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Thorne & Derrick

WINTERISATION

To celebrate the launch of our new website www.heatingandprocess.com, we focus on T&D International as a leading supplier of LV-HV Electrical, Mechanical, Process & Instrumentation.

T&D's products heat pipework, drums, IBC's, hoses, tanks and workspaces - whether protecting against snow, frost and ice or providing process heating to commercial, industrial, manufacturing and hazardous area industries. 

 

•        Installing Heat Trace Cable - Training Videos

•        Electrical Safety - 10 Things You Need To Know

•        Frost Protection for Pipes, Tanks, IBC's & Drums

•        Cable Jointers Photoblogs (500+)

•        Infra-red Heaters For Winter Work Space Heating

•        Condition Assessment of HV Cables - EA Technology

•        Nexans Euromold - MV Jointing & Terminating 

•        T&D's Industry Infographics

•        Cable Pulling & Laying Masterclass - Duct & Trench

 

Featuring Ellis Patents, ASCO, Thermon, CATU, 3M, Elster, Eltherm, Chromalox, Pfisterer and Roxtec.

T&D International, based in the UK, are leading Suppliers of Electrical, Mechanical, Process & Instrumentation Equipment.

750K+ Opt-In Circulation + Social Media

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Heat Tracing

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER......


"Frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow......."

 

Winterising process plants, machinery and equipment means production can continue as normal through Winter.

 

Effective installation of products such as heat tracing cable can avoid simple maintenance headaches and even improve manufacturing efficiency.

Heat Tracing Cables
Electrical Safety

Electrical Safety - 10 Things you need to know

Read about Arc Flash Prevention, PD, Cable Faults, BS7671, Electrical Isolation and Live Working.

 

Receive 3 Arc Flash Software Calculators and a FREE Electrical Safety Lock-out Tag-out Training Video.

 

Featuring Littelfuse, Eaton, ABB, Crowcon, Safe-T-Rack, Panduit and CATU, the world leading manufacturer of LV MV HV Electrical Safety Equipment.
 

Electrical Safety
Silicone Heaters

Silicone Heating

T&D have over 20 years experience working with clients developing optimum silicone heater solutions for their surface heating applications. 

 

T&D provide a competitive advantage by consistently delivering bespoke and customised silicone heating solutions on the shortest UK lead times.

 





 

 

Silicone Heaters
Drum & IBC Heating Jackets

Drum & IBC heating jackets

T&D are the UK's largest stockist of Drum & IBC Heaters for frost protection and process temperature maintenance.

 

Typical applications: sugars, oils, surfactants, fats (animal & vegetable), foodstuffs and chemicals.

 

•  Safe Area Drum Heating Jackets

•  Hazardous Area Drum Heaters

•  Safe Area IBC Heating Jackets

•  Hazardous Area IBC Heating Jackets

•  Safe Area Gas Bottle Heaters

•  Hazardous Area Gas Bottle Heaters

 

 

Drum & IBC Heaters
Crowcon Gas Detection

Now & Then - Gas Detection


 

Once upon time, mine workers relied upon a caged canary for gas detection.
 

Today, see how Crowcon's new T4 Portable Gas detector provides effective detection of 4 common gas hazards :
 

• Carbon Monoxide

• Hydrogen Sulphide

• Flammable Gases

• Oxygen Depletion       

Crowcon T4 Gas Detectors
Crowcon
Using Heat Tracing To Prevent Roof and Gutter Snow & Ice Build Up

Using Heat Tracing For Snow Melting & De-Icing On Roofs & Gutters

T&D have many years experience desiging and supplying heat tracing systems for roof and gutter heating applications. 
 

Snow build-up causes serious structural problems to roofs and buildings. These are typically divided into the problems from the added weight and then the flood damage issues that arise as the snow begins to thaw.

 

Roof Gutter Trace Heating
Heat Tracing
Heated Hoses

HEATED HOSES

 

 

T&D custom design and supply heated hose technology for the transportation of gases on analytic applications and the transfer of fluids and vapours by high pressure heated hose.

 

• Gas Analysis
• Bitumen
• Chemical & Petrochemical
• Mechanical Engineering
• Automotive
• Food & Beverage
• Utilities – Water, Gas & Electricity
• Manufacturing

Heated Hoses
Specifying Nexans Euromold Connectors - MV Medium Voltage Bushing Interfaces A-F Explained

Specifying Euromold Connectors - MV Bushing Interfaces Explained

Nexans Euromold are world leading manufacturers of Screened Separable Connectors to enable the termination of medium voltage power cables onto outer cone bushings of switchgear, transformers and motors.

