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An entrepreneur opening a portable food service business required a band heater solution that could wrap around his custom kettle and keep the soup at the proper temperature.

This article identifies different types of heating elements and highlights different considerations when determining the correct heater solution.

At TUTCO, we don’t want to be just a vendor but an integral part of our customer’s teams. Working with us allows customers to receive products and services tailored to their specific needs.

SCFM is an acronym for Standard Cubic Feet per Minute. Whether it is supplied by a fan, blower, or compressed air line, the volumetric air flow rate is simply stating the volume of air passing through over a given unit of time.

Typical heaters won’t fare well in a moist environment. They’re not built to withstand water or other liquids. The standard seal on most heaters is porous, and most high-temperature lead wire insulation may actually wick moisture into a heater.

The Flat Bar Tubular Heaters are one of the newest product lines for the TUTCO Conductive Group but are undoubtedly among the most versatile.

Since heaters usually play an integral role within the application, any failure can rapidly expand to a major issue or shutdown. Many of these disasters can be avoided by increasing the mean time between failures!