Energy, Technology Strategy Board (TSB) etc.
