Flexible ceramic pad heaters

Our flexible ceramic pad heaters, or FCP’s, are manufactured using high grade nickel chrome (NiCr) 80/20 19 strand wire, and insulated using sintered alumina oxide beads, giving flexibility and increased high heat transfer capability. The choice of either camlock or dinse connector is used to terminate each tail.

Each cold tail is constructed from low resistance multi-strand 212 nickel and butt welded to the heater core wire as standard, eliminating junction failure often seen in lower quality heaters and giving complete reliability and trouble-free on-site service. For enhanced ease and end user safety, a white marker bead is used to indicate the start of the cold tail.

The FCP heater has a working temperature capability of up to 1050°c, although this can be increased if required, as many of our heaters can be manufactured using a higher temperature core wire upon request.

Designed for pre and post weld heat treatments, our range of ceramic pad heaters will function efficiently whether they are used as a curved or flat application and are available in an extensive list of sizes with voltages ranging from 30 volts through to 255 volts.

If you require any special heating configuration, voltage or power rating, we can provide you with a heating element custom built to meet your exact needs.

Heater is flexible across dimension ‘A’
When ordering or requesting information, please state dimension ‘A’ first
Most sizes of our standard 30, 60 and 80V ceramic pad heater range are available in a spreader mat version. When enquiring or ordering please use the prefix ‘S’ against the appropriate ceramic pad heater reference number, for example – ART S 0171.

Our standard size ceramic pad heaters are listed below, however, for our full range and size listings please download our catalogue.

reference number	# of beads A	# of beads B	size in mm A	size in mm B
ART 0133	3	32	75	670
ART 0136	4	24	100	505
ART 0143	6	16	150	335
ART 0148	8	12	200	250
ART 0152	10	10	255	210
ART 0156	12	8	305	165
ART 0162	15	7	380	145
ART 0163	16	6	405	125
ART 0171	21	5	535	105
ART 0177	24	4	610	85
ART 0189	48	2	1220	40