Thermon Corporate

February 2015
Peter Baen
Mathon Weijers
Marcel Scharloo
Vision
 Mission

To Enhance our Customers

Process Operations
by Providing Innovative and
Reliable and Sustainable Solutions at the
Lowest Total Cost
of Ownership.
 The Heat Tracing Specialists

Company Summary
Thermon was founded in 1954
Thermon is dedicated to the external heating
of pipes, vessels & instruments in the
industrial & commercial construction
markets.
Thermon designs, manufacturers and
supplies the most extensive line of heat
tracing products available anywhere in the
world.
Thermon is registered to ISO 9001 quality
standards.
 Company Summary

Thermons annual worldwide revenue

is approximately:
US $300 million in FY 13/14
Listed on the New York Stock
Exchange since 2011 (ticker THR)
Thermon employs 860 people in 17
countries
Imperial
Thermon manufactures its products in
USA, Canada, Europe, India &
Australia
Thermons global commitment is
achieved through two Strategic Metric
Business Units
Thermon Capabilities
Research & Development
Project Management
Project Engineering & Design
(Feasibility, FEED, EPC, Construction)
Conceptual
(Extended) Basic
Detailed

Manufacturing
Procurement
Logistics & Warehousing
Installation
Supervision
Testing & Commissioning
Maintenance and System Audits
Thermon Deliverables
Design of Heat Tracing Systems
Isometric Drawings, Line List,
Load Chart, Wiring Diagrams,
Power Distribution Equipment
Drawings,
Project Schedules
High Performance Heat Tracing
Materials
Performance Warranty That
Assures Customer Satisfaction
(Warm Pipe Warranty)
Thermons Core Competencies

Conductive Polymer
Technology
Radiation Chemistry

Electric & Steam Heat Tracing Application

Technology
Visitrace 3D Design Software
 Thermon Offices World Wide

San Marcos, Texas Pijnacker, Netherlands

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bergisch Gladbach,
Huntersville, North Germany
Carolina Newcastle, England
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Paris, France
Portage, Michigan Moscow, Russia
El Dorado Hills, California Seoul, Korea
Houston, Texas Beijing, China
Mogadore, Ohio Bahrein - UAE

Acworth, Georgia Yokohama, Japan

Newark, Delaware Singapore
Mexico City, Mexico Melbourne, Australia
Calgary, Alberta Sydney, Australia
Edmonton, Alberta Brisbane, Australia
London, Ontario Auckland, New
Sarnia, Ontario Zealand
St. Laurent, Quebec Mumbai, India
(Bombay)
Calcutta, India
 Manufacturing Locations of Thermon

Tex a s U S A C a n a d a T h e N e t h e r l a n d s I n d i a S o u t h Ko r e a
Manufacturing Location San Marcos TX
 SBU - Thermon Europe - Affiliates

Thermon Capabilities

Technical Support

30 Engineers / Designers

8 Field Service technicians

10 Project Managers

4 Site Managers

14 CAD Designers
 Our Markets

Petroleum Production

Refining & Gas Processing

Offshore and Shipbuilding

Tank foundations,
Terminals
Pipelines

Chemicals

Power Generation

Mining

Textile Pulp and Paper

 Applications that requires Heat Tracing
Industrial Market Sector
Exploration (oil gathering lines,
production platforms, hydrate
prevention, ships)
Refineries (oil, asphalt, sulfur)
Chemicals (phenol, epoxy, wax,
acids, paint)
Gas Terminals (frost heave
prevention for foundations of
cryogenic vessels)
Power (oil, fly ash, caustic, acids)
Food (palm oil, animal fat,
chocolate, soap)
Freeze protection of water
Commercial Market Sector
Cold storage chambers (frost heave
prevention & freeze protection of
drains and door opening)
Heating of trade waste (disposal
pipes for cooking oil in restaurants)
Snow & Ice prevention on roof
eaves, sidewalks, ramps, loading
platforms
Freeze protection of water
World Wide Approvals

J
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 World Wide Approvals

Every product must undergo a multitude of performance

tests including stability and long-term reliability. All
products are further tested and certified by major approval
agencies to verify compliance to industrial industry
standards.

UL, FM, SA, Ex, CE, IECEx, DNV, Lloyds, GGTN, TIIS,
CQSTEx, ABS, GOST-R/K.

