INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INFRARED SYSTEMS DESIGNED FOR YOUR APPLICATION
InfraLine series infrared heaters for industrial use feature outstanding performance, easy installation, and maintenance. You can install them almost on any surface and precisely direct them to the desired heating area.
Infrared heaters for production processes need to focus their energy on a heated spot instead of walls. InfraLine heaters are equipped with polished stainless steel reflector that reduces sideways heat dispersion, and produces an even conical spread of heat at approximately 90°.
Depending on the production heating power requirements, InfraLine IR heaters may consist of up to 3 ceramic infrared heating elements ranging from 250 to 1,000 Watts installed inside a metal housing.
To build the required heating system configuration, heaters can be grouped in modules or even standalone heating systems such as heating tunnels, conveyors, and drying chambers (See the above picture).
Setting up and maintaining the InfraLine industrial infrared heaters is very simple and straightforward. You can install them almost on any surface and precisely direct them to the desired heating area.
These type of systems are often used in the following heating and drying production processes:
EUROLINIA InfraLine series consists of 2 lines of products:
EUROLINIA offers an optional custom control unit for the InfraLine series heaters. This unit will be assembled and programmed according to the customer's needs.
The use of infrared energy in heating process ovens has provided the industry with a proven way of saving energy in some heating operations compared to classic convection furnace systems.
Infrared furnaces are even more common in finishing, thermoforming, and other heat treatment operations where drying, preparatory heating, or dehydration is required.
The outstanding energy-saving qualities of infrared radiation compared to convection or combined with convection heat can be understood if some properties of infrared and convection heat are first recognized and how these differences can affect the process.
Infrared radiation does not depend on air movement to transfer heat to the product. As infrared radiation is considered a direct heat source, it consumes a fraction of the energy because convection heat must increase the size of the air in the oven to a given temperature. Based on that property and other advantages mentioned below, the energy required may represent only 25% of the energy needed for a convection oven.
For example, if the price of gas (convection) makes up 1/3 of the price of electricity, you would achieve direct energy savings because the percentage of electricity consumption compared with gas is lower than the percentage of the cost difference.
Another reason why infrared saves energy is the possibility of zoning regulation of the heat output of the product. It is not possible to control convection air as precisely as infrared energy. Because infrared waves have every chance of being focused and oriented, ovens are almost always divided into zones to guarantee the right amount of energy for the product. The intensity may vary depending on product similarity and thickness, the shape or location of the heated product in the oven (distance from the emitter, etc.).
Infrared radiation has a comparatively short resonance time compared to convective heat. Therefore start-ups and shutdowns can occur without high energy input from the emitters, and the product in the oven is not overheated in the case of shutdowns. The energy is only applied when the system urgently requests that the heat be directed to the product.
A more rapid reaction of the emitter means that the oven can better control the Heat Zoning mentioned above. Generally, it means that the infrared furnace can bring the product to the desired temperature within the shortest time. It can be processed in the oven quicker, which usually results in energy saving.
Not all applications are suitable for infrared radiant heating due to the product's properties or the details provided by the oven. Infrared radiation can be combined with convection heat to combine the best convection heat and infrared heat qualities.
The introduction of an infrared booster heater should result in energy savings. Infrared radiation can heat or build up the temperature more quickly and eventually turn convection heat off.
All manufacturers of infrared oven systems carry out the test, usually for free. They have a good understanding of the right infrared oven for particular use in process heating and are happy to recommend what energy savings could be expected.
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