Point of Use

The Point That Matters

There are many ways to control the temperature and viscosity of your material but Saint Clair Systems is the only company that has built its entire business on controlling temperature where it matters most; at the point of use. Below are some of the products we have developed over the past 20+ years that highlight that focus.

Water Traced Hose Covers

When material is at the right temperature and you need to maintain that temperature to the Point of Use, our patented Water Traced Covers are often the best option.  The Water Traced Hose Covers use the same water used by the Temperature Control Unit to move the material temperature.

Lightweight and flexible, they work very well in high motion and odd shape applications.  While technically not heat exchangers, they do create an environment around the material path that prevents heat loss or gain.

SOFLEX™ Whip Hose

Soft and Flexible, the patented SOFLEX™ Whip Hose is a variation of the Water Traced Hose Covers.  Lightweight and very flexible, the SOFLEX™ Whip Hose is ideal for high motion robotic or manual applications.

The SOFLEX™ Whip Hose is adaptable to most hose sizes and works with most coating materials.

Coaxial Hoses

Our coaxial hoses surround the material path with temperature controlled water.

The photo to the right shows our patented hose block design which accommodates an RTD at the outlet of the hose.

Our coaxial hoses can be used as flexible tube-in-tube heat exchangers for limited motion applications.

Re-Corable Coaxial Hose Heat Exchanger

The picture to the right shows our patented Re-Corable Coaxial Hose Heat Exchanger used in production for validation testing. This design surrounds a Teflon paint tube with temperature conditioned water, turning it into a tube-in-tube heat exchanger. This allows temperature control to be added without any change in the existing paint flow path.

A unique feature of this design is that the resealable ends allow the inner Teflon paint tube to be changed (or "re-cored") when different paints or colors are used.  This prevents contamination and product quality issues. The system is flexible enough to use in robotic or manual operations and provides temperature control all the way to the gun.

Review the June-2011 Case Study and Technical Report for detail on how this product can minimize Orange Peel.