Plate Heat Exchangers

A plate heat exchanger is a type of heat exchanger that uses metal plates to transfer heat between two fluids. This has a major advantage over a conventional heat exchanger in that the fluids are exposed to a much larger surface area because the fluids spread out over the plates. This facilitates the transfer of heat, and greatly increases the speed of the temperature change. Plate heat exchangers are now common and very small brazed versions are used in the hot-water sections of millions of combination boilers.

Plate Heat Exchangers have a high heat transfer rate compared to other types of heat exchangers due to their large surface area. They are composed of a number of thin metal plates compressed together into a ‘plate pack’ by two pressure plates. Within a plate heat exchanger, the fluid paths alternate between plates allowing the two fluids to interact, but not mix, several times in a small area. Each plate is corrugated to increase the surface area and maximize heat transfer. Plate Heat Exchangers have a number of applications in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, chemical, power, industrial dairy, and food & beverage industry.

We can supply complete unit of plate heat exchanger as customers required

Gasket Supply

We stock gaskets for the most common models of Plate Heat Exchanger brands such as Alfa Laval, APV, Tranter, SWEP, GEA etc in our climate controlled store to ensure maximum viability of our gasket stocks to deliver the best results.

Plate Supply

We also supply reconditioned and new plates for Alfa Laval, APV, Tranter, SWEP, GEA, and other popular brands of Plate Heat Exchangers. Our global network of affiliates will ensure that we can source and deliver your plates to you to minimize your down-time should you be faced with plate failure.