Sustainable heating technology

Electrification of heating processes is a key enabler for a fossil-free industry. We are experts in industrial sustainable electric heating technology and resistance materials, providing products and solutions to a wide range of industries on a global scale.

As a world leader in sustainable heating technology and with the widest product range on the market, our Division Kanthal collaborates with energy-intensive industries such as steel, cement, petrochemical, and battery to develop electric heating solutions to help minimize their carbon footprint.

Products include Kanthal® wire, ceramic heating elements including Kanthal® super and silicon carbide, diffusion cassettes, and metallic heating elements. These materials and heating elements are used for their ability to conduct heat and in industrial settings and are metallic special alloys that can withstand a maximum operating temperature of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius and ceramic materials that operate up to 1,850 degrees Celsius.

Industrial applications include for example:

  • Heat treatment
  • Solar cell production
  • Semiconductor production
  • Production of aluminum, steel, ceramics, and glass
  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Appliances

High temperature and resistance material

Our materials are used for the manufacture of heating elements, thermocouples and a range of highly demanding high- and low temperature applications.

Heating elements

The Kanthal® program of electric heating elements is the widest on the market. Our heating elements outperform in temperature ranges up to to 1,850°C (3,360°F).

Prefabricated heating modules

Fibrothal® prefabricated heating modules with metallic heating elements and vacuum-formed ceramic fiber insulation for up to 1,350°C (2,460°F) element temperature.

Diffusion cassettes

Fibrothal® diffusion cassettes are a 'plug and heat' solution for the production of high-quality crystalline silicon wafers for solar cells and semiconductors.

Featured articles

Kanthal® APM: enabling sustainable electric heating in industrial furnaces

Over its near ly 40-year history, the Kanthal ® APM alloy has become renowned for making electric heating more efficient, but now it’s increasingly important from a sustainability perspective, too.

As the world seeks new ways to reduce its CO2 emissions, electricity is looking hotter than ever.

Leading the way in electric industrial heating

As the world seeks new ways to reduce its CO2 emissions, electricity is looking hotter than ever. Nowhere more so than in transportation and heating solutions, where electricity is expected to account for an increasing share of the global energy mix in the future. And wherever electric heating is a challenge, Kanthal, an Alleima company, is ready to provide the solution.

Transitioning from gas to electricity for heating is essential for sustainable glass production. However, it's important to acknowledge that this switch entails challenges.

Navigating challenges in the glass industry through electric heating

Transitioning from gas to electricity for heating is essential for sustainable glass production. However, it's important to acknowledge that this switch entails challenges. Kanthal, an Alleima company, is a world leader in sustainable industrial heating technology.

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