Wood Products & Panel Board | Thermal Fluid System Safety

A wide range of continuous and batch processing with both high grade and low grade heat requirements makes efficient, safe and reliable systems challenging.

Enormous amounts of energy can be saved through efficient distribution of energy with the training of operators, engineers and maintenance teams at the heart of a reliable efficient plant.

Degradation can be prevented and managed often without the need to install light ends removal equipment.

The analysis of the host fluid as well as the ‘light ends’ can be a valuable insight to the causes of thermal stress and the opportunity to reduce, prevent and mitigate degradation and failure.

Wood products and panel board manufacturing uses very high quantities of thermal fluids

Continuous Presses

Multi Opening Daylight Presses

Lamination

Impregnation

Resins

Biomass

Gas heaters

Dust burners

Oxidisers

96% of fluids do not require replacing and can be fixed!

Thermal Fluid Solutions supports safer, more reliable operation by validating fluid performance, managing degradation, and reducing unnecessary thermal stress.

Our approach improves system uptime, reduces fire risk, and extends fluid life while maintaining consistent heat delivery across presses, dryers, and process equipment.

Through the PACT™ Partner Programme, we can help optimise systems to extend fluid life, reduce operating temperatures, improve safety and avoid downtime.

Fluid Guardian validates performance using OPC® testing.

REACT auto-sampling enables continuous condition monitoring.

Online fluid recovery restores flash and fire point, removes water and acids, and avoids production downtime.

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Why TFS?

TFS understands that no two processes are the same. What our clients have in common is the need for safe, reliable heat transfer and confidence that their thermal fluid system is under control.

We combine system-specific testing, real-time monitoring, and practical recovery technologies to manage fluid performance based on how your system actually operates, not generic assumptions. This allows us to reduce risk, extend fluid life, and improve efficiency without unnecessary downtime or disruption.