Finned Tubular Heaters

Finned tubular heaters take the same sheathed tubular element used in our standard Process & Tubular Heaters and add fins along the heated length — typically steel or aluminium fins, spirally wound and brazed or welded to the sheath. The fins substantially increase the surface area in contact with moving air or gas, which improves heat transfer efficiency and allows a lower sheath temperature for a given heat output.

This makes finned tubular elements well suited to any application where air or gas is forced across the heater, rather than where the heater is in direct contact with a solid or liquid load.