Product Heating and Cooling Equipment

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Stainless Steel Infrared Quartz Heaters Immersion Heater Burners Aitken Products Inc. Charles A. Hones Inc. Geneva, Ohio North Amityville, N. Y.

Aitken announces a stainless steel version of their quartz infrared heater. All Aitken quartz heaters are very low maintenance, with many of the original painted models still in service after 25 years. The new models have brushed stainless surfaces to extend heater life while eliminating painting upkeep. The versatile infrared heaters can be used outdoors in public areas for comfort heating and snow melting, or indoors for spot or total heating of high bay buildings. The UL-listed quartz heaters are available in four voltages and four different wattages. Single- and double-lamp models are available.

A complete line of Buzzer immersion heater burners, which are designed to heat liquids by firing into a tube submerged in the liquid, is available from Charles A. Hones Inc. Unlike underfiring burners, this type encloses most of the flame inside the tube, increasing efficiency because only the spent products of combustion fmm the flue escape. After giving up the available BTUs to the properly sized tube, the flue products am at a lower temperature. Other advantages ate that exposed flames are minim&d, and supervision of pilot and application of temperature control are accomplished at one convenient, external location.

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Electroless Nickel Heating System E. Braude (Corrosion Control) Ltd. SurfeN U.K.

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Heat Exchanger Fluidix Inc.

Recently, Braude developed the Polaris EN unit specif- ically for use with electroless nickel solutions. The open winding of the unit prevents overheating due to hot spots caused by nickel deposition, prolonging the heater life and avoiding instability of the electroless nickel solution due to precipitation of nickel nodules. The open design also facil- itates the cleaning of the unit in acid stripping solutions. Also available are the Polaris HOS unit and the Impervio Polaris.

Mammoth Lakes, Calf.

Plating tank heat exchangers made of PFA Teflon are available from Fluidix. There is no need to remove exchangers from the bath since failed tubes can be plugged at the heads. Individual tubes are field replace- able with complete retubing at the factory. Drop-in equivalents are available in all standard sizes. The heat exchangers are also available in graphite-impregnated Teflon.

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