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Avoid Clogged Disposal Drain Lines in Professional Kitchens

A high-performance kitchen means many things, but for the building’s Plumbing Engineer, one of the most important aspects to ensure optimal operations is to plan for an effective…

Protecting Buildings from Snow and Ice

How do you protect your building? The best protection is prevention. Heavy snow and the pattern of repeated freezing and thawing can create ice dams that destroy roofs,…

Winter Safe Solutions Protecting New York Area Mass Transit

Recent snowstorms have impacted transportation for millions along the east coast of North America. Among the areas affected by the inclement weather is one of the largest metropolitan…

Fault Finding on Self-Regulating Heat Tracing Cables

Earlier on the blog, we discussed how you could prepare your plant for winter with tips on winter safety in industrial applications. Today, we’re discussing how to do…

Why You Still Need Controllers With Self-Regulating Heating Cables

Self-regulating heating cables are the preferred choice for many complex pipe-tracing projects due to their ingenious technology and ability to be used in hazardous and dangerous environments. Self-regulating…

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Calculating the Length of Heating Cable You Need

Determining the total length of heating cable needed for a project can be a challenge. With many factors such as size and space available to consider, the task…

Proportional Ambient Sensing Control

One of the harshest characteristics of winter is the cold weather. With ambient temperatures falling past the freezing point, strict temperature maintenance and control of fluid systems is…

New Standards in Winterization Techniques for Offshore and Marine Environments

For decades, many international and country sponsored agencies, as well as many multinational oil companies, have developed a raft of requirements, guidelines and recommendations regarding marine vessels, oil…

Heat Tracing Where You’d Least Expect It

Electric Heat Tracing is used across many applications and industries to maintain fluids, processes and more at set temperatures. Most common Heat Tracing applications are freeze protection of…

Elements That Influence Heat Loss

As most can imagine, the winter brings a dangerous risk to operations and processes for industrial equipment. Sure, the snow, ice and freezing temperatures are large contributors to…