HEATEC

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

THAT EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS
OUR FACILITIES ®

WELCOME TO HEATEC

Heatec officies and manufacturing plant 2012.

Heatec offices now. Heatec facility 1979. We began operations in 1977.

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OUR CAPABILITIES ®

Heatec makes, sells and services a broad line of heaters, liquid

storage tanks and related products. Our products are used mostly
at facilities of producers and manufacturers. Key users are hot-
mix asphalt (HMA) plants, asphalt terminals, emulsion terminals
and concrete producers. Other key users include oil and gas pro-
ducers, chemical producers, food producers, roofing manufactur-
ers, power plants, etc.

CONTENTS
4 Thermal fluid heaters
6 Process heaters
8 Pump skids (and expansion tanks)
9 Heat exchangers
10 Water heaters
12 Fuel preheaters
13 Controls
14 Tanks
16 Terminals (and emulsion plants)
18 Polymer systems
20 Other products
21 Engineering
22 Manufacturing
23 Parts & Service

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THERMAL FLUID HEATERS
Heatec specializes in thermal fluid heaters, espe-
cially those with helical coils heated by fired burn-
ers. They are extremely versatile and used in a
wide variety of industries. They are also known as
hot oil heaters. Oil and gas producers know them
as HMO (Heat Medium Oil) heaters.
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In any case the burner heats the thermal fluid that
circulates through the heater coil and through
heating coils in other equipment. A single heater
can heat one or more thermal fluid circuits with
multiple pieces of equipment. Temperatures at the
equipment can be controlled independently.
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PROCESS HEATERS
Our process heaters are designed to heat a spe-
cific type of fluid as it flows through the heater.
The type of fluid may vary and may be liquid or
gas. Process heaters heat fluids directly whereas
thermal fluid heaters heat thermal fluid, which in
turn heats other equipment indirectly.
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We offer a wide variety of process heaters used
by a wide variety of producers and manufacturers.
Some process heaters are better known by other
names: booster heaters, gas regen heaters, reboil-
ers, water bath heaters, vaporizers, and convec-
tion heaters.
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PUMP SKIDS
Our pump skids are usually adjuncts to our heat-
ers. They may also include an expansion tank.
Most pump skids are separate from the heater.
Pump skids usually have two or more pumps. One
is usually a back-up pump, needed if the system
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cannot be shut down for maintenance.
Use of separate skids provides flexibility in plant
layout. They eliminate the need to mount multiple
pumps on the heater skid and allow the heater
package to be smaller.
HEAT EXCHANGERS
Our heat exchangers include economizers, booster
heater exchangers and steam generators.
The economizers recover heat from exhaust gases
of the heater. This heat would otherwise be lost
into the atmosphere. Instead, it is used to pre-
heat thermal fluid or to preheat combustion air for
the heater’s burner. It reduces the amount of fuel
required for the heating process.
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Our booster heat exchangers boost the tempera-
ture of asphalt cement as it flows through the unit.
Heating is provided by hot oil from an external
source such as a thermal fluid heater.
Our steam generators produce steam by heating
water with hot thermal fluid from a thermal fluid
heater. Steam generators replace fired boilers and
minimize explosion hazards associated with them.
WATER HEATERS
We make water heaters for a wide variety of indus-
trial uses. Most have gas fired burners.
Firestorm™ is the brand name of our most popular
water heater. It is a direct contact water heater
that heats water on demand and provides a con-
stant supply of instant hot water. It has an ex-
tremely high thermal efficiency.
Special versions of the Firestorm heater are avail-
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able with NSF certification for food processors.
We also offer a helical coil heater for heating wa-
ter. It is similar to a thermal fluid heater, except it
heats water as it is pumped through its helical coil
to an external storage tank or reservoir. The water
does not normally recirculate through the heater.
We also offer a combination unit that is a storage
tank with a burner and fire tube.
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FUEL PREHEATERS ®

We make a variety of fuel preheaters. They can
be used at virtually any facility that has to preheat
fuel before it can be burned.
They are widely used at HMA plants to heat fuel
for drum mixers and aggregate dryers. They are
used at asphalt terminals to preheat fuel for heat-
ers that heat the storage tanks.
Preheaters can be skid mounted. Or can be mount-
ed on a chassis with a portable fuel tank. Or can or
embedded in a fuel tank.
Modulating controls precisely control fuel temper-
ature within one or two degrees of set point.
As an option, the preheater can be built to ASME
code.

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CONTROLS ®

We design and build the controls for our heaters,
tanks, polymer systems and related products.
Advanced controls for our automated systems are
computerized and employ PLCs.
We use a variety of control panels, including those
classified for hazardous locations in NFPA code.
According to the code, Class I, Divisions 1 and 2
are locations where fire or explosion hazards may
exist due to flammable gases or vapors.
We also provide motor control centers built by
Astec for operation of asphalt terminals and emul-
sion plants. The control center centralizes all
electrical power for the terminal and for the motor
controls.

