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  1. Ramping Up Production of Hygiene-Related Products

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    The escalation of hygiene-related product production has become an imperative since the outbreak of the pandemic. As COVID-19 affected the entire populace, the surging demand for hygiene essentials like hand sanitizer and soap consistently outstrips the available supply.

    In response to this public health crisis, the Personal Care industry has embarked on a multifaceted approach, as outlined by the Personal Care Council. One of their strategies involves retooling their facilities to bolster the manufacturing of hand sanitizers and other indispensable cleaning and hygiene goods. These corporations possess the capability to deliver safe, essential products that combat the propagation of the coronavirus. For their unwavering commitment to this endeavor, Enerquip extends its heartfelt gratitude.

    Enerquip’s Role in the Personal Care Industry

    Enerquip takes immense pride in its role as a critical infrastructure provider to the personal care industry. We relish the opportunity to collaborate with companies right from the outset as they adapt their production lines. Our specialization lies in the prompt design of sanitary heat exchangers tailored for the creation of novel personal care items. Together, we assume a pivotal role in ensuring the hygienic processing of these products. Together, our collective strength is unmatched.

    Enerquip’s shell and tube heat exchangers offer several key advantages for sanitary product heating and cooling:

    Diverse Material Options: Designed with stainless steel with surfaces polished to low Ra finishes, which makes the surfaces resistant to product build-up and easier to clean.

    Exceptional Viscosity Handling: Able to process products that are more viscous than many other types of exchangers.

    Enhanced Visibility: Allow easier access to surfaces for visual verification (either directly or by using a borescope) of surface cleanliness than a spiral exchanger or plate and frame exchanger.

    Extreme Temperature Operation: Operate safely at more extreme temperatures (hot or cold) than other designs and can be designed to work under vacuum or high-pressure conditions.

    Enerquip’s shell and tube heat exchangers can also be designed in a variety of configurations. Click here to learn more or contact one of the Heat Exchanger Experts today!

    Enerquip Heat Exchanger for Personal Care

    Custom Enerquip Product Cooler for the Personal Care Industry

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  2. Enerquip & Rib Lake American Legion

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    Enerquip is proud to be a part of the Rib Lake American Legion Memorial Stone Framework build. The Legion members were very excited about the end product, and Enerquip was happy to donate approximately 1/3 of the project cost.

    Working together for a great cause!

  3. Oil Heaters / Oil Coolers – Enerquip Value Added Design

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    Since 1980, Germany based VPT-Kompressoren GmbH has gained international recognition in developing individual engineering solutions for gas compression. They specialize in the design, construction and installation of gas compressors along with the compression of air, gasoline vapors, landfill gas, sewage gas, natural and flare gas, benzene air mixtures, NH³, propane, butane as well as several other refrigerants. VPT compressor systems strives to offer a high level of operating safety and efficiency in the systems that they supply.

    With these priorities in mind, VPT researched Enerquip online, and reached out as an alternative to their local heat exchanger supplier in Germany who had extended delivery times on their shell and tube oil heaters and coolers. A problem that was keeping VPT from being able to deliver their systems on time. After a few technical discussions, VPT sent Enerquip the process information and general arrangement sketches in order to get a competitive quote on their exchangers.

    Since Enerquip is committed to quality, and guarantees the performance of the exchangers sold, simulation models were ran for the oil heaters and coolers in HTRI thermal modeling software, based on the customer’s process data. Enerquip ran simulations for alternate designs, that were shorter and more compact, and more thermally efficient. Several of these units were multi-pass units, some with a split shell design (BFU style) due to the close temperature approach.

    Enerquip then provided a quotation and TEMA data sheets for the oil heaters and cooling exchangers based on the VPT drawings, and then another proposal and set of data sheets for the new designs. VPT was impressed with the engineering behind the new designs, and the amount of space they would save on their skidded systems. They also appreciated the fact that they were going to be able to buy stainless steel heat exchangers for less than the carbon steel originals. Enerquip was also able to shorten the lead time by fifty percent!

