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Hot Stuff from National Element, Inc.............

We have been supplying Hot Stuff and Conveyors to carry hot and wet materials for over 40 years. National Element, has built a new modern plant, 30,000 square feet, located in Brighton, Michigan, which includes, full machine shop, complete fabrication facility, plus expanded alloy inventory. National Element, Inc. is your only full service distributor of Hoskins Manufacturing Company.

We hold many patents for the design and manufacture of electric heating elements, chain drive conveyors, conveyor belting and chains. We stock all sizes and grades of Chromel® wire, ribbon, and rod for a one-day delivery. Plus, a rebuild department to modernize your heating elements, for your steel treating furnaces.

We are continuously pushing the limits of power density, capable of complex designs for severe environments, higher and higher temperature thresholds. No element is too difficult to form. That is the way management thinks. National Element takes pride in manufacturing products that can stand the test of time!


  • "Do's & Don'ts" in Designing Heating Elements
  • General Operating and Maintenance Instructions for Heating Elements
  • Ohm's Law
  • Chromel®: The original resistance alloy that first made electrical heating practical.
  • Heating Element Design Fundamentals
  • Selecting a Suitable Resistance Alloy
  • Technical Fundamentals of Electrical Heating
  • Current Carrying Capacity Chromel® "A" Wire

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