Tubular electric heating elements can be manufactured to virtually any shape, and terminated to meet customer requirements. The addition of brackets, enclosures and other special requirements are available upon request. Tubular elements are used in a wide variety of application and products used to heat air, liquid and surfaces.

 

Applications

 

Tubular heaters are versatile heating elements. They can be used to conduct heat directly or through the air, and they can even be used as immersion heaters. Because of their versatility, tubular heaters can be found throughout industry, commerce, and in consumer products contexts. Tubular heaters are also sometimes referred to as coil heaters, though not all coil heaters are tubular.

 

Tubular heating coils can be found in consumer, commercial, and industrial ovens and dryers, in dishwashers, in space heaters, and in a wide variety of other equipment and appliances. They are sometimes coated with ceramic insulation to improve heat generation capacity and to protect the heating element from hazards. Tubular heating elements are usually constructed of an inner conductive material and protective sheathing. Some of these materials include nickel, steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and other electrically and thermally conductive metals.