Carbon fibre elements to dominate heating
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Dec 8, 2005
Strong growth is expected for the North American flexible electric heating element market, according to a new study.
Strong growth is expected for the North American flexible electric heating element market, according to a new study by Venture Development Corporation (VDC).
Although all types of flexible heating elements offer growth opportunities for vendors in terms of market size and application variety, carbon fibre flexible elements are forecast to grow the fastest through 2007.
Dollar shipments of electric flexible heating elements to North American markets are expected to increase from $152 million in 2004 to $184 million in 2007, a compound annual growth rate of 6.6%.
Silicon rubber-insulated elements currently account for more than half of these shipments, but this share is expected to decrease in coming years as other types of flexible elements experience more rapid growth.
The carbon fibre flexible heating element is a new technology that accounted for only $2.2 million in shipments in 2004, but is expected to grow at an annual rate of 37% through 2007 to reach $5.7 million at the end of the forecast period.
The competitive landscape for the carbon fibre flexible heating element market is currently sparse.
Technology hurdles such as termination issues and manufacturing processes have limited the competition to only a handful of firms.
The two leading suppliers of this product type are Thermion Systems and Methode Development.
The relatively low cost of carbon fibre flexible elements has created demand in a variety applications previously not served by other types of flexible elements, primarily in the consumer products segment.
Carbon fibre elements also serve many of the applications traditionally targeted by other flexible heater types, such as semiconductor manufacturing, commercial refrigeration and food preparation, military/aerospace and medical equipment.
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