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DRAX Torches - a major new technology for gas burners
DRAX know-how enables a burner using just propane in air to reach
higher work-piece temperatures - hot enough to melt steel.
To melt steel, traditional burners rely on high energy mixtures such as oxygen and acetylene to
transfer enough heat.
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Normal burners using propane/air mixtures have a
flame temperature of 1,800 C, which is not hot enough to melt steel. |
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Oxy-acetylene torches (normal flame temperature 3,000 degrees Celsius)
are normally required for heating, cutting and welding steel. |
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However, steel can now be heated to melting point
with propane/air using DRAX technology.
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Oxygen and acetylene are expensive, dangerous to store and use, and are not always available. Propane
is cheap, much safer to store and use, and is readily available everywhere,
making burners using DRAX technology highly attractive.
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A DRAX burner operates by preheating both the air and the propane
fuel gas supplied to it. The energy added in the preheat process
augments the flame temperature. Development work on the
implementation of these principles means that this simple concept can
now be applied to practical burners.
Market & Applications
Principal markets for DRAX technology are:
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low-cost replacement for oxy-acetylene and oxy-propane torches in industry, engineering/ automotive workshops, and agriculture |
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easy-to-access technology for occasional and D-I-Y users |
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appropriate technology for third-world and newly-industrializing
economies, reducing dependence on acetylene and using readily-available propane. |
Future Development & Opportunities for Collaboration
DRAX technology has been the subject of an extensive development programme, including fundamental research at
a major Institute, the University of
Southampton, UK.
A patent application, which would protect the technology in all its major markets, has been lodged. A copy of this application is available for
download.
The technology is now available for license to burner manufacturers. Initial approaches from distributors with good access to
workshop, welding, automotive, DIY and newly industrializing
economies.
To enquire, contact us. |
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