Tubular heaters are useful for air, immersion, or radiant heating. Industrial tubular heaters are used in a wide array of applications, including in lab and medical equipment, food processing equipment, industrial process heating systems, and contact heating. An advantage of a tubular air heater or tubular grate heater is the great flexibility in size and shape.

A tubular heater can come in a variety of sheath materials and offer heating levels up to thousands of degrees. Whether you're looking for finned tubular heaters or tubular furnace heaters, find a variety of options from online suppliers:

1. Search through catalogs offering multiple varieties of tubular heaters.
2. Buy tubular gas heaters.
3. Have tubular heating custom designed to fit your business needs.
   

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Browse online listings of multiple tubular heating products

If you're looking to buy tubular heater products, compare different styles and designs before you decide on the heater that best fits your needs. Standard tubular heaters can be useful in a variety of industrial heating applications, but other variations, like finned tubular heaters, are specialized for convection heating purposes. Compare technical specifications and product information on multiple products by looking to suppliers offering a variety of tubular heaters.

I recommend: Vulcan offers both finned and standard tubular heaters. Look through their online catalog for an overview of products, technical details, and information on standard applications. Buy standard products or request a custom design. Glo-Quartz offers tubular heaters in a wide variety of styles. Choose the tubular heater model you want, then specify sheath material, voltage, and other heater options before making a purchase.

Find a supplier of tubular gas heaters

Tubular heating elements are ideal for use in space heaters. If your business needs smaller, industrial heat units, look for gas tubular heaters. Gas-powered tubular heaters are efficient heating mechanisms, great for indoor areas like warehouses, garages, or loading docks.

I recommend: Grainger sells a wide variety of industrial equipment, including tubular gas heaters. Find competitive prices on gas tubular space heaters and have your product shipped out of the stockroom as soon as you order it. DrillSpot offers a number of gas tubular heaters. Find product specifications and customer reviews so you can be certain you're ordering the right tubular heater.

Design a custom tubular heater

Tubular heaters are a versatile heat source, and can be molded and bent to fit any application your business needs. If you can't find a standard product that fits the size or shape you need, or isn't made from the right material, contact a manufacturer of custom tubular heaters.

I recommend: OEM Heaters produces tubular heaters in a wide range of lengths, voltages, currents and diameters. Choose from standard catalog items or request information for custom designed heaters. If you don't want to wait for delivery of a custom tubular heater, try the Hotflex tubular heater from Hotset. The Hotflex can be manually bent in all three dimensions, saving you the time it takes to have a third party custom manufacture a custom tubular heater.

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Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Shop around when purchasing a custom tubular heater. A number of manufacturers offer custom heater products, so request information from multiple businesses so you can find the best deal before making a choice.