Trecan Snowmelters

The name TRECAN, was originally an acronym for “Thermal Research and Engineering Canada”, and the company’s history and origins are steeped in combustion technology and thermal efficiency. 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 with large numbers in the United States, Canada and Russia. Trecan is the only Snowmelter manufacturer that builds nine different models of Portable Snowmelters and more than ten single / multiple burner 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 and transferring the energy from the combustion process to the water and snow in the melting tank. With over 35 years of engineering, manufacturing and practical experience Trecan Sno