W.B. Walton Enterprises Inc. (Also known as Walton De-ice) designs and manufactures the broadest line of equipment available for preventing the accumulation of snow and/or ice on satellite earth station antennas. The original Walton De-ice product includes a behind the antenna main reflector plenum (enclosure) which is heated with hot air. These systems are for antennas ranging in size form 5-meters to 32-meters in diameter. Walton De-ice offers several options for heating including, gas heaters with their economical operation advantages or the low maintenance Stainless Steel Electric Heaters.

More recently, a line of products called the Snow Shield was introduced, and are being used on antennas from 0.6-meters to 5.0-meters in diameter. The Snow Shield consists of PTFE coated Gore-Tex® material which has a very low coefficient of friction, stretched over the satellite antenna. The Snow Shield can be used as a passive system, as most snow and ice will slide off due to the PTFE coating, or heat can be added for a higher level of protection.

For more informations please visit
www.de-ice.com