Ramp heating is used to protect the road surface against slipperiness caused by frost and snowfall and can be used under various types of paving and is essential to ensure safety.
Electric road surface heating consists of heating cables that are mounted in a pattern on an upper network. The choice of the type of heating cable depends on the chosen finishing layer, for example, a cable with a higher capacity is chosen under asphalt than under concrete, for example. Below are the specifications for the different finishing layers:
• Concrete: Custom-made heating cables are mounted on an upper network. The
covering layer above the cable must be 3-4 cm.
• Asphalt: special heating cables, resistant to high temperatures, are made to measure.
• Clinker bricks: the method for clinker bricks is different from that for the other finishing layers. In that case,
stabilized sand is used on which custom-made heating mats are placed. These mats are covered with a 2-3 cm layer of stabilized sand. The
ideal thickness of the paving stones is approx. 6 cm.
Heating Group has designed its own complete line of heating cables, with the 35w/m cable being unique in the industry. Due to the higher capacity, we need less cable to heat a surface, which of course saves on costs!
HGI ramp heating is an energy-efficient system. When installing road surface heating, 2 ‘sensors’ are placed in the road surface. These sensors measure the temperature and detect the presence of moisture or winter precipitation.
