
T&D are the UK’s largest stockist of Drum, IBC & Tank Heaters & Jackets. Delivering UK & Worldwide.
T&D’s online library of IBC & Drum Heating applications is now updated to include the following : caramel heating stored in IBC’s in a hazardous area location for the food and beverage industry.
Visit Silicone Heaters for details of electric surface heating solutions – flexible silicone heaters can be applied to heat the most complex shapes, geometries, curves and pipes.
Specified Product Solution : LMK Inteliheat Hazardous Area IBC Containers.
HEATING JACKET TYPE
AREA CLASSIFICATION
- Safe Area
- Hazardous Area (Zone 1 & Zone 2) ✓ Â
HEATING FLUID, MEDIUM, CONTENTS
- Water
- Oil
- Wax
- Chemicals
- Petrochemicals (Solvents, Detergents, Adhesives, Other)
- Food Ingredients (Liquid, Powdered, Granulated) ✓ – Caramel
- Other
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Caramel is produced by heating sugar slowly to around 170ºC when the molecules break down and re-form into compounds with the characteristic colour and flavour of caramel. At low temperatures caramel solidifies.
caramel HEATING APPLICATION

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- Frost Protection
- Reduce Viscosity ✓
- Temperature Maintenance
- Low Temperature Heating (0-20 degrees Celsius)
- Medium Temperature Heating (21-50 degrees Celsius)
- High Temperature Heating (50 degrees Celsius+)
- Other
Notes : Â the outdoor storage conditions for the IBC containers with exposure to freezing temperatures combined with a hazardous area (potentially explosive atmosphere) location required an ATEX certified heating solution.

IBC Heating Jackets – T&D supply heating and drum insulating jackets for plastic or steel metal cage IBC’s for bulk liquid storage.
HEATING JACKET VOLTAGE
- 110 Volt
- 230 Volt  ✓
- Low Voltage
HEATING APPLICATION : DRUM, IBC, TANK OR VESSEL
- 25 Litres
- 50 Litres
- 105 Litres
- 205 Litres
- 1000 Litres  ✓
- Other
VESSEL MATERIAL
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Plastic ✓
- Cardboard
- Other
HEAT UP TEMPERATURE
- 0-5 degrees Celsius
- 5-20 degrees Celsius
- 20-50 degrees Celsius ✓
- 50-70 degrees Celsius
- 70+ degrees Celsius
- N/A (Frost Protection)
HEAT UP TIME REQUIREMENT
- 0-4 Hours
- 4-12 Hours
- 12-24 Hours ✓
- 24-48 Hours
- N/A (Frost Protection)
Contact T&D for specification, support and sales of Electrical Heating Equipment for safe, industrial and hazardous area plant and equipment – we provide process temperature heating and frost protection (Winterisation) products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums and tanks, including hazardous area water heaters.
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T&D are the UK’s largest stockist of Drum, IBC & Tank Heaters & Jackets. Delivering UK & Worldwide.
T&D’s online library of Drum & IBC Heater applications is now updated to include the following : resin heating stored in IBC’s in a hazardous area location for the chemical industry.
Visit Silicone Heaters for details of electric surface heating solutions – flexible silicone heaters can be applied to heat the most complex shapes, geometries, curves and pipes.
Specified Product Solution : LMK Inteliheat Hazardous Area IBC Containers
HEATING JACKET TYPE
AREA CLASSIFICATION
- Safe Area
- Hazardous Area (Zone 1 & Zone 2) ✓ Â
ibc HEATING FLUID, MEDIUM, CONTENTS
- Water
- Oil
- Wax
- Chemicals
- Petrochemicals (Solvents, Detergents, Adhesives, Other)
- Food Ingredients (Liquid, Powdered, Granulated)
- Other ✓ – Resin
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Resins can be produced in a variety of ways such as liquid resins & additives, radiation cured and powder coating resins & additives and cross linkers for use on wood, metal, plastic, and other surfaces.
resin HEATING APPLICATION
- Frost Protection
- Reduce Viscosity
- Temperature Maintenance
- Low Temperature Heating (0-20 degrees Celsius)
- Medium Temperature Heating (21-50 degrees Celsius)
- High Temperature Heating (50 degrees Celsius+) ✓
- Other
Notes :  the client required the IBC to heat from 15-60ºC within 24 hours in a hazardous area (potentially explosive atmosphere) location requiring a high powered ATEX certified heating solution.

