Infrared heating and humans? - time for an in-depth scientific look
16 August, 2011
As many of you will know, outside of our main industrial markets, Ceramicx also has a number of infrared heating products and ongoing projects aimed mainly at the consuming public. Not only are we making and supplying world class standard ceramic heaters and elements, quartz heating elements and other componemts such as heaters for thermoforming by ensuring thermoforming line efficiency, we are also investing in technology to supply all bespoke infrared heat applica
tions. Our technologies include infrared for indoor and outside space heating; infrared heating for petcare and creature comfort; a variety of food cooking techniques using infrared and also various infrared heating products for the medical and healthcare industries. To experience infrared heating at first hand is to know that there is a real and qualitative difference in kind between it and other heat sources. The expression often used is that 'it really gets into your bones'. It's not just humans. A number of IR heating applications are being developed on the petcare and livestock front. There are clearly some deeper issues involved with the IR preference that we at Ceramicx would like to explore further. And so - in keeping with the rest of our programme and product development - we will be casting a scientific-based eye over this part of the infrared spectrum. The next edition of HeatWorks - out in September 2011- will therefore take a first look at this end of the infrared radiation spectrum, sometimes known as Far Infrared Radiation (FIR). The article will be jointly created between ourselves and leading UK-based practitioner and innovator Simon Lea and will pay particular attention to the relationship between human physiology and that part of the IR radiation spectrum. True, we can take for granted that infrared heating provides comfort and health for humans. But - as I never tire of saying - we have yet to determine exactly how and why. The world today has barely scratched the surface of the potential for infrared useage and technology. The human body/infrared radiation interface is new territory. If - in this and other areas - we can use good science to make proveable roadmaps of cause and effect, then we will be able to open many new doors that will profit all.
16 August, 2011
As many of you will know, outside of our main industrial markets, Ceramicx also has a number of infrared heating products and ongoing projects aimed mainly at the consuming public. Not only are we making and supplying world class standard ceramic heaters and elements, quartz heating elements and other componemts such as heaters for thermoforming by ensuring thermoforming line efficiency, we are also investing in technology to supply all bespoke infrared heat applications. Our technologies include infrared for indoor and outside space heating; infrared heating for petcare and creature comfort; a variety of food cooking techniques using infrared and also various infrared heating products for the medical and healthcare industries. To experience infrared heating at first hand is to know that there is a real and qualitative difference in kind between it and other heat sources. The expression often used is that 'it really gets into your bones'. It's not just humans. A number of IR heating applications are being developed on the petcare and livestock front. There are clearly some deeper issues involved with the IR preference that we at Ceramicx would like to explore further. And so - in keeping with the rest of our programme and product development - we will be casting a scientific-based eye over this part of the infrared spectrum. The next edition of HeatWorks - out in September 2011- will therefore take a first look at this end of the infrared radiation spectrum, sometimes known as Far Infrared Radiation (FIR). The article will be jointly created between ourselves and leading UK-based practitioner and innovator Simon Lea and will pay particular attention to the relationship between human physiology and that part of the IR radiation spectrum. True, we can take for granted that infrared heating provides comfort and health for humans. But - as I never tire of saying - we have yet to determine exactly how and why. The world today has barely scratched the surface of the potential for infrared useage and technology. The human body/infrared radiation interface is new territory. If - in this and other areas - we can use good science to make proveable roadmaps of cause and effect, then we will be able to open many new doors that will profit all.
