Providing heating technology that impacts energy availability in remote, underdeveloped villages in Africa is a venture that Wattco, a manufacturer of custom-built electric heating solutions, has supported since 2017.

Infrared heaters are used to transfer heat through a process or to a product via radiation. They can be gas or electric. Continuous radiant emitters are supplied in one-, two- or three-row frames.

While convection and conduction heating are staples in many industries, radiation heating is less common. The advantages that radiation heating — namely, infrared heating — offers for industrial applications should not be overlooked, says one heating systems supplier. 

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When selecting a heating element, emphasis should be placed on its efficiency above all else. Various factors can determine a heating element’s effectiveness, but they can easily be overlooked.

Kanthal will sell its semiconductor capital equipment business to Yield Engineering Systems Inc. (YES) of Fremont, Calif. Kanthal will continue to produce its semiconductor and solar-related, resistance-based cassettes and heating elements.

Commonly referred to as an inline heater, circulation heaters provide a clean and efficient means to heat flowing gases or liquids. They consist of an assembly of heating elements, pressure vessel (tank), terminal housing, mounting hardware, insulation and inlet/outlet connections. 

Custom Electric Manufacturing, which was acquired by Sweden-based Kanthal in 2018, will go to market under the Kanthal brand effective Jan. 1, 2021. Headquartered in Wixom, Mich., CEM has been supplying original equipment and replacement heating elements for both electric and gas furnaces for more than 35 years.

Sandvik acquired privately owned Thermaltek Inc., a manufacturer of high temperature furnace systems and metallic heating elements based in Concord, N.C. Thermaltek operates out of a 42,000 ft² facility with approximately 30 employees.