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Inditherm plc has been awarded a contract worth over £92,000 by a leading
manufacturer of glucose to supply process heating for a new sugar syrup line at
a major chewing gum plant in the UK. The solution offered by Inditherm uses the
Company's patented carbon-based conductive polymer technology (CPT) and an
innovative new approach that dramatically reduces the on-site installation
time.
The glucose must be maintained within very tight temperature parameters,
typically 55°C ±3ºC, something that the Inditherm system is ideally suited for.
The system consists of a 270 metre pipework ring main and two large bulk storage
tanks which must be heated, insulated and clad.
The brief to Inditherm is to provide a heating solution which maintains the
glucose syrup within the required temperature parameters whilst having the
capability to raise the temperature to 70ºC on demand, without burning the
sugar.
The Inditherm solution uses its heating elements encased in pads that are
strapped to the pipework, which is fabricated off-site in 6 metre lengths. The
pipes are then insulated and over-clad. The whole package is then transported to
site, lifted into place, secured with brackets and then switched on. This
concept is expected to save an estimated 4 weeks of installation time and hence
major reductions in site disruption and improved health and safety.
Digital temperature controllers will allow the user to control the system as
required and provide feedback from temperature probes mounted within the vessels
and pipes. These relay data into user's distributed control system (DCS).
Commenting upon the order, Inditherm Sales Manager, Marc Hayes, said, "This
customer already has a number of Inditherm heating installations. This order
demonstrates their faith in our system, and provides them with significant
installation benefits along with the ability to control the system in a manner
not possible with other heating technologies."
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