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Heat Trace Limited
Suppliers of electric heat tracing equipment | Heat Trace
One of the world's leading manufacturers of electric heat tracing equipment for both process temperature maintenance and freeze protection applications.
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Application for a Continuity grant for the existing Innovate UK Project No: 133864 and other Covid effected projects
1 Jun 2020 to 30 Nov 2020
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University of Sheffield and Heat Trace Limited
1 Apr 2020 to 31 Dec 2022
To develop new monitoring and control processes that are designed to improve the current manufacturing of existing products and develop novel manufacturing processes for the next generation of electric heating products.
Novel self-regulating CHIP (Cooling and Heating Integrated Pipe) thermal management systems for EV batteries
1 Sep 2019 to 28 Feb 2021
"This is a 12-month feasibility project with 3 partners, Heat Trace Ltd (Lead Partner and SME), Nobel Autoparts UK Ltd (Tier 1 supplier and a Large company) and Warwick Manufacturing Group (RTO) Our vision is the transfer Heat Trace's aluminium-based polymeric smart self-regulating technology into Battery Thermal Management systems. Self-regulating heater...
The University of Manchester and Heat Trace Limited
1 Aug 2016 to 31 Jan 2019
To design, develop and embed an advanced software system that will design and monitor total life cycle of installed trace heating systems, for novel applications such as commissioning, planned maintenance and monitoring and control of trace heating systems.
Feasibility study into novel new materials for heat tracing applications inside nuclear containment
1 Nov 2014 to 30 Sep 2016
This project will develop, for application in nuclear power and processing, an electrical heating cable which is capable of high temperature withstand and resistance to irradiation. The cable will be a high temperature type built around a novel self-regulating core material suitable for nuclear application. This self-regulating cable, built on new materia...
Development of Protoypes of Novel Laminar Heaters
1 Oct 2014 to 30 Sep 2016
Heat Trace is the technical world leader in the manufacture of self-regulating heating cables, used primarily for heating pipes within the oil/gas market sector. The heating cables comprise two stranded circular copper conductors embedded within a semi-conductive polymeric heating material For this project, the intention is the use of Heat Trace’s base te...
The University of Manchester And Heat Trace Limited
1 May 2013 to 29 Feb 2016
To develop and market remote monitoring and control equipment for electrical trace heating products, into the UK and global Nuclear market.
Energy efficient heating systems for snow melting and ice prevention of rail switch points
1 Sep 2012 to 30 Nov 2013
This project will develop, for snow melting and ice prevention of rail switch points, an electric heating system which will require less energy than conventional switch point heaters. This new heating system will be have 4 elements: a self- regulating semi-conductive polymeric heater, an advanced intelligent control system, a thermal insulation system and...
Novel processing of self regulating trace heating polymers
1 May 2011 to 31 Jul 2011
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Heatal Project: Replacement of Copper with Aluminum in Electrical Heating Cables
1 Oct 2009 to 30 Sep 2012
The 5 partners in this project are Heat Trace Ltd, University of Manchester, Innoval Technology, 3M UK and Watlow Ltd. This project has been very successful and showed that 1) Aluminium can replace copper in existing electrical heating products and significantly reduce costs. These products will be more competitive in existing and new markets 2) The use o...
Development of graphite/polymer nanocomposite material(Nano-Graph)
1 Oct 2008 to 30 Sep 2011
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