IBC Heating Jackets – T&D supply heating and insulating jackets for plastic or steel metal cage IBC’s for bulk liquid storage.
HEATING JACKET VOLTAGE
- 110 Volt
- 230 Volt  ✓
- Low Voltage
HEATING APPLICATION : DRUM, IBC, TANK OR VESSEL
- 25 Litres
- 50 Litres
- 105 Litres
- 205 Litres
- 1000 Litres  ✓
- Other
VESSEL MATERIAL
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Plastic ✓
- Cardboard
- Other
HEAT UP TEMPERATURE
- 0-5 degrees Celsius
- 5-20 degrees Celsius
- 20-50 degrees Celsius
- 50-70 degrees Celsius
- 70+ degrees Celsius ✓
- N/A (Frost Protection)
HEAT UP TIME REQUIREMENT
- 0-4 Hours
- 4-12 Hours
- 12-24 Hours ✓
- 24-48 Hours
- N/A (Frost Protection)
Contact T&D for specification, support and sales of Electrical Heating Equipment, including heat trace cables, for safe, industrial and hazardous area plant and equipment – we provide process temperature heating and frost protection (Winterisation) products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums and tanks.
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Vegetable Oils – Heaters For IBCs & Drums
Vegetable oils are a lifeblood of the food industry and provide essential fatty acids and an energy source to maintain human health and nutrition. Typical food processing applications requiring vegetable oils include frying, cooking and baking.
Most common types of vegetable oils include:
- Rapeseed Oil
- Soya Bean Oil
- Olive Oil – Extra Virgin & Pomace
- Palm Oil
- Blended Oil
Specialist heated containers for coconut oil drum heating are also available.
vegetable Oil Heating, Storage & Handling
2KW v 3KW IBC Heaters

Oils are sensitive to heat, light and exposure to oxygen and all vegetable oils must be stored in a cool, dry place.
To ensure optimum yields and productive use it is important to maintain vegetable oil temperatures to avoid oil thickening and provide rapid heating for processing and melting applications – typically 1,000 litre IBC containers can be heated using our standard 2 kilowatt heaters with insulated lids. The heaters establish correct liquid viscosity of the vegetable oil reducing wastage to a minimum.
Rapid Heating
T&D test data indicates a temperature increase of 1-2°C per hour of IBC container contents using 2KW IBC heaters.
For applications requiring a more rapid heat-up time of vegetable oils contained in IBC’s we can provide a high power 3 kilowatt heater jacket which improves and accelerates the heating time to approximately 4-6°C per hour.

T&D provide Electric Heating solutions to the world’s leading food brands and companies.
Where Quality Counts & Service Matters
T&D International are the UK’s leading supplier of IBC & Drum Heating Equipment – since 1985 we have developed a strong reputation based on technical support, customer service and trust.
T&D heating jackets are UK manufactured and supplied with a 12 month warranty – competitively priced, delivered from stock and built to last.

Trusted Quality. T&D Drum & IBC Heaters: Made In The UK, Supplied Globally

Drum Heaters
For further information about electrical heating visit
Drum & IBC Heaters – here follows a recent application case for heating vegetable oil using IBC heating jackets:
HeatING JACKET Type
area Classification
- Safe Area ✓
- Hazardous Area (Zone 1 & Zone 2)
HEATING FLUID, MEDIUM, CONTENTS
- Water
- Oil ✓ (Vegetable Cooking Oil)
- Wax
- Chemicals
- Petrochemicals (Solvents, Detergents, Adhesives, Other)
- Food Ingredients (Liquid, Powdered, Granulated)
- Other
HEATING APPLICATION
- Frost Protection
- Reduce Viscosity
- Temperature Maintenance
- Low Temperature Heating (0-20 degrees Celsius)
- Medium Temperature Heating (21-50 degrees Celsius) ✓
- High Temperature Heating (50 degrees Celsius+)
- OtherÂ

IBC Heating Jackets – T&D supply heating and insulating jackets for plastic or steel metal cage IBC’s for bulk liquid storage.
HEATING JACKET VOLTAGE
- 110 Volt
- 230 Volt  ✓
- Low Voltage
HEATING APPLICATION : DRUM, IBC, TANK OR VESSEL
- 25 Litres
- 50 Litres
- 105 Litres
- 205 Litres
- 1000 Litres ✓
- Other
VESSEL MATERIAL
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Plastic ✓
- Cardboard
- Other
HEAT UP TEMPERATURE
- 0-5 degrees Celsius
- 5-20 degrees Celsius
- 20-50 degrees Celsius ✓
- 50-70 degrees Celsius
- 70+ degrees Celsius
- N/A (Frost Protection)
HEAT UP TIME REQUIREMENT
- 0-4 Hours
- 4-12 Hours
- 12-24 Hours ✓
- 24-48 Hours
- N/A (Frost Protection)
Contact T&D for specification, support and sales of Electrical Heating Equipment for safe, industrial and hazardous area plant and equipment – we provide process temperature heating and frost protection heating cable products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums and tanks.
Further reading
Marechal Plugs & Sockets For Food & Beverage Industry
IBC Heaters – Electrical Process & Container Heating For Food Industry
Gas Detection In The Food Processing Industry Using Portable Gas Detectors
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T&D are the UK’s largest stockist of Drum, IBC & Tank Heaters & Jackets. Delivering UK & Worldwide.
T&D’s online library of Drum, IBC & Tank Heating applications is now updated to include the following : liquid soap heating stored in IBC’s in a non hazardous area location for the pharmaceutical industry.
Visit Silicone Heaters (Application Cases) for details of electric surface heating solutions – flexible silicone heaters can be applied to heat the most complex shapes, geometries, curves and pipes.
Specified Product Solution : HIBC/B IBC Heating Jacket Â

