12/11/09



High power infrared emitters from Heraeus Noblelight, fitted with newly developed opaque quartz reflectors, are helping to ensure the bonding of a high-tech polypropylene composite coating on pipeline manufactured using an innovative pipeline construction technology. The custom-built shortwave infrared system is pyrometer controlled to ±3ºC and is moved around the pipe to allow the infrared heaters to be located as close as possible to the pipe surface.
The new pipeline construction technology, X200, from Pipestream Inc, a portfolio company of Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1, relies on using a thin-walled pipe for fluid containment, with the pipe’s hoop strength being conferred by strips of martensitic steel which are helically wound around the thin-walled pipe, at diameters up to 24 inch.  The assembly is then coated with a suitable coating material, such as polyolefin tape.

• Infrared emitters transfer heat without contact

• New QRC® emitters with nano reflectors improve automated heating processes

• Infrared emitters from Heraeus Noblelight help to manufacture pipe at point of use, allowing faster installation, shorter project lead times and higher pressure ratings


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