Trecan Combustion Limited
Trecan Combustion is a Canadian company that has been designing and manufacturing Snowmelters for over 35 years and to date the company has delivered over 500 machines throughout the world. The name Trecan was originally an acronym for Thermal Research and Engineering Canada. Trecan’s company history and origins are steeped in combustion technology and thermal efficiency. Trecan sells and exports throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of Snowmelters. Trecan is the only Snowmelter manufacturer that offers 10 distinct models of portable Snowmelters and over ten models of stationary Snowmelters. Trecan Snowmelters are the most thermally efficient Snowmelters available (approximately 98% efficiency). This is due to the submerged combustion, direct contact method of heating. The submerged method transfers the energy from the combustion process to water and snow in the melting tank.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Manufacturing, Other
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1962
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
In North America, Submerged Combustion Technology was first developed by EXXON Research and Engineering Company in the early 1950’s. It designed and built the first 25 ton per hour in ground stationary Snowmelter.
In the early sixties, the technology was licensed to Thermal Research Engineering Canada for manufacture. Trecan Limited was established in 1962, as the Canadian subsidiary by the late William “Bill” Lombard.
In 1986, controlling interest was purchased by MBB Mechanical Services. In 1993 MBB merged with Trecan to form MBB-Trecan. In 1996 MBB-Trecan was sold to Mr. David Burnett, one of the original owners of MBB-Trecan, and renamed Trecan Combustion Limited. That same year, Mr. Burnett purchased a large commercial property in Hubley Nova Scotia (just outside Halifax), and a new manufacturing facility was built.
Over the years, Trecan has remained the industry standard for Snowmelters, through continuous improvements in engineering design, fabrication methods and customer service.
Trecan’s Triple Bottom Line
Technical Leadership
Trecan is the industry leader in Snowmelter design and manufacture, worldwide.
Built to Last: Trecan Snowmelters have a typical lifespan of about 25 years. Some have been in operation for 40 years. These machines are more rugged, easier to service, and easier to keep clean than competing designs.
Superior Design: Trecan has the most thermally efficient design in the industry, with burner fuel conversion efficiency in the order of 98%, due to its low discharge flue gas temperature. Their distinctive design also provides better equipment security and ease of access for maintenance.
Remote Communications: Trecan is the only snowmelter manufacturer that provides a Remote Communications package. It allows both the Snowmelter owner and Trecan to remotely monitor its operation, and troubleshoot if necessary.
Cost-Effectiveness
More Cost-Effective Snow Management: Trecan Snowmelters can offer snow contractors and facility managers substantial hourly savings over trucking snow. They can earn an attractive financial return on their snow removal operations, and pass on cost savings.
Superior Environmental Performance
Thermal Efficiency: Because the Trecan submerged combustion process for melting snow more energy efficient than competing designs, it generates lower CO2 per unit of melted snow.
Environmental Compliance: Trecan also uses the most environmentally compliant components: in a recent independent engineering study carried out for a major US airport authority, the burner
and engines used in the Trecan Snowmelter were deemed Best Available Control Technology Design for NOx emissions.
Other Environmental Benefits: Our design also results in lower noise and less waste heat, and avoids excessive unburned carbon and carbon monoxide.
Quality Policy
Trecan Combustion Limited has established a quality policy to design, manufacture, and service engineered products that meet customer expectations for performance, reliability and maintainability.
In establishing the quality policy, Trecan Combustion Limited executive management has committed to maintaining an atmosphere for customer focus and continual improvement of the documented quality management system.