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EUROLINA ICH-400 series quartz infrared heating emitters feature almost instant heat-up and cooling, making them a perfect choice for technological processes that require shorter heating and cooling time with precise temperature control.
For example, soldering stations, thermal shock devices, and cyclic heating processes use variable power density.
A quartz infrared heater is a heating device that emits infrared waves from heated quartz glass with a spiral wire placed inside. Heating by quartz element is based on the use of directional infrared emission.
EUROLINIA can produce custom IR quartz heating elements to fit your particular application.
Installing quartz electric heaters is energy efficient and effective solution for heating industrial and private buildings. In addition, quartz emitters are often used in the manufacturing industry. For example, industrial paint booth heaters help speed up the drying process of painted surfaces.
It is hard to tell all of the manufacturing areas where quartz infrared heaters are used, but here are the most often ones:
Due to instant warm-up when switching on and fast cooling when switching off, the quartz IR emitters are recommended for use in infrared heating processes that are often interrupted due to on-off switching. These include thermoforming, heat resizing, local heating, drying painted objects in heat chambers, etc. ICH-400 series infrared quartz heaters are also used in cyclic heating processes with a programmable specific radiation power, for example, in infrared soldering stations.
Quartz infrared heater is a heating device that emits infrared waves from heated quartz glass with a spiral wire placed inside. Heating by quartz element is based on the use of directional infrared emission.
This emission is capable of heating the surrounding objects due to the constant heat transfer. By gradually heating up, the objects themselves become a source of heat. In fact, it is a natural process, like the sun warms up the earth.
Infrared quartz heaters directly heat objects, and save energy by not heating the air. So, they are about 40% more effective than other types of heaters.
Conventional commercial water / oil-cooled devices consume approximately 0.8-2 kW. However infrared quartz heaters consume much less "precious" electricity. During operation, they consume only 0.4-0.6 kW, while heating 12-18 m2 (129 - 194 ft2). Also, with conventional heaters, the entire room needs to be heated before you can feel the warmth. Even a slight draft may cause huge efficiency loss.
Infrared heaters are extremely energy efficient, contributing only 0.12-0.14 USD per hour to your total electric bill. Also, you won't need to wait for the heater to warm up because these devices produce heat immediately. Infrared quartz heaters don't need to warm up the air, therefore are not affected by drafts. Just opening a window doesn't cause a heat loss.
Those who want to save on energy costs should buy an infrared quartz heater. In the electric heaters market, they are the undisputed leaders in energy saving.
Infrared heaters release no UV radiation nor toxic chemicals, giving you a peace of mind of knowing that you are not harming your health or the earth’s environment. Infrared quartz lamps don't contain mercury vapor and liquid metal; therefore, they can be disposed of as household waste.
A quartz heater can be harmful only in the case of very long-term continuous exposure, however, it is completely safe for humans if the operation conditions are observed.
Quartz infrared heaters can get quite hot, up to 750°C (1380°F) or even higher for industrial heaters. But normally, the commercial / consumer quartz heaters are enclosed in protective cases that will not get too hot and can be touched.
Basically, all thermal heaters that transfer the thermal energy are infrared. This is due to the fact that the heat of a stove, a boiler, the heat of a table heated by the sun - all these phenomena emit in the infrared spectrum.
An infrared heater is very similar to a quartz heater, except that it doesn’t use quartz. These heaters use other heating materials such as carbon wires, or they simply use quartz but don’t mention it.
However, there are also infrared quartz heaters which directly emit infrared spectrum light. This emission is capable of heating the surrounding objects due to the laminar (constant) heat transfer. By gradually heating up, the objects themselves become a source of heat. This is how basically the IR quartz heater works.
Infrared quartz heaters do not heat the air, they heat objects within a certain range, and heated objects in turn heat the air. The main heating element is an infrared quartz lamp.
Even though infrared heaters consume less electricity, they are known for high temperature and fragility of the lamp. Such devices should be handled with care and should not be put in places where they may be subject to mechanical damages.
A commercial IR quartz heater is suitable for small spaces about 20 m2 (140 ft2), but at the same time, it can be used outdoors.
The consumption of an infrared heater varies from 0.5 to 3 kW. And the retail prices for such consumer grade devices start at 15 USD.
A 20 m2 (140 ft2) room will need a 1.7 kW infrared heater. Running an infrared quartz heater for a day with short interruptions will turn into a consumption of about 12 kW ~ 1.58 USD (considering the average electricity rate is 13.19 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the USA).
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