Datasheet

30 Kanthal Appliance Alloys Handbook
Typical applications
Supported Elements
Liquid heating, storage heaters.
Most common design consists of round ceramic bodies with longitudinal holes or grooves
for heating coil. Elements are often in metallic tube with terminals at one end.
Often provisions are made to avoid excessive sagging of the coil when the element is
operating vertically.
KANTHAL A or D for horizontally operating coils.
NIKROTHAL 80 (usually) for long vertically situated coils when sagging is a problem.
Wire:
3-6 W/cm
2
20-40 W/in
2
Element:
2-5 W/cm
2
13-32 W/in
2
Characteristics
Recommended alloy
Surface load
Ceramic Cartridge Elements