Backer Heatrod / Heat Trace
About us
Backer Heatrod and Heat Trace are companies in the NIBE Group, manufacturing heating elements, trace heating and associated process heating equipment for industrial heating applications.
Backer Heatrod is the UK's leading manufacturer of heating elements and associated process heating equipment required for your industrial heating applications, including our Braude range of heaters, heat exchangers, controllers and pumps, specifically designed for use in corrosive liquids.
Heat Trace Limited is one of the world's leading suppliers of electric heat tracing equipment for both process temperature maintenance and freeze protection applications. With offices, distributors or representation in over 50 countries, we can provide a variety of associated products and services to complement our heat tracing product range.
Products & services
Backer IoT Smart Controller
The Backer IoT Smart Temperature Controller range of products have been designed from the round up with temperature control and our commitment to the environment at their heart. Control your heat requirements and energy usage wherever you are. From plant scada through to mobile maintenance and control, our smart range of temperature controllers are designed to offer the flexibility to fit into any environment and provide the maximum levels of control. Fields of application: - Process control - Building management - Staged heating control - Scheduled duty cycling - Remote monitoring & control Benefits: - Energy management - Condition monitoring - Integrated heating - Ultimate connectivity - Logic control Electric Immersion Heating remains the most efficient solution to heating up most liquids and is a simple way to harness more environmentally friendly forms of renewable energy generation. In order to make more effective use of electricity, a smarter way to control our immersion heaters is key and with many years of application experience, the Backer Group has all the knowledge required to provide smart control. Our digital temperature controllers are designed for both integrated heating applications, built into our immersion heaters or as stand alone panel mounted independent controllers. We think flexibility is key and for us this means the ability to connect multiple temperature sensors along with other auxiliary signals and to be able to control a variety of outputs from heating elements to pumps and fans. As important as the hardware is the software and a deep knowledge of PID control along with features such as condition monitoring can all be configured and monitored with our extensive suite of software.
Heavy Industrial Immersion Heater with IOT
Heatrod manufacture a wide range of heavy industrial immersion heaters for commercial and industrial applications. With our customers facing increasing energy costs we have introduced the option to include our digital temperature controller into many of our heavy industrial immersion products. The image shown is used in de-ionised water for cleaning processes. Example of Applications: - Commercial cylinder heating (Tanks/Vessels) - Industrial Flow Heating (Pipes/Circuits) - Industrial Heating Applications (Extrusion, Tool Heating, etc) Benefits: - Improved Control/Improved Accuracy - Reduced Energy Costs - Increased Control Options (eg. Aux control for pump) At a basic level this gives the accuracy of PID temperature control so limiting overun on temperatures and energy usage. For more advanced users, our digital controllers can be connected to our secure cloud based management system allowing users the ability to carefully monitor and manage the energy usage of our heaters. Monitoring features allow full visibility of live temperatures and energy usage in your applications which, in turn, allows power optimising decisions to be made. Usage patterns and associated energy usage can then be managed by the use of simple daily/weekly load schedules. Heating schedules can also be linked to low cost tariffs based on scheduling and to avoid high cost times such as Triad periods which are introduced for commercial users between the months of November and February. In advanced cases, users will be able to link their Backer IoT controllers to variable tariff information provided by energy generation companies. The controller will then optimise it's heating patterns in order to reach required temperatures whilst using the lowest cost half hourly periods. The Backer IoT controller can be applied to all of our products either by being built into the unit, where space allows, or by incorporating into a linked control/switch panel.
Braude Corrosion Resistant Heaters
The Polaris Modular fluoropolymer immersion heaters are designed for use where aggressive chemicals need to be heated to temperatures up to 100°C, and have optimum chemical resistance against corrosion caused by chemicals such as nitric, hydrochloric, sulphuric and hydrofluoric acids, and are inert enough to be used where non-contamination is a requirement. They are small enough to fit behind anode baskets and in other confined operating areas; the Polaris Modular will cope with all the special requirements experienced by the metal finishing and allied industries. Example of Applications: - Electroplating - Electroless Plating - Chemical Polishing - Hard and soft Anodising - Frost protection for chemical tanks - Marine water - Acid Pickling and Etching - Chemical Milling Benefits: - Designed for process applications - Sizes up to 18kW, 3 phase - Heaters for all process tanks - Wide variety of styles to choose from - Full range of chemically resistant heaters - Compatible with Braudemaster controllers
Braude Corrosion Resistant Heat Exchangers
Braude manufacture a range of heat exchangers in fluoropolymer materials for use either in tank or external. Amongst the many applications in which these heat exchangers are typically used are acid pickling processes, preflux in galvanising, large scale electroplating, chemical milling. The exchangers are designed for use with steam, hot water, thermal fluid up to 200°C or chilled water for internal or external use and electric for external use. Please get in touch if you need advice about a heating or cooling application and our engineers will be glad to help. Example of Applications: - Acid Pickling in Steel Industry - Electroplating Processes - Chemical Plant Processes and Storage - Pickling and Flux in Galvanising pre Treatment - Chemical Milling Benefits: - Internal or external tank heating - Outputs up to 400kW - Use with thermal fluid, saturated steam, hot water or chilled water - Electric options available - Heating or cooling - Non corrodible
Braude Corrosion Resistant Controllers
