FIREBAR® Single/Double-Ended Heaters
FIREBAR® heating elements provide added heating performance over standard round tubular heating elements—especially for industrial immersion heater applications in petroleum based liquids requiring high kilowatts.
The FIREBAR's unique flat surface geometry packs more power in shorter elements and assemblies, along with a host of other performance improvements. These include:
- Minimizing coking and fluid degrading
- Enhancing the flow of fluid past the element's surface to carry heat from the sheath
- Improving heat transfer with a significantly larger boundary layer allowing much more liquid to flow up and across the sheath's surface
FIREBAR industrial immersion heaters are available in single- and double-ended constructions with one inch or 5⁄8 inch heights. These two configuration variables make it possible to use FIREBAR elements instead of round tubular elements in virtually all applications.
FINBAR™ is a special version of the one inch, single-ended FIREBAR. FINBAR is specially modified with fins to further increase surface area for air and gas heating applications.
Specifications:
| Material |
Maximum Operating Temperatures |
Maximum Watt Densities |
| °F |
°C |
W/in2 |
W/cm2 |
| Incoloy® |
1400 |
760 |
60 |
9.3 |
| 304 stainless steel |
1200 |
650 |
60 |
9.3 |
- Double-Ended: Watt densities up to 120 W/in2 (18.6 W/cm2)
- Single-ended: Watt densities up to 60W/in2 (9.3 W/cm2)
- Incoloy® sheath temperatures up to 1400°F (760°C)
- 304 stainless steel sheath temperatures up to 1200°F (650°C)
- Voltages to 240VAC
- Amperages up to 48 amperes per heater or 16 amperes per coil
Applications:
- Restaurant and food processing equipment
- Food warming
- Food preparation
- Tank and platen heating
- High-temperature resins
Features & Benefits:
| Features |
Benefits |
| Greater surface area per linear inch compared to round tubular heater |
- Reduces watt density or packs more kilowatts in smaller bundles
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| Compacted MgO insulation |
- Maximizes thermal conductivity and dielectric strength
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| Nickel-chromium resistance wires |
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| 0.040 in. (1 mm) thick MgO walls |
- Transfers heat more efficiently away from the resistance wire to the sheath and media
- Conducts heat out of the element faster
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| Three resistance coil design (double-ended only) |
- Configurable to either one- or three-phase power
- Readily adapts to a variety of electrical sources and wattages outputs
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| Slotted end (single-ended only) |
- Provides installation ease in clamp-on applications
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| Lavacone seals |
- Provides protection against humid storage, moisture retardant to 221°F (105°C)
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FIREBAR Tubular Heaters
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FIREBAR Tubular Heaters
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FIREBAR Single/Double Ended Heaters
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FIREBAR Tubular Heaters
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