Plate Heat Exchanger - Hygienic Frame
HRS Hygienic Plate Heat Exchangers are manufactured from either AISI 304 or 316 stainless steel, glass bead blasted end plates and features stainless steel AISI 304 tie bolts, upper and lower guide bars and frames to ensure germ free operation. The range incorporates pressed, herring bone patterned heat transfer plates, which are mounted in an alternate inverse formation to create two channels, one for each fluid. Where the pressings intersect a large number of points of support are created which leads to a high level of turbulence and subsequently excellent heat transfer properties.
Glueless clip type gaskets are used on these heat exchangers to reduce operational downtime by allowing for easy servicing and maintenance. Each gasket has a number of two-pronged clips that slide beneath the plate to hold the gasket securely in the gasket groove. These clips are placed at regular intervals around the edges of the plates so that when the unit is assembled and tightened, the gasket provides a complete and secure seal. The gaskets are arranged so that the two fluids are directed into the alternate channels created by the plates. There is a double seal arrangement around the two points, which ensures that if fluid leaks it passes through the interspace and then directly to the atmosphere, thereby avoiding cross contamination of the two fluids.
All HRS Hygienic Plate Heat Exchangers are computer-designed in-house and are calculated to obtain the correct thermal length for the heat transfer duty required, within specific parameters. Two types of thermal length plates, high and low theta, are available so that unit sizes can be optimised across a spectrum of duties. By mixing the two types of theta plate, the most cost-effective solution can be provided. These stainless steel framed hygienic plate heat exchangers are also of a very flexible design so that multi-section units consisting of two or more plate packs separated by intermediate pressure plates or C-plates are possible.
Typical Application:
Heating and cooling for the food, drink, dairy and pharmaceutical / biotechnology industries; pasteurising / sterilising for the food and drink industries.
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