    Since their first project together, VPT and Enerquip have collaborated on many more sets of oil cooling and heating exchangers as well as several gas coolers.

    Contact the helpful heat exchanger experts at Enerquip, to find out how you can save space, save money and save time on your next oil cooling or heating project.

  4. Enerquip Launches QR code

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    In 2020, Enerquip launched a QR code feature on every Enerquip heat exchanger. A QR code sticker, specific to that unit, is placed on your equipment.

    By scanning the code from your smart phone or tablet, you can quickly access the necessary information about your heat exchanger, including:

    • Serial Number
    • Equipment Part Number
    • Equipment Description
    • Enerquip Contacts

    Questions? Contact the helpful heat exchanger experts at 1 (833) 516-6888 or sales@enerquip.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

  5. See You at the 2020 AMAP Annual Conference!

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    American Heating Company will be attending the Association of Modified Asphalt Producers annual conference, to be held February 10 through 13, 2020 in Rancho Mirage, California. 

    This year’s conference is the association’s 21st annual conference, and will highlight the asphalt modifiers that truly bring asphalt to life and make it a more versatile material.

    About the AMAP Annual Conference

    The AMAP annual conference is an opportunity to connect with and learn alongside a wide variety of professionals in the modified asphalt industry. Industry leaders and experts will be on hand, hosting presentations and workshops that review successful modified asphalt projects and discuss the evolution of the modified asphalt industry.

    If you’re looking to stay on top of the latest and greatest things going on in the asphalt industry, you won’t want to miss this event! 

    With many speakers and sessions available, you’ll have the opportunity to craft your own schedule, tailoring the conference experience to your specific needs and interests. You’ll also have the chance to attend the highly regarded and very popular Modified Asphalt Workshop, occurring before the conference begins.

    You’ll also have the chance to connect with a variety of exhibitors, including equipment providers, product manufacturers, and more.

    Where You Can Find American Heating Company at AMAP

    In addition to attending the conference sessions at AMAP, we’ll also be an exhibitor. You’ll be able to find us at the AMAP Exhibitor Show! 

    We’re looking forward to connecting with others in the asphalt industry, discussing our variety of asphalt heating solutions and our other industrial thermal fluid heating equipment that can make a big difference for your facility!

    Meet Us at AMAP!

    Interested in learning about our asphalt heaters and industrial heating equipment? Want to connect with us in person? If so, the AMAP conference is a great opportunity to do so! 

    Want to connect with us ahead of time to be sure we meet up at the conference? Contact us today at (715) 748-5888 or complete our easy online contact form to get the conversation started.

  6. Case Study: Solving the Salsa Cooling Challenge with Custom Heat Exchanger Design

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    Process Cooling in Food Manufacturing

    Process cooling in food production often presents unique challenges—especially when products are viscous, temperature-sensitive, and require strict sanitary controls. This case study highlights how a custom shell-and-tube heat exchanger design helped a salsa manufacturer achieve efficient cooling, reliable clean-in-place (CIP) performance, and long-term operational flexibility.

    The Challenge: Cooling a Highly Viscous Product

    A California-based engineering firm and representative of Enerquip equipment, HeatX, was asked by an OEM customer to provide a shell-and-tube heat exchanger to cool salsa prior to bottling. The goal was to reduce the product temperature from approximately 200°F to 120°F (93°C to 49°C) before packaging.

    While this may seem straightforward, the physical properties of the salsa made the application particularly demanding.

    Salsa viscosity varies significantly with temperature. In this case, the product measured roughly 2,000 cP while warm, increasing to more than 9,000 cP once cooled. At these viscosities, achieving turbulent flow inside the tubes of a shell and tube heat exchanger is extremely difficult.

    Without turbulent flow, heat transfer efficiency drops sharply. The conventional solution is to compensate by increasing heat transfer surface area and using a high volume of cooling water on the shell side. While this approach can meet thermal requirements, it often results in large, bulky equipment.

    HeatX questioned whether a more compact and sanitary-friendly solution was possible and turned to Enerquip for support.

