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Custom-Tailored Heat Trace Solutions
Designing a heat tracing system requires careful engineering as the system must maintain critical process temperatures under real-world operating conditions. A system with a poor design can lead to wasted energy, interrupted operations, or safety concerns.
At APPLIED Thermal Products Group, we approach each project with a focus on optimizing performance, efficiency, and cost. Our engineering heat trace design services help you plan and implement advanced heat management systems for commercial, residential, or industrial facilities. We evaluate system requirements, perform detailed calculations, and develop a complete heat trace design package tailored to your project.
Optimized Performance
Every system must account for environmental exposure, insulation levels, process temperatures, and electrical infrastructure to be successful. We pride ourselves on not only aligning the system with its specific operational requirements but also optimizing its performance.
During the design process, our team will select the correct heating cable type, determine circuit lengths, and identify control strategies. By properly addressing these aspects early in the project, we can help minimize installation challenges, ensure the final system works as intended, and optimize the system’s overall performance.
Our Engineering Design Process
Creating a reliable heat tracing system design begins with a structured engineering workflow. Our team follows a detailed process that allows us to develop a comprehensive heat tracing system design that meets your unique project needs.
Our team will start by reviewing the system requirements, such as pipe sizes, materials, insulation levels, and environmental exposure, to better understand the scope of the project. We will next analyze data and perform calculations to determine exactly what technology and equipment are right for the job.
Our engineering team can create a full system layout that includes the heating cable design, temperature design criteria, electrical loads, and control system strategy. This comprehensive heat tracing design approach helps to ensure the system will not only work efficiently but also operate safely.
Once the full design is outlined, we provide your team with the heat trace layout drawings, calculations, and bill of materials for review and approval as an IFA drawing package. These documents help support installation, commissioning, and long-term maintenance.
Work With Our Engineering Team
Heat tracing systems play a critical role in protecting infrastructure and maintaining operational reliability, and a well-engineered system starts with a good design. At APPLIED Thermal Products Group, we work closely with your team to develop heat tracing designs that align with project goals and promote optimized system performance. We have provided heat trace solutions for process lines, tanks, vessels, valves, and analyzer systems across numerous industry facilities in the upper Midwest.
If you are planning a heat tracing project, let us help. Our team can review your heat trace design drawings, evaluate your system requirements, and develop a tailored engineering heat trace system design.
Frequently Asked Questions
We are able to provide heat trace engineering design services for businesses located in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas, as well as in parts of Wisconsin and Missouri. See our service map for more details or contact our team.
Our engineering design services for heat tracing systems include heat-loss calculations, heating cable selection, circuit layout design, and installation documentation. These services help ensure that the system is properly sized and can be installed according to project specifications.
Depending on the project size and scope, we may use an integrated 3D heat management software program called TracerLynx. This advanced digital design tool consolidates all design elements into a single database for better project management and improved coordination between teams. The heat trace software can also quickly assess the effect of piping or process changes for a more efficient and accurate electric heat tracing system design.
In some cases, yes. When using our 3D engineering software, heat tracing design can begin as piping information becomes available. The system can recognize design changes and automatically flag updates, so the design can evolve as the project develops.