Heating Mats & Heating Jackets

Jackets & Mats Using Silicone Technology

for Standard & Custom Heating Solutions

Flexible heating mats and jackets provide optimum heat transfer with excellent surface heat distribution and are the ideal solution for simple level surfaces when uniform heating of surfaces with more than two levels is required – typical applications include OEM and the manufacturing industries where bespoke heating solutions are needed.

Heaters can be designed to fit most shapes delivering completely uniform heating profiles across the entire surface over large areas without heat loss, hot spots or colds spots – precise, controlled and targetted heating with no temperature fluctuations.

Heating mats and jackets can also be manufactured separately from the insulation upon request and can be tailored to almost any complex shape or size.

Heating jackets are easy to apply and remove with integrated heat insulation, which considerably reduces the installation and maintenance overheads.

Heating mats and heating jackets are used in an extensive range of applications such as for heating drums, bunker tips, IBCs, fans, pumps and are also indispensable in research and development as well as nuclear technology.

➡ View our complete range of silicone heaters (pads, mats and products) used to provide precise and flexible surface heating to complex applications. Controlled heating using silicone materials can be applied to pipes, flanges, valves and manufacturing processes to accelerate warm-up, heat-up and protect against frost. Also Kapton heaters are available variety of shapes, sizes and wattage with excellent resistance to chemicals.

Heating Mats & Heating Jackets Advantages

• Removable and replaceable
• Easy to mount with minimum installation time
• Low maintenance cost overheads
• For applications with high technical requirements
• Long heating service life
• Adapted according to the container, pipe, valve or pump (custom-made)
• Operating temperatures from 0°C to 900°C
• Effective surface heating
• Optimum heat distribution
• Available complete with insulation
• Integrated temperature sensor

Heating Mats & Heating Jackets Industry Applications

• Pumps
• Valves
• Shut-off valves
• Bunker tips
• Pipeline strings
• Fans
• Baking out block houses
• Rotor blade tips
• Containers
• Drums and barrels
• IBCs
• Hobbocks
• Vacuum chambers
• Hose connectors
• Micro dosing pumps
• Flange caps
• Extruders

Heating Mats & Heating Jackets – Layout Options

Heating mats and jackets consist of textile materials which attach to the surface object being heated, fastened using eyelets, hooks and velcro. The material used depends on the operating temperature and location of the application.

Heating mats and jackets can also be manufactured for use in hazardous locations – contact T&D to discuss electrical heating requirements for Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas.

Aluminium-coated glass fabric is used for surface temperatures up to 160°C, plastic fabrics are used for temperatures up to 80°C, textile glass is used up to 450°C, while quartz is used for surface temperatures up to 900°C.

Heating jackets with a metal outer jacket can be used depending on the application, for example if high durability is required due to excessive load conditions – they are especially robust due to their design. Hinges and adjustable clamp fasteners are used to compensate for tolerances in the external diameter.

Heating Surface Material	Plastic fabric with and without PU-PVC coating	Textile glass with silicone or PTFE coating	Textile glass without coating	Quartz fabric without coating
Fastening / Closure	Velcro fastener	Eyelets, hooks and Velcro fastener	Glass adhesive tape	Quartz lacing
Insulation of Heating Conductors	PTFE	Textile E-glass	Quartz fabric	Quartz fabric
Thermal Insulation	Plastic foam	Needled glass fleece	Silicone foam	Needled quartz fleece, Ceramic wool
Outer Jacket of Thermal Insulation	The following outer jackets can be used, depending on low surface temperatures on the insulation: Plastic fabrics up to 80 °C Aluminium-coated glass fabric up to 160 °C Textile glass with silicone coating up to 180 °C Textile glass with PFTE coating up to 220 °C Textile glass up to 450 °C Quartz up to 900 °C
Nominal Temperature	80ºC – 900ºC (Depending on materials used)
Nominal Voltage	PTFE 500V E-Glass 300-400V (Depending on temperature and strain)
Maximum Area Output	Up to 12,500w/m² (Depending on heating element used)

 

Heating Mats & Heating Jackets Application Examples

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPW-Isol
• Heating cable used: ELK-AG-N
• Temperature range: Frost protection
• Special feature: Designed for use in areas subject to explosion hazards

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPW-Isol
• Heating cable used: ELK-AG-L
• Temperature range: up to 90 °C
• Special feature: Multiple heating zones, coupleable, control with defined ramp functions

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPW-Isol
• Heating cable used: ELSR-H
• Temperature range: Frost protection

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPH-ISOL
• Heating cable used: ELK-H
• Temperature range: 230 – 250 °C
• Special feature: Vacuum chamber with flange heating jackets (alum.)

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPH
• Heating cable used: ELK-H
• Temperature range: up to 450°C

• Heating mat/jacket type: ELPQ-Isol
• Heating cable used: ELK-Q
• Temperature range: up to 500 °C (Quartz heating mats can withstand operating temperatures up to 900°C)
• Special feature: Quartz outer jacket for high-temperature range