Heat tracing

Electrical heat tracing is used for keeping pipelines and vessels on a stable temperature, and to prevent freezing. We specialize in both reliable and accurate control systems for this kind of application.

Benefits of RKC Instrument temperature control:

  • very accurate temperature control that reacts fast to process changes
  • superior noise rejection on temperature measurement signals
  • effective over- and undershoot suppression with advanced adaptive PID control algorithms
  • reliable instruments, MBTF times > 40 years

We have solutions for local control near the pipeline or vessel, or centralized control from a controlpanel in a central control room.

Controllers can be coupled to a PLC/DCS system via the fieldbus, or controlled from an optional available HMI/SCADA touchpanel

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CasCade is also specialized in power electronics for driving electrical heat-tracing elements

SB1

Local controller near pipeline or vessel with our special SB1 heat-tracing controller

  • built in 7A 230Vac solid state relay
  • MODBUS RS-485 interface
  • power synchronization between SB1 modules to reduce peak power
  • optional 3.5″, 5.7″ or 7.5″ HMI/SCADA touchpanel for easy operation and monitoring (remotely accessible with smartphone/tablet/windows PC)

– Leaflet SB1 local controller with built-in SSR
– Instruction manual SB1

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also DIN-rail mountable
heat tracing temperature control system
Various ways of installation incl. DIN-rail mounting

SRZ series

Central/decentral control in controlpanel with SRZ multizone DIN-rail controllers

  • 4 channel DIN-rail mount modules: save space and installation time
  • MODBUS RS-485 interface
  • optional
    • 3.5″, 5.7″ or 7.5″ HMI/SCADA touchpanel for easy operation and monitoring (remotely accessible with smartphone/tablet/windows PC)
    • heating element current monitoring
    • high-accuracy version TIO-G
    • many fieldbuses available

Leaflet SRZ multichannel controller 
– SRZ instruction manual

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RKC Instrument SRZ DIN-rail process & temperature control system
4 channel DIN-rail mounting
RKC Instrument CC-Link fieldbus interface for FB series and SRZ system

RB Series

Centralized control with RB single channel controllers in the front of  the controlpanel

  • MODBUS RS-485 interface
  • optional 3.5″, 5.7″ or 7.5″ HMI/SCADA touchpanel for easy operation and monitoring (remotely accessible with smartphone/tablet/windows PC)

– Leaflet RB series single channel controller
– Instruction manual RB series

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Frontpanel installation

Optional HMI/SCADA touchpanel

Pro-face SCADA HMI touchscreens
Various sizes
Overview screen on operation panel
  • Various sizes: 3.5″, 5.7″ or 7.5″ HMI/SCADA touchpanel
  • Easy local and remote operation/monitoring of multiple control loops
  • Temperature deviation alarm handling
  • Internal datalogging & trending with .CSV export to USB stick
  • Can be accessed remotely via smartphone/tablet and windows PC.

– Instruction manual single channel RB and SB1 series heat-tracing HMI/SCADA touchpanel *1)
– Instruction manual 4 channel SRZ series heat-tracing HMI/SCADA touchpanel

*1) manual contains detailed installation instructions for SB1, for RB series, see manual above on this page

Remote operation

The HMI/SCADA touchpanel can be operated remotely with the Pro-face remote HMI app. This is available for:

  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Windows PC
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