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Replacement idea for glass heaters in EN bath?

Dear sir,
I am facing a problem in maintaining glass heaters for 850 liters electroless nickel bath.Kindly tell an alternate heating method to replace glass heaters.

R.Gowtham
exports - Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
2006

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First of two simultaneous responses --

One alternative would be teflon heaters. They are not cheap, but would last you a long time.

Mark Baker
process engineer - Malone, New York
2006

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Second of two simultaneous responses --

Dear R.Gowtham,

You can safely replace glass heaters with 316 stainless steel heaters.

Sridhar Bushigampala
- Toronto, ON, Canada
2006

Titanium is also good, durable and not too expensive.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2006

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Dear Gowtham,

I agree with Guillermo. For electroless plating (acidic bath and high temperature) titanium heaters are more durable. However, they are bit expensive compared to stainless steel heaters.

T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan
- Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
(ed.note Nov. 2017: The good doctor has a fascinating blog at https://advancementinscience.wordpress.com)
2006

Depending on your needs, facility, and budget, you could run a Heat exchanger in the solution filtration loop, with boiler supplied steam and a heat exchanger with temperature control/solenoid to maintain temperature...

Adam Drew
- Brooklyn, New York
2006

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hai! gautham,
I can understand your problem because I also face the same.
any kind of heater you may use, but use s.s.tank.then use one rectifier apply 2-5 volts.tank should be cathode and put small s.s.rod.it should act as anode.rod should not touch tank.it should immerse only 5% area into the tank.
Please try this suggestion. You will get good result.
good luck

P.karthikeyan
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2006