Industries such as shrink fitting, plastics and welding, drying, laminating, sealing, packaging and automotive industries use air heaters to heat, dry and reduce atmospheric humidity. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Backer Hotwatt, Inc.
Danvers, MA | 978-777-0070Backer Hotwatt is a superior designer & manufacturer of electric heaters and related heater accessories for various OEM & industrial applications.
Ulanet™
Bristol, CT | 860-582-6776For more than 70 years, Ulanet™ has been engineering and manufacturing electric heaters, cartridge heaters, immersion heaters, tubular heaters, miniature strip heaters and bolt hole heaters, as well as industrial heaters and appliance thermostats.
Backer Marathon, Inc.
Del Rio, TX | 830-775-1417Backer Marathon is your premier manufacturer of electric heaters and a wide range of other heating components. Our inventory includes cartridge heaters, band heaters, coil heaters, and more. We have thousands of standard electric heater models, and our engineers are capable if designing a custom heater for more complex specifications. No matter what component you require, Backer Marathon is committed to finding a solution.
Radiant Electric Heat, Inc.
Bedford, OH | 800-774-4450Radiant Electric Heat is a manufacturer and supplier of medium density, low temperature electric radiant ceramic panel heaters for residential, commercial and office settings. Our infrared products are also being used in many industrial process heating applications. We offer over 50 years of proven performance from our radiant electric heaters.
Solaronics, Inc.
Auburn Hills, MI | 800-223-5335Solaronics’ quality electric heaters offer complete solutions for industrial, recreational & commercial buildings. For more than 60 years, Solaronics, a leading heater manufacturer & OEM supplier, has offered heaters that are preferred by architects, engineers, HVAC contractors & building owners when constructing or renovating. Choose from tube heaters, radiant gas heaters, outdoor heaters & more.
These kinds of heaters are used not only in industrial settings but also in homes as furnaces or as portable air heaters placed in a single room. Air heaters can also be found as components of climate control systems in offices, institutions, stores and in many other contexts.
Air heaters work by two different methods: gravity and forced air. With the gravitational method, cool air enters the heaters through the cold air ducts. As the cool air passes through the heating elements, the air warms and then rises from the heater through a large supply duct. The cool air re-enters the furnace through the cold supply ducts; and all the while the weight difference between the cool and warm air keeps the air circulating.
With the forced air method, warm air is forced through a supply duct by a blower; it enters the room through registers or diffusers and then returns via a cold air duct to the heater, where it is filtered of dust and dirt particles, reheated and recirculated. Both methods require heating elements such as coils or wires to warm the air.
A cost effective solution to electric air heaters are solar powered air heaters. Solar heaters are panels that are placed on roofs, walls or windows; they are heated by solar radiation and disperse the heated air through the ducts. A blower placed in the room circulates the air, while a damper keeps the room air from flowing back into the panel. Solar air heaters, aside from the initial installation cost, are very cost effective in the long run because they run on solar energy.