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Other Industrial Heating
Ovens, tanks, ducts, pipes and surfaces, in plant that does not fit any of the categories above.
The application is one of a kind, so the element has to be made rather than picked.
The process, and where the heat goes in
Read left to right. Each block is a place on the machine that has to be held at a temperature, coloured by how hot it runs.
Scroll the diagram sideways to see every zone.
- Coolest
- Warm
- Hot
- Hottest
Zone by zone
This table is the whole argument for the page. It maps the machine you already have to the element type that suits each position on it, and every product name links to the family page with the sizes, the options and the codes.
| Zone | Duty | Typical temperature | Swiftheat product | Why this element |
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| Ducts and air handling | Air heating, high flow | 40 to 300 °C | Tubular Heaters | Finned elements sized to the duct and the air velocity |
| Ovens and drying cabinets | Air heating, enclosed | 60 to 300 °C | Tubular Heaters | Element banks laid out to the cabinet, with even circulation |
| Tanks and vats | Immersed | 40 to 150 °C | Tubular Heaters | Sheath material chosen for the medium, flange or boss mounted |
| Surfaces, plates and pipes | Clamped | 60 to 250 °C | Strip Heaters | Clamped to the flat, or a bent element to the pipe |
| Radiant and surface drying | Radiant | 80 to 300 °C | Ceramic Infrared Heaters | Puts the energy on the surface instead of into the room |
| Control loop | Measurement | - | Thermocouples and Temperature Sensors | Sized to whatever fitting the plant already has |
Temperatures are typical for the process and are given as a starting point. Send us the zone temperatures your machine actually runs at and we will work back to a safe loading.
Products for other industrial heating
A shortlist, not the whole catalogue.
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Tubular Heaters
Air, liquids and surfaces. Straight, U form, W form or coiled to your drawing.
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Strip Heaters
Flat and gently curved surfaces, sealing bars, platens and duct air.
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Ceramic Infrared Heaters
Radiant surface heating, thermoforming, drying and preheating.
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Cartridge Heaters
Bore mounted in moulds, platens and dies. Round, swaged, made to your length.
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Thermocouples and Temperature Sensors
Types J, K, N, T, E, R, S, B and C, plus PT100, PT500 and PT1000 RTDs, made to length.
Application notes
Tell us the problem, not the part
For one off applications the most useful enquiry describes what has to get hot, from what temperature to what temperature, how quickly, and what the element can be mounted to. The part follows from that.
Air, liquid and metal are three different specifications
The same element cannot be loaded the same way in all three. Still air is the hardest duty, flowing liquid the easiest. State the medium and whether it moves.
Replacing something that already exists
If there is an old element, its dimensions and its rating are the fastest route to a correct replacement. A photograph of the label, or the element beside a tape measure, is usually enough to start.
What to send us
An enquiry with these in it can be quoted the same day. An enquiry without them takes three phone calls first.
- What has to be heated, and what it is made of
- Start temperature, target temperature and how quickly
- The medium: still air, moving air, liquid, or metal contact
- Space available and how the element can be mounted
- Supply voltage and whether it is single or three phase
- Photograph or dimensions of any element being replaced
A photograph of the old element next to a tape measure is worth more than a paragraph of description, and a drawing is worth more than both.
Build the list instead
If you are replacing several elements at once, the list builder walks through each one, draws it as you specify it, and produces a single printable document you can send by email or on WhatsApp.
Request a quote for other industrial heating
Tell us the machine and the zone. If you are not sure which element type suits it, leave the product blank and our engineers will propose one.