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Air Cooled Produced at our Crockett facility, aluminum is our fastest growing finned tube product line. From Canada to South America and to the Pacific Rim, Tex-Fin's quality aluminum L-Foot tubing competes in the after market serviced by the OEM. All finned tubes are packaged to meet both domestic and export packaging requirements. Material Capabilities / Tube Sizes
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Mechanical Fins for Air Cooled Applications
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Tex-Fin
L-foot tension wound finned tubes are an economical solution for
applications requiring greater resistance to vibration and heat
cycling typical of air cooled heat exchangers. The L-foot design
mechanically locks the fins and provides broader contact surface
between tube and fin. L-foot tension wound finned tubes are commonly
used in applications with metal temperatures up to 350 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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embedded fin tubes offer solutions where higher temperatures,
continuous thermal cycling and tube vibration due to high velocity
air streams can cause failures. The fin is mechanically embedded
into a groove that is plowed in the tube O.D. and is locked into
place by rolls that force the groove to tightly close around the
fin base. Embedded finned tubes are commonly used in applications
with metal temperatures up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit.
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extruded finned tubes provide the greatest resistance to atmospheric
corrosion. The aluminum fin material completely encloses the tube,
except at the ends where a tube coating can be applied. Where
atmospheric corrosion is present and when operated within design
temperature limits, extruded finned tubes provide the most stable
performance over time as compared to the other fin types. The
fin is rolled from an outer aluminum tube by a process using pressure
to create a rolled "pressure bond" between the liner tube and
fins. Extruded finned tubes are commonly used in applications
with temperatures up to 550 degrees Fahrenheit.