Straight Tube, Fixed tubesheet with removable channel or bonnet or integral channel with removable cover.
Can meet all TEMA classes as well as ASME Section VIII Div 1 and ASME Section III N stamp for Nuclear. Other codes available.
Fully customizable. Variety of sizes, tube diameters and materials available.
Applications: For heating or cooling oil, water and chemical process fluids.
Advantages:
Tube side accessible for cleaning and inspection.
No packed joints
Tube side fluids only exposed to gaskets, therefore, volatile or toxic fluids possible on shell side.
Limitations:
No provision for differential expansion, unless an expansion joint is used..
Shell side cannot be mechanically cleaned.