UHI Worldwide Develops Anti-Freeze Solution For Mobile Restrooms
Send Via E-MailELKHART, IN - December 1, 2011 - WastewaterPR.com - While mobile bathrooms are usually associated with outdoor, warm-weather activities, portable toilet trailers are equally as practical and ideal for wintertime events. However, the one challenge the mobile restroom industry faces is keeping the banjo value from freezing in cold weather. UHI Worldwide has developed a solution for this problem.
In 2010, the R&D team at Black Tie Manufacturing, a manufacturer of Elite portable toilets in Goshen, Indiana discovered their evacuation valves, (aka banjo valves), could potentially break when exposed to certain cold weather conditions. In order to address this finding and avoid warranty issues, Black Tie teamed up with UHI Worldwide, a manufacturer of versatile heating elements, which ironically, UHI Worldwide also happens to be locally based in Elkhart, Indiana less than 15 minutes away from Black Tie’s Production Complex.
The team at UHI Worldwide worked closely with the team at Black Tie to create a multiple panel heating system that could be installed on the banjo valve, either during original construction or installed in the field and be controlled with the UHI large volume holding tank heaters. This application seemed to make the most sense since Black Tie had been installing them on the primary holding tanks for numerous years.
Based on the mounting location and the environment of which the banjo valve is subjected to, the joint-team felt it would be best to utilize 13.5 volts for this heater. After, just a few months of testing various applications, UHI Worldwide presented Black Tie Manufacturing with an optimal solution that is now being installed by Black Tie Manufacturing on most of the units they build. A solution that UHI Worldwide is now offering the entire mobile restroom industry.