 

T&D provide an informative overview of the 6 Bushing Interfaces common to MV Electrical Equipment. 

 

  • Includes Nexans Jointer Training Video's 11kV-33kV.

 

Nexans Euromold Connectors
Cable Laying & Pulling - Installing LV-HV Cable In Duct

Tips & Tricks

Cable Laying & Pulling - Installing LV-HV Cable In Ducts & Trenches

 

In the following article T&D, the UK's leading distributor of SEB Cable Laying & Pulling Equipment, provide an overview of the techniques, methods and materials required to install LV-HV cables into i) duct and ii) open trench.




 

Cable Stokbords 11kV 33kV
Cable Laying & Pulling
Eltherm Heat Tracing Cables

HEAT TRACING - VIDEO MASTERCLASS BY ELTHERM



This Video Masterclass from Eltherm demonstrates how to strip, terminate, gland, connect and seal heat trace cables for pipework frost protection or temperature maintenance applications.

 

Eltherm are a global leader in the manufacture of electrical heat tracing cable and systems - T&D, the electrical heating specialists, are Eltherm stockists.

Eltherm Heat Tracing Cables
Eltherm
 

The big read....

ATEX Infra-Red IR Heaters

Winter Warmers

Unlike other ATEX certified heaters which usually heat by convection, the Star Progetti EHSAFE IR heaters provide shortwave infra-red heat and local warming allowing targeted energy efficient hazardous area heating.

 

Used to heat Zone 2 hazardous area working or storage areas in warehouses or buildings with high ceilings.

 

 

ATEX Infra-Red IR Heaters
Heat Tracing Cables

PREVENT BURST WATER PIPES

With over 30 years experience T&D are The Trace Heating Specialists - we hold the largest UK stocks of leading trace heating cable brands.  

 

Full technical and specification service available - most competitive prices from stock delivered anywhere in the world.

 

Contact the commercial, industrial and hazardous area electrical trace heating specialists.

Heat Tracing Cables
Cable Jointing Photos

CABLE JOINTERS PHOTOBLOG

Updated weekly and featuring 500+ photographs from LV-EHV cable jointers.
 

ABB                 Prysmian 

3M                   Sudkabel

Tyco                Nexans

 

• LV Sicame & Tyco Joints

• 11kV Raychem Cable Joints

• 33kV NKT Plug Terminations

• 33kV 3M Cold Shrink Joints

• 40kV G&W PILC Joint

• 66kV Ericsson Oil-XLPE Joint

• 110kV Prysmian Screen Break

• 115kV G&W Oil Filled Joint

• 115kV NKT GIS Termination

• 132kV Brugg Cable Joint

• 132kV Prysmian Click-Fit Joint

• 132kV Pfisterer Connex Joints & Plugs

• 275kV Prysmian Screen Break Joint

345kV HPPT Straight Joint

• 400kV Overhead Line Stringing

 

Online Poll - Is It The End Of True Cable Jointing?



 

Cable Jointing Photoblog
Littelfuse PGR-8800 Arc Flash Relay

Littelfuse PGR-8800 - Improve Electrical Safety With Arc Flash Detection

Littelfuse protects LV-MV electrical equipment used in construction, general industrial, oil and gas, solar, mining and OEM applications offering a reliable selection of fuses, fuse blocks, protection relays and generator controls to improve safety and reduce downtime.

 

In a Guest Blog, Morten Mortensen explains the dangers of arc flash events and how the PGR-8800 arc flash relay can protect your plant and people.

Littelfuse PGR-8800 Arc Flash Relay
Littelfuse PGR-8800 Arc Flash Relay
T&D Marketing Equation

T&D Marketing Equation

T&D's social, online and digital marketing formula guarantees RESULTS!

Behind all great formulas lies an even better equation.

 

Read T&D's Marketing Equation now and see how T&D can drive serious sales lead generation - we are scheduling our 2017 timetable and would be pleased to hear from all our suppliers and supporters (current or prospective).

T&D Marketing Equation
T&D Infographics

T&D Infographics

See clearly and quickly how T&D service their 12 industry sectors in our new group of Infographics.
 

Look out for Asco, Crowcon, EXHEAT, Thermon, Vega, Eltherm, Emerson, Rotronic, SICK and Horne.


 

 

 

T&D Infographics
Hazardous Area Electrical Heating

HEATING HAZARDOUS AREAS

 

 

This article focuses on Electrical Heating Equipment and has been written for all people who have an interest in understanding best working practices for installing and maintaining heaters in potentially explosive atmospheres.

