Element type/ Element design | Best alloys in general |
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Embedded elements | |
Cartridge elements, Powder filled | |
Coils in grooves | |
Elements in ceramics | |
Heating cables- Rope heaters |
Kanthal® D (wire) |
Metal sheeted tubular | |
Mica elements |
Kanthal® D (wire), Kanthal® D (ribbon) |
Supported elements | |
Ceramic cartridge heaters | |
Molded ceramic heaters | |
Other ceramic elements | |
Quartz tube heater | |
Suspended elements | |
Bead insulated coils | |
Coils immersed in water | |
Open Mica |
Kanthal® D (wire), Kanthal® D (ribbon) |
String elements | |
Suspended coils | |
Suspended straight wires | |
Zig- Zag | Kanthal® D (wire), Kanhtal® D (ribbon) Niktrothal® 40 (wire), Nikrothal® 40 (ribbon) |