Open Coil Heating Elements

Iron chrome aluminum fecral.

Open coil heating elements.

Open coil heater elements are made to fit inside standard 2 or 3 schedule 40 nps pipe. Open coil heating elements from wattco are typically made for duct process heating forced air ovens and for pipe heating applications. Open coil heating elements remain one of the most popular heating elements in use today. Open coil heaters are used in tank and pipe heating and or metal tubing.

Standard air heating elements are available on the market but quit often they need to be custom built. Typically the line voltage is specified by the customer and or end user. Selection of correct wire gauge wire type and coil diameter requires experience in industrial heating. Whether utilizing nickel chrome or iron based alloys open coil heating elements provide controllable electric heat in a variety of residential commercial and industrial applications.

Elements are formed from wire strip or mesh and can take numerous shapes such as sinuous or zig zag loops or helically wound coils. In the design of a custom open coil heating element several factors need to be considered when selecting the optimum coil s for an application. Open coil heating elements are coiled resistance wire usually ni chrome or kanthal but also others fixed onto a supporting element.