Like hot and cold process soap, there is a lye component and an oil component. The lye component differs – sodium hydroxide is used to make hard bar soap while potassium hydroxide is used to make liquid soap.
Soap Heating
HEATING JACKET TYPE
AREA CLASSIFICATION
- Safe Area ✓ Â
- Hazardous Area (Zone 1 & Zone 2)
HEATING FLUID, MEDIUM, CONTENTS
- Water
- Oil
- Wax
- Chemicals
- Petrochemicals (Solvents, Detergents, Adhesives, Other) ✓Â
- Food Ingredients (Liquid, Powdered, Granulated)
- Other
 ➡ Did you know? Soap is a surfactant cleaning compound used for washing, bathing and cleaning made from natural ingredients including plant and animal products such as animals fats or vegetable oils and caustic soda.
HEATING APPLICATION
- Frost Protection
- Reduce Viscosity ✓ Â
- Temperature Maintenance
- Low Temperature Heating (0-20 degrees Celsius)
- Medium Temperature Heating (21-50 degrees Celsius)
- High Temperature Heating (50 degrees Celsius+)
- Other

IBC Heating Jackets – T&D supply heating and insulating jackets for plastic or steel metal cage IBC’s for bulk liquid storage.
HEATING JACKET VOLTAGE
- 110 Volt
- 230 Volt  ✓
- Low Voltage
HEATING APPLICATION : DRUM, IBC, TANK OR VESSEL
- 25 Litres
- 50 Litres
- 105 Litres
- 205 Litres
- 1000 Litres  ✓
- Other
VESSEL MATERIAL
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Plastic ✓
- Cardboard
- Other
HEAT UP TEMPERATURE
- 0-5 degrees Celsius
- 5-20 degrees Celsius ✓
- 20-50 degrees Celsius
- 50-70 degrees Celsius
- 70+ degrees Celsius
- N/A (Frost Protection)
HEAT UP TIME REQUIREMENT
-
- 0-4 Hours
- 4-12 Hours
- 12-24 Hours
- 24-48 Hours ✓
- N/A (Frost Protection)
Contact T&D for specification, support and sales of Electrical Heating Equipment for safe, industrial and hazardous area plant and equipment – we provide process temperature heating and frost protection (Winterisation) products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums and tanks.
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T&D are the UK’s largest stockist of Drum, IBC & Tank Heaters & Jackets. Delivering UK & Worldwide.
T&D’s online library of Drum, IBC & Tank Heating applications is now updated to include the following : demineralised water stored in 1000 litre IBC’s in a non hazardous area location for the marine industry.
Visit Silicone Heaters (Application Cases) for details of electric surface heating solutions – flexible silicone heating mats and pads can be applied to heat the most complex shapes, geometries, curves and pipes.
Specified Product Solution : IBC Heating Jacket IBC3Â
Visit IBC Container & Drum Heating for complete details.

Dimineralised Water Heating
Demineralised Water Heating

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HeatING JACKET Type
area Classification
- Safe Area ✓
- Hazardous Area (Zone 1 & Zone 2)
HEATING FLUID, MEDIUM, CONTENTS
- Water ✓ (Demineralised)
- Oil
- Wax
- Chemicals
- Petrochemicals (Solvents, Detergents, Adhesives, Other)
- Food Ingredients (Liquid, Powdered, Granulated)
- Other
HEATING APPLICATION
- Frost Protection
- Reduce Viscosity
- Temperature Maintenance ✓
- Low Temperature Heating (0-20 degrees Celsius)
- Medium Temperature Heating (21-50 degrees Celsius)
- High Temperature Heating (50 degrees Celsius+)
- OtherÂ

IBC Heating Jackets – T&D supply heating and insulating jackets for plastic or steel metal cage IBC’s for bulk liquid storage.
HEATING JACKET VOLTAGE
- 110 Volt
- 230 Volt  ✓
- Low Voltage
HEATING APPLICATION : DRUM, IBC, TANK OR VESSEL
- 25 Litres
- 50 Litres
- 105 Litres
- 205 Litres
- 1000 Litres ✓
- Other
VESSEL MATERIAL
- Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Plastic ✓
- Cardboard
- Other
HEAT UP TEMPERATURE
- 0-5 degrees Celsius
- 5-20 degrees Celsius
- 20-50 degrees Celsius ✓
- 50-70 degrees Celsius
- 70+ degrees Celsius
- N/A (Frost Protection)
HEAT UP TIME REQUIREMENT
- 0-4 Hours ✓
- 4-12 Hours
- 12-24 Hours
- 24-48 Hours
- N/A (Frost Protection)
Contact T&D for specification, support and sales of Electrical Heating Equipment for safe, industrial and hazardous area plant and equipment – we provide process temperature heating and frost protection (Winterisation) products for pipework, valves, IBC’s, drums and tanks.
Trace Heating | UK & Export Sales. Technical Support. Best Prices. Ex Stock.
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