HeatWorks - for our common IR language
14 June, 2012
Once again we have a varied IR based menu for you in the upcoming and 7th edition of HeatWorks magazine. I hope that you find something to pique your interest in these pages which will be published shortly. Putting HeatWorks together once more has been interesting. I guess that by now I should be somewhat used to some things - such as a continuing lack of know-how about infrared heat technology in some surprising places. On the other hand it's often good to start at ground zero: In fact, at Ceramicx it is part of our mission and opportunity to be in the education business, and continuing to provide general IR know-how to our customers. Chinaplas 2012 was very valuable in that regard. 
One thing is certain, however: The old smoke and mirrors approach to IR heat technology is gone. The customer is no longer happy just to pick something out of a box and plug it in. The customer needs to come up further in the mix and understand fully how to make best use of their IR products. For too long now, IR heating has been seen as a 'black art' - by its practitioners and by its customers. That view has to change. And so too has some of the antiquated testing and validation work in IR heating. Much of this is based only temperature-based criteria and only serves to further mystify the IR heating business. At Ceramicx we continue to do our best to move the world on and to develop common IR platforms and a common and clear language and science for IR heating science and technology. HeatWorks magazine is one of the ways in which we bring that all forward. In that spirit I encourage you to pick up and enjoy what we have to say in the forthcoming pages of the next edition. Those of you not on the circulation please just contact Ceramicx directly for your free copy. Many thanks again.
14 June, 2012
Once again we have a varied IR based menu for you in the upcoming and 7th edition of HeatWorks magazine. I hope that you find something to pique your interest in these pages which will be published shortly. Putting HeatWorks together once more has been interesting. I guess that by now I should be somewhat used to some things - such as a continuing lack of know-how about infrared heat technology in some surprising places. On the other hand it's often good to start at ground zero: In fact, at Ceramicx it is part of our mission and opportunity to be in the education business, and continuing to provide general IR know-how to our customers. Chinaplas 2012 was very valuable in that regard. One thing is certain, however: The old smoke and mirrors approach to IR heat technology is gone. The customer is no longer happy just to pick something out of a box and plug it in. The customer needs to come up further in the mix and understand fully how to make best use of their IR products. For too long now, IR heating has been seen as a 'black art' - by its practitioners and by its customers. That view has to change. And so too has some of the antiquated testing and validation work in IR heating. Much of this is based only temperature-based criteria and only serves to further mystify the IR heating business. At Ceramicx we continue to do our best to move the world on and to develop common IR platforms and a common and clear language and science for IR heating science and technology. HeatWorks magazine is one of the ways in which we bring that all forward. In that spirit I encourage you to pick up and enjoy what we have to say in the forthcoming pages of the next edition. Those of you not on the circulation please just contact Ceramicx directly for your free copy. Many thanks again.
