AIRTECH ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS

AIRTECH
ALUMINUM
HEAT
EXCHANGERS
...world leaders in heat transfer technology
Airtech Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers
API Heat Transfer is a leader in the design and manufacture
of aluminum air-cooled heat exchangers for a wide variety of
industries. We provide solutions for both air-to-air and air-to-liquid
applications with either a pre-engineered standard assembly or
more often a custom design tailored specifically to the needs of
our customers.
Airtech Advantages
Meeting your highest
expectations with
innovative, reliable,
cost-effective
air-cooled solutions.
Whether you need a
standard or custom design,
you can get exactly what
you need for your heat
exchanger applications
from API Heat Transfer.
Our all-aluminum construction
provides superior heat
transfer in a cost-effective,
compact, light-weight cooler
that minimizes space and
lowers operating costs.
The vacuum brazing process
allows the use of higher
strength materials and
results in a ruggedly bonded
unitary core, assuring
trouble-free operation even
under the most challenging
operating conditions.
API Heat Transfer offers a
wide selection of process and
ambient air fin geometries to
maximize heat transfer while
minimizing pressure drop.
Multiple sections can be
brazed into a single core and
manifolded separately to
minimize space consumed in
our customers’ package.
Flexible Bar & Plate construction
allows an infinite number of
core configurations and sizes to custom design a solution specifically
to your exact requirements with minimal or no tooling costs.
Our aluminum Tube & Header radiators
provide a proven cost-effective design for
engine cooling. Radiators can be supplied
in a wide variety of tube lengths,
core heights and depths, and
external fin geometries.
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Sales & Service
Offering a distinct combination of experience, knowledge and
commitment, our team of engineers will design an air-cooled heat
transfer solution to meet your performance requirements, space
constraints and budget.
With sales and engineering support located in the US, Europe, and
China, API Heat Transfer is positioned to support your air-cooled
heat exchanger needs on a global basis.
We have earned a reputation
for delivering innovative
solutions to challenging heat
transfer requirements in a
cost-effective manner.
Typical
Applications:
Charge Air Coolers
Radiators
Hydraulic Oil Coolers
API Airtech facilities
Arcade, New York
Engine Oil Coolers
Transmission
Oil Coolers
API Suzhou facilities
Suzhou, China
Engine Intercoolers
Lube Oil Coolers
Product Developments
to Meet Future Needs
We have a team of engineers
API Schmidt-Bretten facilities
Bretten, Germany
dedicated to designing
products and developing
technologies to address the market’s current and future needs.
Increased performance. Decreased costs. More cost-effective
designs. Novel technologies. Improved manufacturing systems.
Faster delivery.
Diesel Fuel Coolers
Jacket Water Coolers
Bearing Oil Coolers
Compressor Intercoolers
Compressor Aftercoolers
Compressor Oil Coolers
Blower Discharge
Refrigerant Air Dryers
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Industrial Applications
API Heat Transfer has a long history of service to the
compressor market. Our Airtech brazed aluminum
Bar & Plate heat exchangers have proven to be a
reliable cooling solution for both portable and
stationary compressors.
Markets Served
Include:
Portable Compressors
Stationary Compressors
Oil Free Compressors
Machine tools require reliable cooling of their
hydraulics systems. API Heat Transfer offers custom
coolers as well as a complete line of standard preengineered fan-cooled assemblies with a variety of
connection, motor, fan and mounting options.
Our patented PCR® heat
exchanger has become
the industry standard for
refrigerant air dryers. This
3-in-1 design offers energy
saving heat recovery between
the incoming and outgoing
air streams, an efficient
refrigerant cooling section
and integrated moisture
separation all in a single,
compact, cost-effective
package.
Refrigerant Air Dryers
Skiers love snow and
when mother nature
doesn’t cooperate,
API Heat Transfer can
assist with custom
designed air-cooled
packages to produce
man-made snow.
Fluid Power
Gen Sets
Snow Making
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Mobile Vehicle Applications
Our Airtech Bar & Plate heat exchanger is ideally suited for
the rigorous requirements of the off-highway and on-highway
markets. API Heat Transfer offers this all-aluminum design in a
variety of high efficiency fins to best match the process conditions
and ambient environment. Our internal fins are produced on
state-of-the-art machines that can consistently create the exact fin
profile needed for superior heat transfer resulting in a compact,
light weight cooler. Our external fins are designed to effectively
handle a range of ambient conditions to minimize fouling and
allow for easy cleaning of the cooler.
Airtech units can be designed as single stand alone coolers, or as
combi-coolers where multiple sections are assembled and brazed
into a single unit resulting in less space consumed in the engine
compartment. Oil Coolers can be manufactured as single or
multi-pass. CAC’s are designed with
custom tanks to fit the specific
requirements of our customers.
API Heat Transfer also designs
and manufactures vacuum brazed
aluminum Tube & Header radiators.
Together with our Bar & Plate Oil
Coolers and CAC’s, we can design
a complete, cost-effective cooling
package.
Finally, for your remote
hydraulic oil cooling
requirements, API Heat
Transfer offers a complete
line of standard fan-cooled
units with DC motors.
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Markets Served
Include:
Agriculture
Construction
Forestry
Mining
Material Handling
Trucks
Busses
Rail
RV’s
Military
Manufacturing Excellence
API Heat Transfer’s brazed aluminum heat exchangers
are manufactured in two modern facilities. API Airtech
began operations in 1986 and moved into its current
location in Arcade, New York in 1997. This ISO Certified
state-of-the-art facility includes 80,000 sq. ft. of
manufacturing space and is the global center for
engineering and product design.