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TANKS

We make tanks for storage of the following types
of liquids: virgin asphalt, polymer modified as-
phalt, emulsified asphalt, additives, chemicals,
fuel and water.
Tanks may be heated or unheated, insulated or
uninsulated, portable or stationary, vertical or
horizontal, double or single walled, etc.
Capacities range up to 35,000 gallons for factory
assembled tanks.
Horizontal tanks may have one or more compart-
ments. They may be built as combination units
to include other components. They may include a
hot oil heater, a fuel preheater, calibration tank,
unloading pump, etc.

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TERMINALS
Heatec is heavily involved in building new asphalt
storage terminals and asphalt emulsion plants.
We do major mechanical design and electrical
engineering work for these facilities in addition to
building much of the equipment.
We design and build most of the equipment at our
modern factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We
also assist with on-site installation at the facili-
ties. Terminal equipment may include:
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• A tank-car and barge unloading system
• Asphalt storage tanks of all sizes
• A dual truck load-out rack for tanker trucks
• Fuel storage tanks for diesel and waste oil
• Hot-oil heaters and a steam generator
• A control center with motor-generator backup
• A complete polymer-blending system
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POLYMER SYSTEMS
We were an early pioneer in producing systems to
blend polymer with asphalt cement to make PMAC
(Polymer Modified Asphalt Cement).
PMAC is used as a binder in HMA (Hot Mix As-
phalt). HMA made with PMAC, instead of virgin
asphalt cement, has a much longer service life.
PMAC is also used to make asphalt roofing shin-
gles to increase their life.
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The polymer most commonly used for HMA is
SBS (Styene-Butadiene-Styrene), which must
be ground in a mill during the blending process.
Ground rubber is also used.
The blending process requires unusually high
temperatures and constant agitation.
Our systems are available in both fixed and por-
table configurations.
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OTHER PRODUCTS ®

We make a wide variety of products in addition • Pipe coils for heating

to those described earlier in this brochure. These • Asphalt and hot oil piping
products include:
• Fume condensers
• Incinerators
• Metering and calibration
• Asphalt melters
• Automated piping
• Waste heat recovery units
• Filters and strainers

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ENGINEERING ®

Our engineers and designers (shown above) spe- They work with various insurance codes, several
cialize in a variety of technical fields: European codes and the following U.S. and Cana-
• Thermodynamics dian codes:
• Structural and mechanical design
• Instrumentation and controls ABS AISC ANSI API ASCE
• Electrical power systems ASME CGA CSA CUL NEC
• Fluid mechanics NFPA UL USCG USGS FM
• Piping and mechanicals

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MANUFACTURING
Our skilled workers and modern manufacturing
facilities enable us to make products that exceed
your expectations.
Many of our products require welding that meets
ASME code. So the majority of our welders are
certified code welders. Critical welds are tested
and X-rayed to industry standards.
We make our own coils. This is a capability that
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most heater manufacturers lack.
We have new blasting and painting booths with
built-in man lifts that enable us to apply a finish to
our products second to none.
Our products are fully assembled and checked at
our factory, eliminating problems and extra work
in the field. We have a test pit that enables us to
test fire and do functional tests on most heaters.
PARTS & SERVICE
Get parts and service for your Heatec products
anytime, day or night. We maintain a stock of
most components needed to get your heater back
in operation and can ship overnight.
We offer maintenance contracts for service on your
heater by Heatec technicians on a regular basis,
once or twice a year. One important advantage is
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safety. Our technicians make sure all limit devices
are working properly. Fuel savings is another
benefit resulting from maintenance that includes
tuning the burner.
And we may have a technician that resides near
you so that travel time and costs are minimized.
We can also provide training at your facility.
 Heatec, Inc. is a division of Astec Industries, Inc. Astec Industries consists of of a family of
companies and has become America’s leading manufacturer of equipment for asphalt road
building, aggregate processing, pipeline and utility trenching, oil, gas and water well drilling
and wood processing.
Today, Astec Industries manufactures more than 200 products. They include rock crushing and
screening plants, hot mix asphalt (HMA) facilities, concrete plants, horizontal directional drills,
water, gas and oil drilling rigs, geothermal drills, milling machines, asphalt pavers, material
transfer vehicles, trenchers, horizontal directional drills, and wood processing equipment.

Core Values—Astec Industries

• Continuous devotion to meeting the needs of our
customers.
• Honesty and integrity in all aspects of business.
• Respect for all individuals.
• Preserve entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and
focus through decentralization.
• Safety, profit and growth as means to ensure suc-
cess of the company.

H E AT E C , I N C . an Astec Industries Company

5200 WILSON RD • CHATTANOOGA, TN 37410 USA 800.235.5200 • FAX 423.821.7673 • heatec.com