Titanium Immersion Heater

钛管加热器

Titanium-sheathed tubular element for plating, pickling, anodizing and chloride-bearing tanks where stainless steel pits. Formed to your tank geometry; also supplied as unheated titanium tube for steam heating and liquid cooling.

Max medium temperature: 212 °F(100 °C)
Power range: 0.5 – 12 kW
Voltage: 220 / 380 V, 50 Hz
Sheath material: titanium
Medium: Acid, Water
Mounting: Bracket, Flange, Free-standing
Tube diameter: 0.472–0.63 in
Watt density guidance: ≤ 3 W/cm² (19 W/in²) in aqueous solution

Lead time: 20–32 days
MOQ: 5 units
Pricing: On application

Design notes

Weak acid and weak alkali service to 100 °C

Titanium's usefulness in a plating shop comes from a passive oxide film that reforms the instant it is damaged. That film shrugs off chlorides, weak acids and weak alkalis at concentrations that would pit 316 stainless within weeks, which makes titanium the default sheath for anodizing, nickel plating, chromate and many pickling tanks.

The practical ceiling is around 100 °C in solution. Above that, and in a few specific chemistries — hydrofluoric acid and hot concentrated reducing acids in particular — titanium loses its advantage and PTFE cladding becomes the correct answer instead.

The same tube is supplied unheated as a cooling coil or steam heating coil. Plating lines frequently need both in the same tank — heat to reach the bath temperature, then cooling to hold it once the rectifier load builds — and running both duties in titanium avoids introducing a second metal into the bath.

Features

Grade 2 titanium sheath — self-repairing passive oxide film
Weak acid and weak alkali service to 100 °C
JGS4, JGS1 and custom bend forms to your tank layout
Also supplied unheated as a steam heating or liquid cooling coil
PTFE-clad terminal option where splash reaches the cold ends

Typical applications

Electroplating and anodizing tanks
Pickling and passivation lines
Chromate and phosphate conversion baths
Rinse-water and DI-water heating
Seawater and chloride-bearing process water

North American build options

Voltage: 120 / 208 / 240 / 277 / 480 / 600 V @ 60 Hz
Threads: NPT or BSP cut to order
Flanges: ANSI B16.5 150# / 300#
Drawings: Issued in inches on request

These are build options, not stock items — the catalog part numbers above are 50 Hz with metric fine threads. State what you need on the RFQ.

Part numbers & dimensions

7 catalog part numbers in the JGS-Ti series

Part number	Voltage	Power	Notes
JGS-Ti-220/1.0	220 V	1 kW	L-form, bracket mount
JGS-Ti-220/2.0	220 V	2 kW	L-form, bracket mount
JGS-Ti-220/3.0	220 V	3 kW	U-form, bracket mount
JGS-Ti-380/4.5	380 V	4.5 kW	U-form, bracket mount
JGS-Ti-380/6.0	380 V	6 kW	Triple-U, bracket mount
JGS-Ti-380/9.0	380 V	9 kW	Triple-U, flange mount
JGS-Ti-C-000	—	—	Unheated titanium coil — steam heating or cooling, to drawing

Titanium work is made to the tank. Send the internal tank dimensions, the solution and its concentration, the operating temperature and how the element will be supported, and we will form it to fit.

Minimum order quantity for this series is 5 units. Dimensions switch between millimetres and inches with the unit toggle in the header.

Full specification

Sheath material: Grade 2 titanium
Max. medium temperature: 100 °C
Chemistry: Weak acid, weak alkali, chloride-bearing solutions
Not suitable for: Hydrofluoric acid; hot concentrated reducing acids
Standard forms: JGS4, JGS1 and custom
Voltage: 220 V or 380 V, 50 Hz
Power range: 0.5 – 12 kW per element
Unheated variant: Titanium coil for steam heating or liquid cooling

Questions engineers ask

Titanium or PTFE — which does my plating tank need?

Titanium if the bath is a weak acid, weak alkali or chloride-bearing solution running at or below 100 °C; it conducts well, takes a normal watt density and lasts. PTFE if the chemistry is a strong acid or alkali that eats titanium, accepting a 80 °C ceiling and a much lower watt density in exchange for near-total chemical inertness. If the bath contains hydrofluoric acid, it is PTFE — titanium has no useful resistance to HF.

Can the same titanium element heat and cool?

Not the same element, but the same material. A heated titanium element brings the bath up, and an unheated titanium coil carrying chilled water holds it down once the rectifier load starts adding heat. Running both duties in titanium keeps a second metal out of the bath, which matters in plating chemistry where dissolved metal contaminates the deposit.

How should a titanium element be supported in the tank?

On PTFE or polypropylene brackets, never on a dissimilar metal in contact with the solution — a galvanic couple in a conductive bath will corrode the less noble partner. Position the element so drag-out and evaporation cannot expose the heated zone, and keep the terminals well clear of the splash line.

Watt-density figures and temperature limits on this page are design guidance, not warranties. The safe value for your installation depends on the medium, its flow and how the element is mounted — which is why we ask for the duty rather than only the part number.

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