For the continued advancement of heat tracing technology,

Thermon actively participates in professional organizations
such as:
All kinds of Quality Certificates
 Worldwide Capabilities

Engineering and Design

Product Selection
Design and Layout Assistance
Visitrace 3D Model Software
Installation Drawings and Assistance
Cost Comparison Studies
PRODUCT SCOPE OF
SUPPLY
 Purpose of Electric Heat Tracing

Freeze Protection of Process Products(winterization)

Reduce Product Viscosity

Assuming Fluid Temperature is Higher

Prevent Condensation
Than Ambient Temperature
Frostheave Prevention
De-icing and Anti-icing
s Heat Tracing Adds Heat (P) at a Level
Equal to the Heat Lost (Q) into the
Ambient (ta)

Pin = P

ta
Q
 Electric Heat Trace Circuit Types

H
Series V

N R

Parallel V R R R R

N
 Electrical Heating Cables

Zone-Type
Polymer Self- Power- Skin Effect
MI Heat Constant
Insulated Regulating Limiting Heating
Tracing Watt Heat
Heat Tracing Heat Tracing Heat Tracing System
Tracing
 Electric Heat Tracing Systems

Positive Temperature Coefficient Parallel & Specialty Cables,

(PTC) Heating Cables Series Constant Wattage Skin Effect Systems,
for Complex Piping Heating Cables for Tank and Hopper Heating
Interconnecting Piping

Self-Regulating Parallel Constant Watt MI Constant Watt Skin Effect Heater

Power-Limiting Series Constant Watt Tank Heating Hopper Heating

CONTROL AND
MONITORING
 Control & Monitoring Systems

Electronic Controllers and Limiters

Ambient sensing for ordinary and hazardous locations
Pipe/tank wall sensing in a variety of temperature and
amperage ranges for ordinary and hazardous locations
RS485 Modbus RTU communication protocol
30 Amp Switching capabilities
Ambient Proportional Control

Microprocessor-Based Control and Monitoring Units

Permit on-off heat tracing control with numerous
capabilities
Provide temperature monitoring
Provide heating cable monitoring
 TraceNet - Electronic Control System

Daisy-chain feature for all TraceNet Controllers!

Safe Area Haz Area

Multiple RTD
RTD
Control
Input
Ambient
Proportional
Control

TraceNet TCM18
Power Distribution

RS485 Modbus RTU

RS485 Modbus RTU (twisted pair Communication wire)

Trace View Network Explorer TraceNet ECM

STEAM OR HOT FLUID
SOLUTIONS
 Steam Tracing Systems

In 1954 Thermon revolutionized the heat

tracing industry with the invention and
introduction of heat transfer cements.

For over four decades, Thermon has lead this

market and has added numerous related
products.

Heat Transfer Cements Steam Tracers and Tubing HeetSheets

One Steam Pressure = Different Pipe Temps
Typical Heat Tracing System Steam
INSTRUMENTATION
 Instrument Heat Tracing and
Insulation Systems
Thermon manufactures a variety of tubing products for process and analytical
instrumentation. The most popular is TubeTrace Pre-insulated and Heat Traced
Tubing manufactured with a variety of tubing materials, heaters, and accessories

Heated Instrument Tubing

 INSTRUMENTATION BUNDLE ACCESSORIES

Terminator-FAK-4 TraceNet ECM-FAK-1

 Preferred supplier for:
Oil & Gas Petrochemical Power Generation Offshore and
Shipbuilding
Shell Shell Alstom Aker
Statoil BASF Gama Statoil
Exxon Mobile Bayer Siemens Conoco Phillips
Gazprom Neft Anwill METKA Shell
Total Taqa E-on BP
OMV Dow GE RWE
MOL Dupont RWE Dong
Applications
COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL
SOLUTIONS
 Commercial Construction Applications
Domestic
Hot Water Temperature Maintenance
Self-regulating heating cable
replaces recirculation system
Lower installed cost
Lower operating cost
Reduces water waste
Freezer Floor
Frost Heave Prevention
Constant watt heating cable
maintains soil temperatures above
freezing
Prevents costly repairs
associated with slab heaving
Supplies only enough heat to
maintain soil below insulation
above the freeze point
 Thermon advantages

Global presence
Coordination with customer selected EPC
Coordination with JV partners in Europe and
around the world
Consistent Performance/Quality to customer
specifications
Lowest Total Cost of Ownership for Heat
Tracing System
Broadest range of high performance self
regulating, MI & skin effect heating systems
THANK YOU !
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