    Evaluating Traditional Design Options

    Enerquip engineers initially evaluated the feasibility of a single, large shell and tube heat exchanger sized to handle the thermal load. From a heat transfer standpoint, this option could work.

    However, sanitation posed a serious concern.

    In food manufacturing environments, equipment must be cleaned frequently to prevent cross-contamination and bacterial growth. The salsa producer relied on a clean-in-place (CIP) system, which performs best when cleaning solutions flow through equipment at 5 ft/sec or higher.

    In a single, large exchanger, achieving this CIP velocity would not be practical, making thorough cleaning unreliable.

    A New Approach: Three Heat Exchangers in Series

    salsa cooler

    To overcome both thermal and sanitary challenges, Enerquip developed an alternative design: three smaller shell and tube heat exchangers stacked in series.

    In this configuration:

    • The salsa flows sequentially through all three exchangers.

    • Sanitary jumpers connect the outlet of one exchanger to the inlet of the next.

    • Cooling water flows counter-current, entering the shell of the third exchanger, then moving through the second and first units.

    This counter-current flow maximizes temperature differential and improves overall heat transfer efficiency.

    Design Features Supporting CIP and Sanitation

    Each heat exchanger was designed with sanitation in mind:

    • Custom shell designs allowed the shells to be bolted together, simplifying chilled water flow between units.
    • Tube-side connections included dedicated CIP inlet and outlet connections on the first and last bonnets.
    • The intermediate bonnets relied on the existing sanitary jumpers, reducing piping complexity and overall system cost.

    By reducing the size of each exchanger, the system allowed CIP flow rates of 5 ft/sec through the tubes, ensuring effective cleaning between batches and shifts.

    Material Selection for Acidic Products

    Salsa’s acidic nature required careful material selection. To resist corrosion from both the product and cleaning chemicals, the manufacturer chose super-austenitic stainless steel for all product-contact surfaces.

    Although more expensive than standard stainless steel, this alloy provides significantly greater resistance to acid attack and extends equipment service life—an important consideration in continuous food processing operations.

    Added Benefit: Redundancy and Risk Reduction

    Beyond improved cooling and sanitation, the multi-exchanger design delivered a critical operational advantage: redundancy.

    With a single large exchanger, a tube failure could force a complete production shutdown. Repair would require replacing the entire tube bundle, potentially involving months of lead time due to specialty alloy availability.

    With three smaller exchangers in series:

    • Any single unit can be temporarily bypassed if a tube failure occurs.
    • Replacement tube bundles are smaller, less expensive, and faster to source.
    • Production downtime and financial risk are significantly reduced.

    Results

    The final system delivered consistent and efficient process cooling while fully meeting sanitary requirements. The salsa manufacturer gained:

    • Reliable cooling performance for a highly viscous product
    • Effective CIP cleaning at required flow velocities
    • Improved operational flexibility and redundancy
    • Reduced risk of extended downtime and costly repairs

    This project demonstrates how thoughtful heat exchanger design can solve multiple challenges at once, thermal performance, sanitation, materials compatibility, and operational risk. By rethinking the traditional “single large exchanger” approach, Enerquip helped deliver a solution tailored to the realities of food processing and CIP-driven environments.

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    This blog post was last reviewed 2/9/26.

  7. What Makes Enerquip Special?

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    What sets Enerquip’s Heat Exchangers apart from other companies? What makes us special? Is it the material? Is it our process? Or is it our grade-A customer service? Watch on.
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  8. Welcome to Enerquip Heat Exchangers

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    The helpful heat exchanger experts at Enerquip have been designing and fabricating shell and tube heat exchangers for our customers’ production plants since 1985.

    The Enerquip team is passionate about not only building heat exchangers, but building the best heat exchanger solutions for our customers. Enerquip’s culture is built around integrity. Our team is never done learning, never done growing, and never satisfied with “good enough”.

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  9. American Heating Company Will Attend the 2019 ILTA Conference in Houston, TX

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    This coming June, thousands of industry professionals will gather at the 2019 ILTA conference to network and learn about the latest and greatest technologies and products related to storage tanks and terminal operations.  

    Once again this year, representatives from American Heating Company will be among them!

