 |
|
|
|
|
COMPANY TIMELINE
| 1963 - |
Vern Clayborn Pfanku, an M.I.T. grad, invents precision heat tape.
|
| 1965 - |
Low outgassing acrylic heat tape launches with early NASA satellite.
|
| 1972 - |
Rocket Research employs Clayborn Lab to create a classified heated project. |
| 1980 - |
First tubular application of heat tape to sniff life-threatening gases in Desert Storm.
|
| 1989 - |
Bob and Maureen Horvath purchase Clayborn Lab.
|
|
 |
| 1992 - |
First HOT TUBE produced in long lengths.
|
| 1997 - |
Bob invents and builds heat tape application machine to spin on continuous length of tubing.
|
| 2000 - |
Air and Waist Management Trade Show puts Clayborn HOT TUBE on the map as Duke Energy an others line up for the lightweight, efficient heated hoses for gas sampling and emission testing. |
| 2005 - |
Clayborn Lab manufacturing facility is expanded to allow for growth. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clayborn Lab’s electrical resistance heat tape, first developed for NASA in 1963 provided the necessary heat for space flight and satellite technology. Today, nearly every satellite orbiting the earth contains Clayborn’s space tape – a testimony to its durability and useful life.
The same innovative technology used in the development of Clayborn’s heat tape is now being used in emission testing, stack sampling and fluid and gas delivery. HOT TUBETM is a lightweight heated hose that offers both energy and cost efficient solutions for the automotive and pollution monitoring sectors.
Clients utilizing Clayborn products include General Motors, Duke Energy, Eli Lilly, Lockheed Martin, Solar Turbines and hundreds of smaller companies that benefit from Clayborn’s 40+ years of experience in thermal applications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
