Frost and snow protection

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Protect what is valuable from the hazards of winter time.

Being it hotel guests, office workers or public building visitors, they all deserve a safe, snow free, access to the building at times snow and ice are a thread for their safety or expected comfort level.

Instead of manually cleaning the stairs, garage ramps, sport fields, walking pavements or other area’s around the building there is also an automatic snow removal solution.

Danfoss ice and snow melting solutions consists of electric heating cables or mats that are installed underneath or inside the constructions that should remain free from snow or ice. The system is controlled electronically and equipped with combined temperature/humidity sensors. Once they detect a combination of low temperature and high humidity, the control system activates the electric heating cables which warm up the areas.

The effectiveness of the system is high, eliminating the immediate risks. Please note it is not always necessary to heat the entire surface. For garages and driveway only the small areas where the vehicles tires are in contact with the surface need to be secured. For driveways with steep angles, a linear drainage system is required to drain the water from melting snow and ice. This channel must also be protected from freezing.

For stairs, the cables are laid in the form of loops arranged across the steps, maintaining a sufficient distance between the adjacent sections. On new constructions, the installation is laid on the surface of the stairs and overlaid with a concrete layer with a thickness of three to five centimeters. On old stairs, the cables should be placed in grooves and overlaid with concrete, with an addition of plasticizer. Concrete should adhere closely to the entire surface of the cable without the presence of air bubbles.

Our ice and snow melting solutions can also be used on the rooftops of buildings, eliminating icicles hanging dangerously from roof gutters or protecting the heating or cooling pipes on the rooftop installed Air Handling Unit.

In stadiums the sport fields can be kept snow-free and ready to be used despite winter conditions. In some regions/sports there are regulations to minimize or eliminate the influence of weather conditions on matches. We provide the required knowledge and products and have the experience from installing field heating under natural and artificial grass in many stadiums.

How we can help you

Automatic ice and snow melting

Ensured safety for employees or visitors

Fast and easy to install

Multiple application options

Safe and robust materials

Long warranty term

Danfoss ECsafe™ cable - Built to work hard

The Danfoss ECsafe cable has been specially designed and developed for outdoor applications. This is the perfect cable to use in ice and snow melting gutter, roof and ground applications.

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Safe ground and roof with Danfoss heating cables

Danfoss has designed versatile outdoor solutions for pipe heating, roof and gutter, and ground heating that can be installed on virtually any type of construction including private, business and institutional buildings.

Documents

Documents
Type	Name	Language	Valid for	Updated	Download	File type
Catalog	Danfoss Product catalogue	Finnish	Finland	08 Apr, 2020	7.3 MB	.pdf
Catalog	Danfoss Product catalogue	Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan	Romania	17 Jul, 2017	387.9 KB	.pdf
Catalog	Danfoss Product catalogue	English	Multiple	06 Jul, 2020	24.4 MB	.pdf
Catalog	Danfoss Product catalogue	Finnish	Finland	31 Oct, 2019	5.8 MB	.pdf

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Ice and snow melting - mats

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Case studies

Electric Heating by Danfoss ensures safety along the asphalt driveway in Turkey

The longest asphalt driveway - called “Protocol Road” - equipped with Electric Heating is located in Turkey, North Ankara. The electric heating was installed along this 3.3 km 2-directions (3 lines each) road connecting Ankara city center and the airport.
Electric Heating by Danfoss chosen to protect XVIII-century baroque palace in Kyiv

Designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the second half of the XVIII century, Mariyinsky Palace is the official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine used for hosting other heads of state. Electric Heating by Danfoss was chosen as sustainable modern technology to protect the historical landmark during its reconstruction.
Remarkable solution for Remarkables Ski Field Queenstown, New Zealand

The Remarkables Ski Field is one of New Zealands premier ski fields, located at a longitude of 45,05 degrees South, elevation 1 586 m and situated near the North end of the Remarkables Range. The base building has approximately 2 500 m² of heated outdoor patio at a density of 200 W/m². The heating of the patio matches the needs and requirements to prevent the surface accumulation of ice in a modern and highly efficient way.
An Ideal Field is an integral Part of a Successful Game

For professional and international stadiums, it is required a very high standard of playing surface. Under these circumstances it is important to eliminate risks of poor playing conditions or matches’ cancellation, particularly associated with poor weather conditions, e.g. heavy rainfalls or ice and snow.
Ice and snow melting in the City of Buffalo, USA

According to the National Weather Service, a series of lake effect events and clipper-type systems dumped 112 inches of snow on Buffalo, New York, in the winter of 2014-15. In an area accustomed to harsh winters, this was still unusual – about 18 inches above normal. But even this impressive amount of snow was no match for the Danfoss snow melt system installed at Canalside.