Our second facility is located in the Suzhou Industrial
Park in the Jiangsu Province of China. API Heat Transfer
(Suzhou) Co., Ltd. began operations in 2004 and was quickly
expanded in 2006 to more than double in size to its current
82,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space.
Both facilities utilize the most modern equipment
available, operated by a highly trained and dedicated
work force. Both incorporate comprehensive quality
control processes to ensure that our Airtech aluminum
heat exchangers are the finest vacuum brazed Bar & Plate
and Tube & Header products available in the market.
Precision Components
Specialized high-speed internal and external fin making equipment produce highly efficient heat transfer fins
with outstanding dimensional stability. Complete in-house sheet metal fabrication capabilities allow a wide
variety of custom headers and shrouds to meet our customers’ specific needs.
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Quality Brazed-In
Vacuum Brazing
Fully automated vacuum braze furnaces built to API Heat Transfer’s
specifications fuse assembled cores into a vibration-resistance,
stress-resistant, pressure-tight unit for maximum reliability.
Robotic Welding
Automated robotic welding machines are used for higher volume
coolers to ensure welding integrity at higher throughputs while
offering savings to our customers.
Powder Coat Finish
When coolers are completed, a durable epoxy
coating is applied to protect against adverse
environmental conditions. This highly adherent
powder coating results in an attractive uniform
appearance that minimizes dirt collection and fouling
of the heat transfer surfaces.
Excellence Through Quality
Our products are designed, manufactured and tested
to perform under your most exacting requirements.
And to be sure that they do, we subject them to ours.
With ISO-9001 as our cornerstone, we have built
a comprehensive program of quality control which
assures reliable performance of our products for your
application. All of our employees are trained in the
principles of Total Quality. At every production step,
from fabrication of components to final pneumatic
pressure testing, we make sure every unit conforms
to the most exacting quality standards.
At API Heat Transfer, we see quality as a means
of fulfilling a commitment to you, the customer.
We relentlessly challenge our own quality through
continuous improvement programs and strive to
always offer you something better for your heat
exchanger needs.
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Other Products Available from API Heat Transfer
API Heat Transfer Inc.
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700
www.apiheattransfer.com
Divisions:
API Airtech ISO-9001 Certified
Air Cooled Aluminum Heat Exchangers
Type 500 Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Hubbed Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
General purpose exchangers designed to cool
oil, compressed air and other industrial fluids.
A variety of constructions, port configurations
and materials are available. ASME and TEMA-C
available. Diameters from 3” (7.62 cm) to
12” (30.48 cm).
Straight or U-tube, fixed or removable tubesheet
general purpose exchangers designed to cool
oil, water, compressed air and other industrial
fluids. A variety of port configurations and
materials are available. Diameters from
3” (7.62 cm) to 12” (30.48 cm).
TEMA Shell and Tube
Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers
A wide variety of TEMA types are available
using pre-engineered or custom designs in
various sizes and materials. Shell diameters
from 6’’ (15.24 cm) to 60’’ (152.4 cm), ASME,
TEMA, API, ABS, TUV, PED and other code
constructions available.
Off-the-shelf, standard units reflect the latest in
plate heat exchanger technology for maximum
performance and low cost. Ideal for OEM or
aftermarket applications. Many models stocked
and ready to ship. Models for process or
refrigeration applications.
Extended Surface
Welded Plate Heat Exchangers
Unique, patented plate-fin design for centrifugal
or axial compressor intercooler and aftercooler
applications with minimal pressure loss. Design
eliminates external separators. ASME code
design is standard. Diameters from 20” (50.8
cm) to 120” (304.8 cm).
Fully welded and require no gaskets. Available
in all 316SS construction, titanium and other
higher alloy materials. These units have a
design temperature of 750°F and can handle
operating pressures as high as 360 psi with an
ASME Code stamp.
Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers
Genuine Manufactured Parts
The Schmidt line of gasketed plate & frame
heat exchangers provide excellent heat transfer
in a compact space. Plates are pressed from
stainless steel, titanium and other alloys.
Gaskets of nitrile, EPDM, Viton®, compressed
fiber and Teflon® are used. Capacities range
from 0.5 to 10,000 GPM.
Contact API Heat Transfer to order all of
your replacement parts. Only genuine parts
manufactured to the original specifications
of your heat exchanger will ensure proper
performance. Many items such as gaskets,
bonnets, and PHE thermal plates are available
from stock.
91 North Street • P.O. Box 68
Arcade, New York 14009-0068
(585) 496-5755 • Fax: (585) 496-5776
API Basco ISO-9001 Certified
Basco®/Whitlock® Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700 • Fax: (716) 684-2129
API Schmidt-Bretten Americas
Plate Heat Exchangers and Thermal Systems
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700 • Fax: (716) 684-2129
API Schmidt-Bretten GmbH & Co. KG
ISO-9001 Certified
Plate Heat Exchangers and Thermal Systems
Langenmorgen 4
D-75015 Bretten, Germany
(49)725253-0 • Fax: (49)725253-200
API Heat Transfer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Air Cooled Aluminum Heat Exchangers
Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Plate Heat Exchangers
156 Qingqiu Street, 3rd District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou, Jiangsu 215126 China
(86)512-88168000 • Fax: (86)512-88168003
Contact your local API Sales Representative
or API Heat Transfer directly
toll-free: 1-877-API-HEAT
e-mail: [email protected]
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