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In many industries Omega Laser Plates are used to heat or cool tanks. Laser Plates have a higher rate of heat transfer and often have an overall lower cost because no post-processing needs to take place. In addition, thinner materials can be used with Laser Plates than with half-pipe tank walls or double-sided construction. The sidewall and heads of a tank can be heated or cooled using Laser Plates and will be ordered and delivered with the heat transfer surface already welded to the tank shell or head. Your tank plates are welded by their laser welding machines, after which you can roll or form them into the desired shape. After fabricating the tank, the Laser Plates are inflated to form a vessel that the heat transfer medium will flow through.

Omega Thermo Products is one of the few suppliers that can also supply F&D heads with Laser Plates under ASME, CE-PED, and CRN. Many of the bottoms supplied by Omega are used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Also F&D heads are used for process tanks, with a full vacuum or high pressure prevailing in the tank. Design Two flat sheets of stainless steel are welded together and after this process the flat head is sent out for forming. Generally the Laser Plate covers 80% of the heads surface to allow the head to be formed without forming on the laser welded portion. The forming is hydro formed or bump formed depending on the size. The heads are sent to the customer fully formed, trimmed and ready to be installed on the tank. Once the head is installed the jacketing will be inflated hydrostatically.

With Omega’s Immersion Plates it is easy to directly heat or cool a liquid. The sturdy design ensures that the product is easy to clean and maintain. Whether it is for clean water or heavily contaminated liquids, Laser Plates can maintain performance. Immersion Plates were initially used to heat or cool highly contaminated liquids. Several industries use this efficient method of direct heating and cooling. How Does an Immersion Plate Work? Immersion products are individual plates or a bank of several Laser Plates that are immersed in a container with liquid. The medium in the plates heats or cools the liquid in the container, depending on your needs. This can be done in a continuous or a batch process.

•		Heating and Cooling a Variety of Liquids, even Liquids with High Viscosities
•		Easy to Maintain Due to Sufficient Space Plate Spacing
•		Compact Design that can be Used for Multiple Applications
•		Can also be Used with Highly Variable Volume Flows

Heating, cooling, or maintaining temperature of an existing tank is easy with Laser Plates. Using Laser Plates saves the cost of building a new tank, makes the heat exchanger easy to take off and replace and can be easily placed anywhere on the tank. Omega Thermo Products makes single embossed and double embossed clamp-on plates depending on your needs. How Does a Clamp-on Work? Based on your data, they can calculate the required capacity to cool the existing tank or to heat it to the desired temperature.

•		Easy to Change
•		The Old Tank does not have to be Replaced
•		No Need for Welding on the Existing Tank
•		Heating or Cooling is Physically Separated from the Tank Containing the Product so there is no Cross Contamination
•		Exact Product Placement for where the Tank needs to be Heated or Cooled
•		The Low Volume of the Clamp-on Plates Allows you to Easily Control the Temperature of the Tank or Reactor

Our Industrial Ice Machines are used in many different industries. If you need large quantities of ice to cool your products, their Ice Machine is a good solution. By using Omega Laser Plates, you will get a machine that is relatively small in size and is easy to maintain. Based on your needs, Omega Thermo Products will run heat transfer calculations to see which capacity of Ice Machine you need. Their Ice Machines are always custom-made and designed to your specification. How Does an Ice Machine Work? At the top of the Ice Machine, water is pumped in and falls through small holes then slowly flows down the Omega Laser Plates. The coolant in the Laser Plates cools the water down until it is frozen. When the ice on both sides of the plate is approximately 3/16” to 3/8” thick, then hot gas is injected into the Laser Plates, causing the plates to warm up and release the ice from the plates. The ice falls into a storage tank and breaks into smaller pieces. This ice can be transported by a transport screw to the desired location.

•		No Moving Parts which means Maintenance is Minimal
•		Low Energy Consumption
•		High Ice Production for such a Small Machine
•		Easy to Keep Clean

The idea behind the Ice Bank is simple: at off peak electricity hours, such as at night, ice is generated on the plates with our Laser Plate technology. This ice is then used during the day to cool your product. We call this thermal energy storage. High peak loads in the summer drive the investment expenditure of the electricity production industry. A kW of electricity consumed at night can be produced at a much lower marginal cost. Energy companies pass on these lower costs to the consumer through Real Time Pricing Rates. That is why thermal energy storage by Omega Ice Banks is a good investment.

•		Save on Energy Costs
•		No Peak Load
•		Low Maintenance Costs
•		Compact Design that can be Used for Multiple Applications
•		Consistent Capacity Available through Plate Configuration
•		Our Ice Bank Requires a Smaller Footprint Compared to a Pipe System

The Omega Falling Film Chiller is a water cooler based on Laser Plate technology. With the ability to cool water down to 33°F. From a Falling Film Chiller you can cool large amounts of product in a short period of time. This (recirculating) water cooler, which cools the water at a constant temperature, is a suitable solution for the continuous cooling of many products. Because every cooling requirement is different, their Falling Film Chillers are always custom-made. Together with their engineers, they will calculate the best solution for you. What is a Falling Film Chiller?

•		Efficient Cooling to Very Low Temperatures (33°F) without the Risk of Freezing
•		Consistent Temperature of the Chilled Water
•		Custom-made to Your Needs
•		Easy to Maintain Open Construction. Occasional Cleaning with High Pressure
•		Fully Constructed of Stainless Steel
•		Can Cool Slightly Polluted Water (particles smaller than 5/16")

Heat Recovery Banks capture heat that is exhausted or vented during plant process applications and provides energy savings by using the recovered heat in multiple preheating applications. Energy Savings Increased energy costs have made heat recovery a priority in many industries to reduce a large portion of production costs. Heat recovery banks can be used with wet gas and liquid streams to significantly cut industry fuel bills. While doing this, they are also eliminating troublesome vapor plumes and reducing thermal loads on effluent plants.

Bayonet heaters are an energy efficient, water saving alternative to steam sparging for heating process vessels. Bayonet heaters are installed in the side entry of the tank. A mounting flange, which is provided, is bolted to the side of the tank for ease of insertion and removal. This allows for good natural convection circulation of the fluid being heated. These heaters are ideal for use in recirculating systems and other applications where automatically controlled temperatures are needed.

The manufacturing process for suction heaters is essentially the same as bayonet heaters with the exception of a four-sided sealed shroud that encloses the plates with an opening on the far end. An outlet flange is then welded to the mounting flange that secures it to the tank. As liquid is pumped out of the tank, it is heated or cooled as it passes over the plates.