Ormandy design and manufacture a comprehensive range of plate heat exchangers including gasketed, brazed and fully packaged units. With several of our frame designs supplied from stock components, Ormandy are able to meet rapid delivery requirements. Our design office ensures that each exchanger is selected to optimise performance based on the rating, temperatures and pressure drop criteria.
Advantages of Plate Heat Exchangers
- High heat transfer coefficients, ensuring the designed surface area is kept to a minimum
- Compact design, saving on plantroom space requirements
- Ease of maintenance
- Exchanger outputs can be increased by adding additional plates
- Exchangers can achieve high cross over temperature profiles
- Low standing losses in comparison with other exchanger types
Materials of Construction
Plates
- Austenitic stainless steel 304L
- Austenitic stainless steel 316L
- Titanium
Frames
- Mild steel (BS1501-151-430A), painted one coat primer and two coats epoxy
Gaskets
- EPDM
- Non Asbestos
- NBR
- Silicon
- Viton
- Butyl
