Flanged

immersion heaters

Flanged Immersion Heaters

Tubular heaters or Mighty-Blade elements are brazed or welded into a standard pipe flange. 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″, 8″, 10″, 12″ and 14″ are standard sizes. Flanged immersion heaters are used in large capacity vessels, in high pressure applications and are installed by bolting the unit to a matching flange welded to the vessel wall.

150 Ib. ASA carbon steel flange from 3″ to 14″ sizes
.475″ diameter copper, steel, stainless steel, Incoloy tubular elements, or .275″ x 1″
Incoloy Mighty-Blade elements
90, 45, 30, 22, 15, 13, 8 and 6.5 watts/square inch elements for various processes
General purpose, moisture or explosion resistant terminal enclosures
Thermowell for 3/8″ diameter thermostat bulb
Tubular element bends are repressed after forming to extend element life
Instruction Manual with wiring instructions included with each unit

Applications

Copper Sheath: Clean Water, freeze protection, hot water storage, boiler and
water heaters, cooling towers, heating of solutions not corrosive to copper
Stainless Steel Sheath: Process water, soap and detergent solutions, soluble
cutting oils, demineralized or deionized water (passivation recommended)
Incoloy Sheath: Solution water, corrosive solutions, steam super heating, air or gas
Steel Sheath: Asphalt, wax, paraffin, tar, fluid heat transfer medium, petroleum,
degreasing and solvent oils, machine oil, fuel oils, alcohol

Be certain that the sheath material and watt density selected are compatible with the material being heated and the operating temperature.

Options

Special rating or immersion length
316 stainless steel or other sheath material
Passivation
Electropolishing
300 lb. or greater ASA flange
Other material for flange
Built-in thermostat
Thermocouple attached to sheath for high-limit protection
Baffles to increase material flow velocity
Larger flange sizes
Stand-off terminal enclosure to isolate terminals and wiring from
flange in high temperature process
.625″ diameter elements to lower watt density or increase wattage
ASME Certification

 

Flange Size Standard No. of Tubular Elements Can Be Increased To: Number of Mighty-Blade Elements
3 3 6
4 6 6
5 6 12
6 12 15 15
8 18 27
10 27 36
12 36 48
14 45 60

By adding to the standard number of elements as shown, the watt density can be lowered or the wattage increased.

3″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 3 Elements
Fig 1: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 2: M7 Moisture and Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
4″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 6 Elements
Fig 3: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 4: M7 Moisture and Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
5″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 6 Elements
Fig 5: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 6: M7 Moisture and Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
6″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 12 Elements
Fig 7: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 8: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 9: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
8″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 18 Elements
Fig 10: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 11: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 12: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
10″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 27 Elements
Fig 13: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 14: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 15: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
12″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 36 Elements
Fig 16: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 17: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 18: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
14″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 45 Elements
Fig 19: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 20: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 21: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
4″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 6 Mighty-Blade Elements
Fig 22: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 23: M7 Moisture and Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure
6″ 150 lb. ASA FLANGE – 12 Mighty-Blade Elements
Fig 24: M1 General Purpose Terminal Enclosure (NEMA 1) Fig 25: M5 Moisture Resistant Terminal Enclosure
Fig 26: M6 Explosion Resistant Terminal Enclosure

 

Sheath
Material
Element
Type
Flange
Material
Watt
Density
Application
Copper Tubular Steel High
45 watts/sq.in.
Clean water, solutions not corrosive to copper
Stainless Steel Tubular Steel High
45 watts/sq.in.
Process water, detergent solutions, soluble cutting oils
Incoloy Tubular Steel and
Stainless Steel
High
45 watts/sq.in.
Solution water, potable water
Incoloy Mighty-Blade Stainless Steel High
45&90 watts/sq.in.
Clean and potable water, Solution water
Incoloy Mighty-Blade Stainless Steel Medium
30 watts/sq.in.
Cooking oil, Ethylene glycol
Incoloy Mighty-Blade Stainless Steel Medium
23 watts/sq.in.
Corrosive solutions, Heat transfer liquids, Degreasing solutions
Stainless Steel Tubular Steel Medium
22 watts/sq.in.
Mild corrosive solutions, Process air <1100°F sheath temperature
Incoloy Tubular Steel Medium
22 watts/sq.in.
Corrosive solutions, Process air <1500°F sheath temperature
Steel Tubular Steel Medium
22 watts/sq.in.
Lightweight oil, degreasing or solvent oils
Incoloy Tubular Stainless Steel Medium
15 watts/sq.in.
Severe corrosive solutions
Incoloy Mighty-Blade Stainless Steel Medium
15 watts/sq.in.
Corrosive solutions, Medium weight oil, liquid parrafin
Steel Tubular Steel Low
11&13 watts/sq.in.
Medium weight oil, fuel oil
Incoloy Mighty-Blade Stainless Steel Low
6 watts/sq.in.
Heavy weight oil, asphalt
Steel Tubular Steel Low
6.5 watts/sq.in.
Heavy weight oil, asphalt