When specifying a project, large or small, our design guides will help you to determine exactly which products you need. The guides will take you through each calculation, and include handy tips for reducing manufacturing costs.
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Heat Trace Design Guide
The Chromalox Heat Trace Design Guide provides support to calculate pipe heat loss, guidance to select the right type of heat trace cable and installation tips through a quick install guide
Download NowCartridge Heaters Selection, Application & Installation Guidelines
For the best description of how to heat metal parts, use the cartridge heaters selection, application and installation guidelines.
Download NowCirculation Heaters Selection Guidelines
This guideline explains the many uses for circulation heaters, including the feature for indoor or outdoor installation and weather resistance.
Download NowComfort Heating Sizing Guide
Use this handy reference guide when specifying comfort heating requirements for any indoor area.
Download NowFire Sprinkler Piping Freeze Protection Design Guide
Our fire sprinkler pipe freeze protection system is listed and approved to the latest NFPA 13, IEEE 515.1 and UL 515A Standard for installation of heating cable on wet fire sprinkler piping.
Download NowFlanged Immersion Heaters Selection Guidelines
Similar to the screw plug, the flange immersion heaters use a bent hairpin tubular element. The guidelines explain the proper applications for each heater type and element.
Download NowFlexible Heaters Selection Guideline
Flexible heaters are flexible in design and application to fit your specific needs. Use this guideline to see how.
Download NowLarge Tank Heater Selection Guidelines
By using Chromalox packaged control centers, large tank heating systems can be operated with little or no manual attention. The large tank heater selection guidelines show how to apply those heaters.
Download NowOpen Coil vs Metal Sheathed Heaters
After looking at the design construction as well as benefits or pitfalls of open coil elements vs metal sheath elements, we can see that metal sheathed elements are the better alternative in a majority of applications.
Download NowOver-the-Side Immersion Heaters Selection Guidelines
By using this guideline, you can find out how to install the over-the-side immersion heater so that the heated portion is directly immersed along the side or at the bottom of the tank.
Download NowPackaged Systems Selection Guidelines
Heat transfer systems can be categorized (grouped) by the type of fluid used in transferring the heat to the process. The guidelines help make the selection a bit easier.
Download NowProcess Air Heaters Selection Guidelines
Even though the applications may widely vary between industry and temperature, this selection guideline will help narrow down the list of process air heaters.
Download NowProcess Radiant Heaters Selection Guidelines
The process radiant heaters selection guidelines help explain the differences between the sheath materials, standard intensities, and many other details.
Download NowScrew Plug Immersion Heaters Selection Guidelines
Screw plug immersion heater use hairpin bent tubular elements brazed or welded into a screw plug. By using these guidelines, you can identify the right element to the screw plug application.
Download NowSteam Boilers Selection Guidelines
This selection guide shows how Chromalox's packaged electric boilers offer the advantage of electricity as the heat source to provide low or high pressure steam or hot water.
Download NowStrip & Ring Heaters Selection & Installation Guidelines
This guideline shows the different types of accessories and modifications that come with the strip and ring heaters.
Download NowTubular Heaters Design & Installation Guidelines
These design and installation guidelines are helpful when looking for specific details on the tubular heaters modifications, factory bending guidelines, and even accessories.
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