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Title:

Flexi Heat Module

Value Proposition:

The flexible heating module is designed to heat steel beams, columns, and beam-to-column joints of any size and dimension in a controlled manner by operating across three independent zones. Each zone supports up to three thermocouples for precise temperature measurement. The temperature data is transmitted to a feedback-based control system, which adjusts heating output based on the set point and real-time temperature feedback. A host PC, equipped with custom-designed application software, provides an intuitive user interface for control, data recording, and analysis. This module accommodates heaters with power capacities ranging from 1.0 kW to 10 kW and is fully scalable to meet diverse requirements. By utilizing this module, the size limitations of specimens tested in conventional furnaces can be effectively overcome.

Summary Application:
  • Structural Integrity Testing: Heating steel components under controlled conditions to study their behaviour.
  • Material Research: Examining heat effects on different alloys or composites.
  • On-Site Repairs: Controlled heating during repairs of large steel structures.
  • Fire Resistance Studies: Simulating localized heating for fire resistance evaluations
Advantages:
  • Highly efficient with rate of heating from 5 to 30 Degree Celsius/Minutes till 800 Degree Celsius.
  • Data Acquisition through softwares
  • Safe, reliable and repeatable and cost-effective
  • Easy to operate and environment friendly, avoids combustion
  • Highly suitable for joints and various complicated connections
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre[CSIR-SERC]
:  director[at]serc[dot]res[dot]in
:91-44-22542139
:https://serc.res.in
Industrial Applications: Building Materials [Building Materials, Construction Technologies, Furniture etc.]
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