 

T&D International support global oil, gas and petrochem projects via their Export Sales Team. Contact T&D.
 

Hazardous Area Electrical Heating
Emtelle

Why Use microtrenching for your blown fibre projects?

Microtrenching is a civils technique used for the fast deployment of fibre optic cables - can be used for FTT Premises in towns and cities and for trunk applications along with Mole ploughing and traditional digging.

 

In a Guest Blog from Emtelle we will learn about the benefits and best practice techniques used within microtrenching.

 

Emtelle
ASCO SOLENOID VALVES

White Paper - ASCO

Breakthrough ASCO Solenoid Vavle Technology for Upstream Oil and Gas Heating Equipment.

Asco Solenoid Valves
Thermon

WHITE PAPER - THERMON

The Relative Merits and Limitations of Thermal Fluid, Electric and Steam Heat Tracing Systems.

Thermon
Petrel

Hazardous Area Lighting

Petrel manufacture Hazardous Area Lighting, Motor Starters, Isolators & Enclosures for hazardous area locations Zone 1 & Zone 2 certified according to ATEX directive.

 

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Wolf Safety Lamps

Portable Lighting

Wolf Safety Lamp hazardous area ATEX certified portable lighting includes headlamps, torcheshazardlamps and worklights for Zone 1 and Zone 2 locations – LED ATEX headlamps, torches and head torches are also available. 

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Cable Jointing

#THROWBACK THURSDAY

Wistful flashbacks on our modern Blog.

 

Travel back to the "good old days" of dapper jointers splicing cables in waistcoat, ties and brogues.

 

•  A 150 Year History of the Tube
•  The Edison Street Pipe 1880

•  HRH Prince Charles & HV Cables

•  The Heart Of The System 1950

•  PILC Cable Manufacturing 1944

•  The Pylon Men 1966
 

 

 

Cable Jointing
EA Technology - Condition Assessment of HV Cables

In The Press

T&D have been requested by EA Technology to provide marketing and distribution support for their new publication : Condition Assessment of High Voltage Cables.

 

EA Technology is an international power engineering consultancy specialising in asset management and solutions for owners of electrical assets.

 

T&D are proud to be associated with EA - it is a clear endorsment of T&D's marketing reach, respect and reputation in the global power industry.

EA Technology
ATEX Hazardous Area

HAZARDOUS AREA

T&D distribute Hazardous Area Equipment to the global oil, gas, petrochemical and industrial markets.

 

T&D Product Categories :

 

     Electrical

     Cable

       Mechanical

     Process

     Heating

     Instrumentation

     Metering

 

T&D UK & Exports have serviced the worldwide hazardous area industries for over 30 years and would welcome your enquiries.

 

 

SUBMIT ENQUIRY

LV HV Power, Process, E&I & Hazardous Area Professionals

LV HV Power, Process, E&I & Hazardous Area Professionals

Pfisterer Connex Inner Cone Plugs

Alroc CWB18-60 Bonded Semi-Con Stripping Tool

Video : Roxtec UG - Sealing Substation Cables Underground Against Constant Water Pressure

A Shutdown Postmortem - Reducing Cable Failures Caused By Sub-Standard Cable Jointing

Ashcroft – Delivering The World’s Most Trusted Measurement Instruments

H2S Gas Detection – Crowcon Gas Detector Specialists (Video Blog)

Elster H4000 Woltmann Cold Water Meter

Micronics U1000 Fixed Clamp On Heat Meter – A Smarter Solution To Thermal Energy Metering

ATEX Certified Humidity & Temperature Sensors - Rotronic HygroFlex5-EX

Conveyor Fire Detection - Using Patol Flame Sensors To Prevent Fire

Flexible Heated Hoses For Analytic Gas Emission Applications

Using Star Progretti (IR) Infrared Heaters To Provide Energy Efficient Heating For Work Spaces & Warehouses

ATEX Solenoid Valves - ASCO Valves For International Hazardous Area Installations

Explosion Protection Equipment From The Explosive Atmosphere Experts

Heat, Light & Power For Hazardous Area Offshore HVAC Systems

4 Gas Detection Factoids From Crowcon

Cablesafe Cable Hooks

Cablesafe Cable Hooks

Bring Order To Cable Chaos.

 

CableSafe Hooks provide temporary support to cables during plant shutdowns and turnarounds.

 

Slips, Trips & Falls: Cable Hooks For Reduced Accidents & Improved Safety

 

CableSafe Cable Hooks
T&D Commercial Times Issue 3

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T&D would like to thank all their customers, suppliers and supporters for helping us achieve record UK and Export sales in 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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