Verify if the design documentation requires that the heating
cables have to be covered by aluminium or stainless steel foil
before the insulation is applied.
Installation on tanks typically requires additional fixing devices as
pre-punched steel strips as shown below:
figure 7: Typical cable layout on large surfaces like tank walls
Prepunched
strapping
Banding
figure 8: fixing device: pre-punched metal strap
Avoid sharp edges and properly seal penetration of MI cold lead
cables through the insulation cladding.
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Temperature
sensor
Temperature
controller
Heating cable
Cold
Junction
leads
box