When
surface mounting strip heaters allowance
must be made for liner thermal expansion
of heater. A common method of allowing liner
thermal expansion is to firmly tighten the
mounting bolt on one end and alllow the
heater to expand within the confines of
the mounting bolt on the other end of strip
heater.
Care should be
taken not to overtightining/torquing the
screw and nut terminal posts as breakage
of the internal heater connections may occur.
Also connections of heater are usually made
with high temperature wire.
As with any electrically heated product,
the proper application of heater and temperature
control is the most important factor in
optimum performance, efficiency. No two
systems are alike It is extremely important
that attention has been given to the total
product or system design as well as operating
environment.
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