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W.B.
Walton Enterprises Inc. (Also known as Walton De-ice) designs and
manufactures the broadest line of equipment available for preventing the
accumulation of snow and/or ice on satellite earth station antennas. The
original Walton De-ice product includes a behind the antenna main reflector
plenum (enclosure) which is heated with hot air. These systems are for
antennas ranging in size form 5-meters to 32-meters in diameter. Walton
De-ice offers several options for heating including, gas heaters with
their economical operation advantages or the low maintenance Stainless
Steel Electric Heaters.
More
recently, a line of products called the Snow Shield was introduced, and
are being used on antennas from 0.6-meters to 5.0-meters in diameter.
The Snow Shield consists of PTFE coated Gore-Tex® material which has
a very low coefficient of friction, stretched over the satellite antenna.
The Snow Shield can be used as a passive system, as most snow and ice
will slide off due to the PTFE coating, or heat can be added for a higher
level of protection.
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©
2007 W.B. Walton Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved.
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