Datasheet

Kanthal Appliance Alloys Handbook 33
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Typical applications
Supported Elements
Boiling plates with ceramic hobs (glass top hot plates).
Heating coil rests on moulded ceramic fibre plate, with or without grooves. Coils are
cemented or stapled at intervals, or pressed into ribs on this surface.
Thin wide strip, normally in corrugated shape, is more and more common as an
alternative to coiled wire. Ribbon has also been used.
KANTHAL AE or AF.
Wire:
<10 W/cm
2
< 65 W/in
2
Ribbon:
4-6 W/cm
2
25-40 W/in
2
Characteristics
Recommended alloy
Surface load
Elements on moulded ceramic fibre