In harsh weather, sensors get covered with ice, fog, and snow, risking reliable ADAS sensor ranging. The Canatu film heater keeps sensors clear, enabling autonomous driving in any weather. These wire-free film heaters offer industry-leading optical performance with high transmittance and minimal scattering. They provide fast, uniform, and power-efficient heating across the sensor cover, eliminating common issues associated with traditional metallic heating wires, such as thermal gradients, hotspots, and obstruction of the view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Industry-leading optical performance: high transmittance in VIS \/ NIR range<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Fast, uniform, and power-efficient heating<\/li>\n\n\n\n
3D formable and in-moldable enabling design freedom for complex geometries<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Customized to meet specific optical and heating requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The Canatu film heaters feature high transmittance in visual and near infrared range. They are completely wire-free, enabling even heating without optical distortion. Canatu film heaters exhibit ultra-low haze, minimal light scattering and they preserve wavefront uniformity, making them ideal for the most demanding optical applications.<\/p>\n
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Even and power-efficient heating<\/h3>\n
Carbon nanotubes are one of the best thermal conductivity materials. In fact, CNTs are 1000x more conductive than copper. Applied on a plastic substrate, Canatu CNTs form a very thin coating with very small thermal resistance, providing even and power-efficient heating across the whole area. The Canatu film heaters are also energy-efficient, using 40% less energy compared to wire heaters, which means you get the same heating performance with lower power consumption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Design freedom for complex geometries<\/h3>\n
Our film heater can be 3D formed before integration if desired. Our material is highly stretchable (>200%) and can be bent with the bending radius of only 1mm. Film heaters using Canatu CNT can be thermoformed or high-pressure formed into any 3D shape, offering design freedom for complex geometries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Easy integration by FIM or lamination<\/h3>\n
Canatu film heaters can be seamlessly integrated into the plastic cover lens through film insert molding<\/strong>. For the glass lens, the heater can be sandwiched between interlayers and laminated<\/strong> between B and C glass surfaces, or it can be laminated behind the glass on the D glass surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Download further information on our film heaters. <\/p>\n
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