Heat Trace & Process Heating Solutions
We design and deliver heating solutions for industrial pipelines, tanks and vessels.
Designing a heat trace project? We can help with that. Tell us your process requirements and we will get started on your design.
And if you are not yet sure what heating technology you will employ, contact our team today. We will provide expert technical advice.
Partnered with Thermon, leaders in process heating
Thermon provide engineered process heating solutions for industries including oil and gas, mining, chemical processing and power generation.
Pacific Automation are the Thermon channel partner in Australia for industrial applications. Our process heating specialists can help you to select products, then design and coordinate Thermon heat trace and immersion heating installations for your site or operations.
We have seen Thermon heat trace still going strong after 30 years. We are proud to work with Thermon products.
It starts before the order
Three questions we ask alongside the part number, so the heating system we design suits the process it has to hold.
Where does it run?
Hazardous zone classification, ambient conditions, pipe or vessel size, insulation, circuit lengths and available power.
What is it doing?
Freeze protection, temperature maintenance, heat up, sample line conditioning or bulk tank heating. The medium and the target temperature.
What if it is wrong?
Solidified product, a blocked line, inaccurate sampling, wasted energy, unplanned shutdown.
The heating technologies we design with
Heat trace cable, tubing bundles and immersion heating, selected against your process requirements rather than a catalogue page.
Industrial heat trace cable for large pipelines
Electric heat trace cabling is used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipelines, tanks and vessels. Industrial heat trace is designed to reach the high temperatures required by industrial processes. It is cost-effective and highly efficient.
Heat trace is a flexible solution, and comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. Choosing the right cable can lead to significant energy and cost savings. With self regulating, constant wattage cable and more options available, determining the best solution can be tricky. We are here to help.
Heat Trace CablesPre-insulated, heat traced tubing bundles for small bore pipes
Sample a smokestack from the top and take it down to an analyser, preserving the exact conditions for accurate emissions measurement. Collect natural gas samples from a production stream and accurately test for trace levels of mercury and chlorides.
Tubing bundles are flexible solutions, ideal for analytical and process instrumentation. Applications include impulse lines, sample lines and small diameter process lines.
Work with our specialists to come up with a custom design that suits your needs. Include control cables for CEMS emission monitoring. Electrocoat tubing, or specify a superalloy like Hastelloy for ultimate corrosion resistance.
Tubing BundlesIndustrial circulation and immersion heaters for tanks
Industrial circulation heaters are ideal for quick heat up. They are used for raising the temperature of liquids from input to output. We will help you choose the right model by calculating your volume, speed and power requirements.
Large tank immersion heaters are ideal for side mounting. They provide the required heat to maintain or heat up any process liquid, including water, caustic chemicals, lubrication oils, tallows, or food and beverage constituents.
Immersion HeatersNot sure which heating technology suits your process?
Tell us the medium, the temperature you need to hold and where the line runs. We will tell you what fits.
Tracing a 1.6km bitumen pipeline
Implementing a heat trace cabling solution for a 1.6km bitumen pipeline has simplified operations for an industrial marine port operator in Kwinana, Western Australia.
By using HTEK Series constant watt heating cable, we cut down on the number of power connection points required. The site operators have benefited from simpler, more efficient operation, and lower maintenance requirements.
Read the Case StudyMore real results
Two more process heating projects, and what each one had to solve.
Request a customised heat trace design review to optimise temperature control and reduce energy risk
Send us the application: the medium, the temperature you need to hold, pipe or vessel sizes, insulation, circuit lengths and the zone. Our team will scope the cable, bundle, immersion heater and controls to match.
We supply and support the product. Your team or your integrator installs and commissions it. We make sure it is the right one.