Carboflatex
What is Carboflatex?
It is a heater with insulating outer skin on a woven fabric which is woven exothermic thread that is multilayer coating with conductive paint.
Our heater has a unique structure, various characteristics and safty not found in other surface heater.
It is flexible and easy to fit to curved surface, so the way of usage will be infinite depend on the customer's idea.
Heater's category
Code heater and surface heater are categorized by power supplying method and heating element shape as below.
Categorized by power supplying method
- Series connection
- Between the electrodes is connected by one code.
- Parallel connection
- Between two electrodes is connected by multiple heating elements in parallel.
Categorized by heating element shape
- Linear type (Code heater)
- It is the one that is processed electric wire in a linear. Even if the code gets one spot of breakage, energization will be stopped and will not generate heating the whole surface, therefore a risk of burning accident by abnormal heating will go down.
- Surface-like type (Surface-like heater)
- This is the type that heats the whole surface evenly fixing conductor on fabric or film uniformly.
- Line surface type (Line surface heater)
- By arranging line surface heating elements densely, this type generates heating without uneven temperature as well as surface-like heater, and energization stops at the spot of breakage just like linear type. Moreover, the heating element except the breakage spot can maintain heating is characteristics of this type.
Mechanism of line surface heater
Conductive thread
Coating specially formulated conductive paint on fiber and producing the thread, conductive thread, that conducts electricity.
Exothermic woven fabric
It is woven using insulator as warp and conductive thread as weft.
The plants that has the equipment to manufacture line surface heating element are very few even in Japan.
Heater's structure
Placing the electrode wire at both side of the element, it has structure that can connect resistor in parallel. Each one of conductive thread becomes electric circuit by it self, so that the temperature just above the heater is not affected depending on cutting dimension therefore uneven temperature does not occur no matter where of the heater.
Laminating process
Exothermic woven fabric will be laminated by PVC. PVC is indoor use and enough insulation performance.
Characteristics of line surface heater
Line surface heater has unique structure not found in other heater only in the world.
Of course, heating generation is uniformity, and even longer direction dimension is changed heating value is stable.
Stable heating generation ability
Heat generation temperature of line surface heater is stable even if the length and the output are changed.
- About a series electrode code heater.
- When the length of heater changes, about series electrode code heater, the heating generation ability also changes due to output change.
- About parallel electrode line surface heater.
- About parallel electrode line surface heater, if the electrode width is same, heating generation is stable even changing the length and changing the output.
Length is adjustable.
Easy temperature setting
When design modification occurs, only change the weaving density of conductive thread so it is easy to set output of your request.
- About surface heater
- When design modification occurs, coating thickness and conductivity must be changed so it is hard to design the heating generation. Moreover, variation will easyly happen such as uneven thickness.
- Abour line surface heater
- When design modification occurs, only change the weaving density of conductive thread so output can be designed freely.
Large electric capacity
Each wire of electrode line band is short circuit binding so it can secure the large electric capacity because total capacity of each wire becomes electric capacity of electrode line band. Therefore, it can be use for long-form product, too.
Handling precautions
Please keep attention following items when designing the line surface element and processing the product.
- Please control the heater surface temperature under 80℃.
- Please control the heater surface temperature under 80℃.
If the temperature is over 80℃, the heater itself might be thermal deformation.
Once thermal deformation occurs, the heater does not return to original shape. - Not allowed overlapping
- The heating generation parts of heater can not be overlapped with each other.
Abnormal heat occurs and stays at the overlapping part makes nowhere to escape the heat, then the heater will be breakage. - About the product life
- "Not only line surface heater but also the heater has product life.
Please note that the heater is consumable product."
"Product life is affected depending on stress to the heater and product design.
Generally, the product which has low watt density(Output ÷Effective heat generation area.) tends to be long life.
And how use the products is important until end of lifetime of the products.
Line surface heater that is getting older safely during using without occurring abnormal heating by disconnection and making holes will raise the products reliability of your company definitely."
Our engineer will take care at the time of product planning. Please feel free to contact us.
Inventory list
Product width：There is a product selection from 26cm to 80cm.
We are waiting for your inquiry.
Standard inventory product
| Products | Product specification | |
|---|---|---|
| Electrode width | Product width | |
| SM74 | 74cm | 80cm |
| SM54 | 54cm | 60cm |
| SM43 | 43cm | 50cm |
| SM32 | 32cm | 37cm |
| SM19 | 19cm | 26cm |
- Outer skin of standard product is PVC.
- Heat generation ability △t is approx.15℃ to approx. 40℃
- Heater surface temperature = Ambient temperature + Heat generation ability + α(heat radiation condition)
- It is necessary to control not to excess 80℃ on heater's surface.
Manufacturing special product
We can deal with special size and output. Please contact us.
