Automotive Heater Solutions

When it comes to surface heaters to maximise sensor performance, or improve driver and passenger experience, no single solution fits all. Differing applications require tailored solutions. Added to which the requirements for surface heaters in Automotive are growing and looks set to continue doing so exponentially in the coming years. This trend is being driven by the expanding use of sensor technologies in interconnected autonomous vehicles.

To help meet these needs, In2tec are ideally placed to identify, design, and implement the right electronics to deliver a product that integrates the control mechanisms of heaters via our advanced heater solutions. With over 25-years of experience in R&D and innovation, we are pushing the boundaries on printed and transparent heater systems, opening opportunities around design and functionality, which allows us to put you at the forefront of innovation for both safety and driver experience.

In2tec has been developing transparent and semi-transparent heater systems for vehicles for the last ten years. We provide the latest Carbon Nano technologies (CNB™ and CNT), sputter-coated ITO, or thin printed conductive wire solutions, and deliver our customers with a targeted solution to exactly match the needs of any given application.

There are many needs for our heater system solutions; from automotive in-lens heaters and ADAS support, warm-to-touch surfaces with integrated heating systems to enhance the feel of quality and luxury, through to heated windows, mirrors, and all areas of vehicle real estate.

We take an application-based review of technologies, construction, and processes to deliver customised solutions to meet a customers’ specific need. Our material and process capabilities mean that we can provide transparent solutions with high optical clarity and near-zero haze and form surface heater solutions in 3D profiles to follow the contours of lens heaters, sensor covers, or HMI panels and controls.

CNB ™ technologies allow for high transparency that can increase a lens surface temperature by 10°C in less than 6-seconds even when applied to formed 3D shapes. This is critical for combatting diverse weather conditions and environmental effects that can block lights and cover sensors, adversely affecting ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), critical safety and camera sensors that alert the driver to potential safety problems around them.

We achieve complex transparent designs across a range of heating requirements using CNT films and inks. In many applications, we use conductive printed silver wires that provide warm-to-touch surfaces in areas not requiring full-optical clarity or where a lower cost is a requirement.
We remain passionate and committed to delivering quality systems that benefit the application with minimal environmental impact. Providing lightweight and fully flexible circuits allows us to streamline your design and remove excess material and wastage, and our highly reliable solutions reduce the potential failure points meaning a longer product life is achieved.

We aim to deliver significant value with our heater solutions, providing our Automotive customers with market-leading functionality, aesthetics, and design, bound within a robust, environmentally sustainable package. The product and material focus of our heater solutions provide a game-changing level of recyclability to improve the circular economy in the Automotive arena.

With our sustainable electronics ethos, we focus on recyclability. Ultimately, with the provision of sustainable substrates, conductive and process technologies, constructions that utilise less material, plus flexible electronic solutions easily disassembled for component and material ReUSE®, we strive for 100% recyclability.