Thermal’s Engineered Products Race to Take Precision Performance to the Next Level for the Automotive Industry

Etched foil heaters in side view mirrors melt ice and snow and prevent condensation. Side view mirror heaters are applied by a Tier One mirror housing OEM to the back of the driver and passenger side view mirrors to provide all-season visibility safety.

In the engine, a Thermal Circuits etched foil heating system installed under the hood in the crankcase ventilation system drives out condensation and conquers freezing winter temperatures to protect against PCV valve clogging and engine stalling.  Similarly, heaters can be incorporated in the air intake port to improve engine performance and emissions.

Inside the car, Thermal Circuits has engineered non-fatiguing polyester, polyimide and mylar heating elements designed for aftermarket assembly within passenger compartment’s steering wheel, car seat and seat backs.

For additional aftermarket applications outside the car, Thermal Circuits can make special “start assist” heaters for cold weather, typically used in batteries and oil pans, and are designed at 120V, corded and insulated in rugged heavy-duty silicone rubber and other dielectric and thermal insulators.

Advantages

• High Quality – Zero DP PM
• Rapidly Scalable – Commercial Volume
• Thermally Responsive – Quick Temperature Rise
• Enhanced Engine Performance
• Low-Cost
• High Temperature
• Chemically compatible with petrol-chemicals
• Durable – Rugged
• Flexible Thin Film – 0.003”
• Fully Customizable
• Turnkey Assemblies with Flex Circuits or Wire Harnesses, Temperature Control Sensors, Thermistor, RTD, Thermocouple and Over-Temperature Fuse and Thermostat.

Side View Mirror Heater for car, truck, bus, motorcycle, snowmobile

Conductive Heater Assembly with Polyester Mylar ® Insulation, with pressure sensitive adhesive PSA, T-stat temperature sensor, thermal fuse, electrical connector

Heated Joystick to Control a Forklift Truck used within -40ºC/F Walk-In Freezer

Creature Comfort heater assembly to enable operators to comfortably perform in a challenging environment.

Engine Air Intake Port Heater 

High Temperature, Conductive Heater Assembly with Kapton® Polyimide Insulation, bonded to custom tube via Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) thermistor, temperature sensor and thermal fuse.  

Air intake manifold heater, thermostatically controlled

Convective Heater Assembly with Polyester Mylar ® Insulation, bonded to machined metal, with pressure sensitive adhesive PSA, RTD temperature sensor, thermal fuse, electrical connector.