There is a full range of Braude temperature and liquid level controllers, protection and cut-out devices to be used in conjunction with our heaters. All controllers are supplied complete with sensors designed for use in process tanks so they are protected from attack by aggressive chemicals or by mechanical damage from workload in the tank. Our controllers are designed for arduous application in processing plants and most come in IP65 enclosures for surface mounting near the point of application. Clear displays ensure ease of use. They can also be used in conjunction with our custom built control panels to complete our range of safety, monitoring and control solutions. Example of Applications: - Steel Strip Wire & Tube Pickling - Metal Finishers - Glass Producers - Chemical Millers - Aerospace Industry - Galvanising - Chemical Plants Benefits: - 240V or 110V mains operation - Simple to install, designed for surface mounting - Easy connections with flying leads - 2 & 3 wire relay output - Non-corrodible probes - Sealed to IP65 - Clear displays
Braude Corrosion Resistant Chemical Transfer Pumps
Braude chemical pumps are designed for pumping corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, nitric and sulphuric acids. The pumps are constructed from high integrity polymers which have high chemical and impact resistance. Flow rates available up to 30m³/h Example of Applications: - Chemical Recirculation systems - Chemical Transfer - Effluent Treatment systems - Marine and Aquaculture Benefits: - Choice of materials and design. - Different seals to suit the application - Self priming or flooded suction - Can handle highly corrosive solutions - Flow rates up to 30 m³/hr
Self-regulating Trace Heating Cables
Since their introduction in 1971, self-regulating heating cables (also referred to as self-limiting heating cables) have become the most common form of electric heat tracing cable used in the world today. Heat Trace are the only heat tracing manufacturer in the U.K producing self-regulating heating cables and one of only a number worldwide. Heat Trace is now considered to be the leader in heating cable polymer technology, with a range of self-regulating heaters that are technically superior to other products currently available. Example of Applications: These cables can be used for a wide variety of applications, including: - Freeze protection of pipework & vessels - Process temperature maintenance - Heating of roads, ramps, walkways etc. - Roof & gutter heating - Under floor heating Benefits: - Automatically adjusts heat output in response to increasing or decreasing pipe temperature - Inherently temperature safe - Suitable for use in safe, hazardous and corrosive areas - Available up to 1000 volts We can produce self-regulating heating cables within the following ranges: - 12-1000 Volts - Up to 250°C (482°F) withstand temperature - Up to 130 W/m of output We normally supply heating cables with a braid and outer jacket. Please see data sheets or contact us for more information.
Constant Wattage Trace Heating Cables
We have been producing constant power heating cables for over 40 years. We produced the world's first parallel resistance cut-to-length heating cable in 1978. Constant Wattage heating cables, as their name suggests, are designed to deliver the same power output irrespective of pipe temperature. Our PowerHeat (AHT) is a unique patented, high power, high temperature constant wattage cable. It has an aluminium outer jacket giving it a very high mechanical strength. It has a maximum temperature of 500°C (932°F) makes it the highest temperature rated cut-to-length heating cable in the world! Example of Applications: - Freeze protection of pipework & vessels - Process temperature maintenance - Heating of small bore instrument lines - Refrigeration applications Benefits: - MicroTracer range of cables offer very flexible cables for certain applications where this is beneficial - Suitable for use in safe, hazardous and corrosive areas - Available up to 1000 volts These cables can be used for a wide variety of applications including freeze protection of pipework and vessels and process temperature maintenance. We can produce constant power heating cables within the following ranges: - 12 - 1000 Volts - Up to 425°C (797°F) withstand temperature - Up to 200 W/m of output
Longline Heating Cables
For very long pipelines, the use of parallel heating technology becomes very costly due to the very large electrical distribution system that would be required. However, an advantage is that long circuit lengths are possible using our Longline range of heating cables. Typically 3-phase Longline heating cables require electric supply points only at multi-kilometre intervals. Due to this, the number of power points required is dramatically reduced and can offer significant CAPEX savings. We can produce series resistance heating cables within the following ranges: - Up to 6600 Volts 3 phase - Up to 230°C (446°F) withstand temperature - Up to 50 W/m of output Example of Applications: - Freeze protection of long pipelines - 3 Phase heating systems - Above ground or underground pipelines Benefits: - Circuit lengths up to 50 kilometres - Constant power along unit length - Easy installation in convenient lengths
Heat Trace Ancillaries
Heat Trace Ltd offers a comprehensive range of ancillary products designed to support its advanced heat‑tracing systems, ensuring precise regulation and consistent performance across all applications. These include: - Termination methods - Temperature control and monitoring - EXe and EXd solutions Termination Methods: Standard Termination Standard Termination involves the use of conventional plastic or metal cable glands. These glands are specifically made for our heating cables. Cable Glands are normally supplied in termination kits. The kits are available for safe and hazardous areas and contain all the parts required for connection to the power and to terminate the end of the cable. Kits also contain a caution label and cable identification tag. DESTU Termination The DESTU system, for safe and hazardous areas, reduces the risk of damage to the heating cable as it emerges from the thermal insulation for connection into the junction box. DESTU is available for power termination, in-line splice and tee splice terminations. AJB/D Junction Box The AJB/D Junction Box is designed for use with electric trace heating systems and is available for use in both safe and hazardous areas. IP66 rated, with a full range of accessories and termination kits available. EXd Range of Junction Boxes - R Series The 'R' Series range of Junction Boxes offer a quality EXd Solution for use with electric trace heating systems. Temperature Control & Monitoring: Heat Trace supply a range of stand alone and panel-mounted, mechanical and electronic temperature control and monitoring systems, for both safe and hazardous use: - Capillary thermostats - Electronic thermostats