WASHINGTON, March 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SATELLITE 2016 — Walton De-Ice (www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced that STN, the Satellite Telecommunications Network, (www.STN.eu) has extensively deployed Walton’s Plenum Hot-Air De-Icing systems (Walton De-Ice Plenum, Snow Shield and Ice Quake systems) to help provide the highest level of uptime during winter at STN’s teleport.
STN is a leading global satellite service provider, with over 600 TV channels transmitting from its world-class facilities, STN Teleport in Slovenia, in the EU. “To ensure our clients’ continued and uninterrupted transmission during strong alpine winter conditions, a reliable de-icing system is crucial,” according to Jurij Blazin, Technical Director for STN. “As STN’s antenna farm is growing year-on-year, power consumption increases. To maximize energy consumption efficiency, we decided to upgrade our systems with Walton De-Ice’s latest gas heaters, which not only reduces costs but also provides redundancy and reliability.”
“Having enjoyed successful experiences with prior Walton De-Ice systems, we upgraded to the gas version, keeping the previous electric based system as back up support,” explains Blazin. “Always looking to the future, STN purchased Walton's de-icing systems together with new transmit antennas.”
Walton’s Hot Air De-Ice systems, including the company’s unique Plenum enclosure installed on the rear of an antenna, provide the most reliable and economic antenna de-icing solutions on the market, offering maximum flexibility with electric, natural gas, and liquid propane gas heater options.
Unlike other types of heaters such as electric pad systems that can cause reflector distortion, Walton Hot Air De-Ice systems heat the entire antenna reflector uniformly, which minimizes reflector distortion that can cause signal problems, even more so at Ku-, and Ka-Band.
“We are delighted that STN, one of the most dynamic and growing players in the satellite industry, has decided to further leverage Walton De-Ice’s 36-plus years of field-proven leadership worldwide in protecting satellite earth station signals from the effects of snow and ice,” says Bill Walton, President of W.B. Walton Enterprises, Inc. (Walton De-Ice).
During the SATELLITE 2016 trade show March 7-10th, 2016 in Washington, D.C, at Booth 835, Walton De-Ice will be promoting its latest in gas and electric heated hot-air Plenum systems for large antennas, as well as its innovative Ice Quake, and Snow Shield solutions.
About Walton De-Ice
For over 36 years, Walton De-ice (http://www.de-ice.com) has designed and manufactured the broadest and highest performance line of De-Ice equipment available for satellite earth station antennas. From its original hot air (Plenum) design which mounts behind antennas from 3.7 to 32 meters, to its Snow Shield, Rain Quake, and Ice Quake, Walton De-Ice systems for 0.6 to 6.3 meter antennas, Walton De-Ice delivers the most innovative and effective solutions to help protect critical satellite networks from degradation and outages due to weather.
About STN
STN, the Satellite Telecommunications Network, (http://www.stn.eu/), transmits over 600 TV channels, delivering global service via satellite and fiber from its massive cutting-edge teleport facilities in Dob, Slovenia, in the EU. STN provides SD/HD/UHD video and audio broadcast and IP point-to-point data services over satellite that offer extensive coverage in Europe, the MENA region, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. For its video customers, STN provides playout, encryption, and channel localization services, enabling a range of customers, from startup channels to global media leaders to rapidly and efficiently deploy quality services.