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Industrial enclosures are crucial to protect thermostats from harm in tough environments, but they\u2019ve got to be fast to install too. Trace heating system designer Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd needed to reduce manual labour when installing its thermostats into their protective casings. To maintain a high IP rating while ensuring an easy-to-use design, Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd turned to Spelsberg UK<\/a><\/strong> to achieve the industrial enclosure to meet its specification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trace heating is a vital technology to prevent frozen water pipes during cold months. Electric elements, controlled by a thermostat, run along pipework to ensure a desired temperature is maintained. Trace heating is essential to large scale municipal and commercial buildings, such as hotels, schools, and prisons, that could take up to 20 km or more of trace heating cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the technology is also vital to many other applications \u2013 and to maintain much higher temperatures. To ensure the fluidity of bitumen for the aggregate industry, trace heating maintains pipes and tanks at 160\u00b0C, or when industrial chemicals are involved, temperatures can reach into several hundred degrees centigrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1971, Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd has designed and installed trace heating systems, as well as thermal insulation, across the UK for the full variety of applications. This ranges from supplying Formula One racing teams to frost protecting grape vines at vineyards. As the company designs and manufactures its own systems, Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd also supplies trace heating systems to contractors and installers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A crucial device within the system is the thermostat that controls trace heating temperature. Installed both indoors and outside, and often within industrial environments, thermostats have to be well protected from the elements as well as impacts. For this reason, enclosures play a vital protective role, but the housings also have to be sufficiently flexible to allow fast and easy installation of the thermostat device and its connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the previous types of enclosures we used, we had to drill and tap every housing in order to create cable entry and exit points. This was a very time-consuming process,\u201d explains Paul Dable, Director, Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd. \u201cNow, with the Spelsberg enclosures, these are provided with knock outs that can be quickly removed to create the entry and exit points we need, saving us a lot of time in manufacture. We also supply thermostats and cables to contractors as kits, so this ease of use improves their installation process too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Spelsberg enclosure with Cross Electrical\u2019s branding printed directly onto the housing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Spelsberg enclosures feature a selection of knock-out points in 20mm or 25mm diameters that can be fitted with cable glands to meet the required ingress protection. This also removes pressure on manual labour, where careful drilling to maintain IP rating was previously necessary for Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd engineers when working with its former enclosure manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spelsberg enclosure achieves IP66, making it suitable for indoor and outdoor use against virtually all conditions. Polycarbonate construction also means that it\u2019s highly durable and able to withstand impact, while ensuring light weight for ease of installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cross Electrical\u2019s XSP thermostat unit comprises a mechanical, pressure-controlled thermostat device that can manage bands of temperature ranging from 0\u00b0C-300\u00b0C for pipe sensing, or 0\u00b0C-40\u00b0C air sensing. With a power supply entering the enclosure and two heating connections exiting, temperature setting is controlled by a dial, and status lights confirm heating on\/off and system health. These internals are protected by a clear enclosure cover that allows facility managers to check settings while preventing tampering. As the thermostats are typically required to maintain a set temperature, adjustment isn\u2019t usually necessary, and Cross Electrical\u2019s devices are designed to be maintenance free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spelsberg also supplies enclosures with Cross Electrical\u2019s branding printed directly onto the housing. \u201cThis not only presents a far more professional image, but printing onto the enclosure means that branding, contact details, and any safety information, is a lot longer lasting and less likely to be rubbed off. Previously, we applied these details with an adhesive sticker, but again, this process took extra time,\u201d says Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as product quality, Paul also says that an important benefit of working with Spelsberg is the trust it has in a reliable service. \u201cWorking with Spelsberg, stock is always provided on time. Support is always very good too, and Spelsberg\u2019s engineers can always help us whenever we need it. Every enclosure they\u2019ve provided has always achieved exactly what Spelsberg said it would do,\u201d says Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thermostat enclosures are just one of many durable industrial components that Cross Electrical (Nottingham) Ltd relies on, but thanks in part to Spelsberg, this service helps them maintain the temperature of key processes in industries and commercial applications across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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