    As one of the earliest members of the International Liquid Terminals Association, AHC has been participating in the ILTA conference for more than 25 years. We’re very much looking forward to this year’s event!  

    About the ILTA Conference & Trade Show

    The International Liquid Terminals Association Conference and Trade Show is a renowned industry conference that brings together more than 4,500 tank terminal industry professionals each year.

    The conference and trade show event is an opportunity for companies to network, promote their products and services, generate leads and new business, and learn about recent developments in the industry.

    Now in it’s 39th year, this year’s ILTA event will provide world class educational opportunities for terminal operators and will feature more than 300 exhibitors.

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    ILTA 2019

    This year’s ILTA Conference and Trade Show will take place at the Marriott Marquis Houston in Houston, Texas on June 3-5. The annual ILTA golf tournament will be held on June 2.

    The conference will feature a number of informative sessions, including keynotes from knowledgeable industry professionals on hot topics. This year’s trade show will feature hundreds of companies showcasing their products and services related to the tank terminal industry.

    ILTA is the largest and most comprehensive event that is dedicated solely to aboveground storage tank and terminal operations. If you are involved in the industry, it’s an event you won’t want to miss!

    Connect with American Heating Company at the 2019 ILTA Conference & Trade Show

    Once again this year, American Heating Company will be showcasing products and fielding questions about industrial heating solutions at the ILTA trade show.

    You can find us in booth 716 at this year’s event! Stop by to learn more about how our high quality, American-made thermal fluid heaters and industrial heating systems can help your plant and operations run more efficiently.

    Interested in chatting with us or setting up a meeting ahead of time? Give us a call at (715) 748-5888 or complete our easy online contact form to get the conversation started.

    We look forward to connecting at the 2019 ILTA Conference!

  10. Get to Know American Heating Company at the 21st Annual NISTM Conference & Trade Show

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    Are you attending the 21st annual International Aboveground Storage Tank Conference and Trade Show coming up this April? American Heating Company will be participating and we hope to see you there!

    NISTM 2019 Trade Show & Conference in Orlando, Florida

    On April 2-4, 2019, American Heating Company will be attending and participating in the 21st annual International Aboveground Storage Tank Conference and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida.

    Sponsored by the National Institute for Storage Tank Management, this yearly event is a great way for engineers, managers, and others associated with operations that involve aboveground storage tanks to network, connect with vendors and exhibitors, and learn about the latest developments and happenings in the industrial storage tank world.

    What to Expect at This Year’s NISTM Conference & Trade Show

    Like previous years’ International Aboveground Storage Tank Conferences and Trade Shows, this year’s event will be geared towards those involved with operations, construction, environmental compliance, spill prevention, and management associated with storage tanks.

    The conference portion of the event will review recent advancements and current issues in the storage tank industry. Conference sessions will cover topics including standards updates, regulation changes, tank maintenance, leak monitoring, tank repair and retrofitting, tank construction, floating roofs, inspection techniques, and more.

    The trade show will give attendees access to dozens of exhibitors showcasing their products and services for the various industries that utilize storage tanks. This year, attendees are invited to walk through the trade show for free! If you’re searching for a new vendor or solution, the NISTM trade show is a great opportunity to find one.

    This comprehensive event is a great chance to explore new offerings, learn from industry experts, and scope out the competition.

    NISTM 2019 Trade Show & Conference Location & Dates

    This year’s conference is being held in the Sebastian Ballroom at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

    The conference runs April 2-4, with the trade show happening April 2-3 and a welcome reception on April 1.

    You can find more details on the conference and trade show here.

    Where to Find American Heating Company at This Year’s Trade Show

    The NISTM Conference and Trade Show is a great way to chat with us in person and get an in-depth look at our industrial heating equipment and thermal fluid heating systems.

    You can find representatives from American Heating Company at Booth #111 at the AST Trade Show. We look forward to connecting with you there!

    Want to set something up with us ahead of time so we’re sure to connect during the event? Schedule a meeting with us today! Give us a call at (715) 748-5888 or complete our easy online contact form to get the conversation started.