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Industrial Heat, Sensors and Controls

WATTAGE REQUIREMENTS

Calculating heat requirements can be a complicated process.  Some of the factors to consider are:

• Type(s) of material(s) you're heating (both container, and object)
• Final temperature desired
• Ambient temperature
• Rate of heat increase
• Type of voltage
• and many other variables

Instrumentors Supply Inc will be happy to help you design a heat/process solution, unique to your situation.

If you're comfortable with doing heat calculations, Watlow Electric has an excellent guide to calculating wattage requirements for many different applications. Here is a LINK to an Adobe PDF file which offers a detailed guide to calculating wattage and choosing the appropriate heaters.
 

You can find the free Adobe reader here.

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