Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers

(Gasketed) Plate Heat Exchangers

FARAD S.A.’s gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers (PHEs) are a versatile range of heat exchangers designed for a wide variety of industries and applications, including heating, cooling, condensation, and evaporation. Engineered for flexibility, our PHEs can be optimally configured to meet current requirements, expanded for future growth, and easily adjusted to accommodate changing capacity demands. FARAD also specialises in custom-designed gasketed plate heat exchangers that serve as direct replacements for all OEM models. Through precise reverse engineering, we manufacture each unit to exact specifications, ensuring original nameplate performance while maintaining the highest standards of quality and reliability. Backed by extensive industry knowledge, technical expertise, and dependable availability, FARAD provides customers with complete confidence that every part will meet their exact requirements with exceptional precision and performance.

Advantages

• Compact design requires less space than shell & tube
• Large heat exchange surface area
• Expandable solution as they allow increase of heat transfer simply by adding more plates
• Controlled temperature even in small differences
• Avoid cross contamination by special features which guarantee prevention of mixing the two process fluids
• PHE’s require less volume flow, which means less costs in terms of space, piping and pumps
• Less fouling due to higher turbulence
• Easy and effortless maintenance with no extra space required for dismantling
• Specifically designed efficient fluid distribution with corrugation pattern ensuring the highest overall heat transfer rate
• Durable gaskets with ergonomic design for easy maintenance.

Application

The PHE’s line of Heat Exchangers by Farad, covers the majority of applications with a significant range of capacities. They are suitable for cooling and heating for a series of industries like marine, industrial, chemical processing, petrochemical, HVAC, power, pharmaceutical or food industry applications and more.

Materials

Materials of all PHE’s components are selected to meet the requirements of optimized performance and prolonged lifetime. Stainless steel is used for standard operations, whereas when sea water is involved Titanium is selected for advanced resistance to corrosion.

Quality

FARAD products comply with respective directives of Plate Heat Exchangers and are assured by our third – party approved quality system. For marine installations the heat exchanger is approved by your preferred classification society. All major classification society approvals are available. As an original EU-based manufacturer, CE marking is available.

Selection guide

Exploded view of Plate heat exchanger example

Design data

Service

Maintenance of gasketed PHE’s equipment is considered a key factor for their lifetime. Both proactive and reactive approaches are being held by FARAD’s experienced technical personnel, depending on customer needs. Proactive maintenance utilizes monitoring accessories either standard or optional such as back-flush valves or filters. FARAD’s qualified personnel besides maintenance can additionally advise further for gasketed PHE’s performance and provide strategies for achieving excellent performance through material upgrades, plate pack extensions and more.

Accessories

Delivery

2-4 week upon order receipt and drawing approval – confirmation.

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