Mounting and fixing elements
Most of the heating elements are equipped with various mounting and fixing elements for their correct fixing at assembly into the equipment, for holding their right spacing between individual rods of an element or being engaged as supporting means preventing sagging of heating rods at long elements in the horizontal operating position.
For easy assembly into the devices, the elements are equipped with various types of flanges that can have a form of stampings or cuttings from steel or stainless steel sheets, or a form of machined steel or brass profiles of circular or hexagonal cross section. Their surfaces can be further treated by metal plating, e.g. with nickel.
The heating rods are attached to the flanges by means of pressing, soldering, capillary soldering or welding in protective atmosphere. The flanges are equipped with necessary fixing elements (nuts, washers, screws etc.). Some flanges with terminals can be closed with suitable heads that provide required degree of protection in the given operational environment.
The following brief summary presents just the most common examples of flanges. A heating element can be equipped with any suitable flange from our assortment of several tens of types, according to the customer's requirements.
- Examples of flanges made from sheet stampings
- Examples of machined flanges
- Examples of flanges made from forgings or castings