Product groups
Ten product families. Every element engineered for the appliance it heats.
Tubular heating elements for domestic appliances, water heating, professional kitchens and laundries, refrigeration and industrial equipment – plus BALÇIK TORMEC stem thermostats. All are made in series in our plant in Kahramankazan, Ankara.
Each family page shows the typical forms, a technical draft you can switch between versions, where the elements work and how we validate them. The value ranges of all groups sit side by side on the Specifications page.
- Sheath diameters 6.0 – 16 mm, from compact grill loops to three-phase immersion heaters.
- Sheath materials: AISI 304, 316L, 321, Incoloy® 800 and 825, copper and nickel-diffusion coated stainless; titanium on request for water heating.
- Built to your drawing: our series designs are a starting point, not a limit.
Series production in Ankara
Choose a family
Grouped the way appliance makers buy them.
Domestic appliances, liquid heating, professional and commercial equipment, industry and controls. Each card lists the sub-groups we run in series and the key values from our specifications table; watt density is given on the heated sheath.
01 · Domestic appliances
Oven and cooking elements
Top/grill, bottom and fan-ring elements for built-in, free-standing and mini/midi ovens – up to red heat on the grill.
Grill & topBottomFan-oven ringDouble-circuit grillMini / toaster ovenSteam oven
- Sheath diameter: 6.5 – 8.5 mm
- Power: 600 – 3500 W per element
- Watt density: 5 – 8 W/cm² (radiant duty)
02 · Domestic appliances New: Thermofuse
Washing machine and washer-dryer elements
Hairpin elements in a shaped rubber flange with NTC pocket – and, since 2026, Thermofuse: a thermal fuse in the tube end.
Double hairpinSingle hairpinWith NTCThermofuseWasher-dryerSpare-part / aftermarket
- Sheath diameter: 8.0 – 8.5 mm
- Power: 1600 – 2200 W (typically 1900 – 2050 W)
- Watt density: 5 – 10 W/cm² on double hairpins
03 · Domestic appliances
Small home appliance elements
Radiant, cast-in and clamped elements for grills, toasters, steam irons and kettles, and boiler elements for coffee machines.
Grill & barbecueToasterSteam iron & ironing tableKettleCoffee machine boiler
- Sheath diameter: 6.0 – 8.5 mm (6.5 mm most common)
- Power: 300 – 2600 W typical series
- Watt density: 3 – 9 W/cm² cast-in or clamped
04 · Liquid heating
Water heater elements
Flanged elements for storage water heaters and spiral elements for instantaneous heaters, with thermostat pocket on request.
Storage water heaterInstantaneous (spiral)Ø 48 / Ø 64 flangeWith thermostat pocketDry heater
- Sheath diameter: 6.5 – 10 mm
- Power: 800 – 3000 W storage; 3 – 27 kW instantaneous
- Watt density: 6 – 12 W/cm² (lower in hard water)
05 · Liquid heating
Immersion and flanged heaters
Screw-plug immersion heaters 1″, 1¼″ and 2″ BSP, round and triangle flanges, copper and stainless, single and three-phase.
1¼″ BSP screw plug1″ boiler2″ three-phaseCopper immersionTea urn / samovarProcess tanks
- Sheath diameter: 8 – 16 mm
- Power: 1 – 9 kW per head (depending on thread size, e.g. 1¼″ up to 6 kW)
- Voltage: 230 V; 400 V three-phase
06 · Professional & commercial
Professional kitchen and laundry appliances
Heating elements for equipment that runs twelve-hour shifts: fryers, triangle-flange boilers and steam generators, combi ovens, bains-marie and beverage boilers.
FryerTriangle-flange boiler & steam generatorCombi ovenBain-marie & holdingTea, coffee & vendingIndustrial washer & ironer
- Sheath diameter: 8.0 – 16 mm
- Power: 1 – 6 kW single; assemblies 6 – 24 kW three-phase
- Watt density: 3 – 5 W/cm² frying oil
07 · Industrial & HVAC-R
Industrial Equipment
Elements for machines where downtime is counted in production hours – built to drawing, from small series to recurring parts.
Duct & air heatersSauna heatersProcess-tank immersionDrying & ovensSteam cabins & spa
- Sheath diameter: 8.0 – 16 mm
- Power: 500 – 3000 W per element; assemblies 3 – 60 kW
- Voltage: 230 V; 400 V three-phase
08 · Industrial & HVAC-R
Finned and defrost elements
Finned air heaters for units and ducts, and defrost heaters for evaporators, cold rooms and heat pumps.
Finned straight / USpiral-finnedDefrost hairpin & UDrain-panHeat pump backup
- Tube 8.0 – 16 mm; fin outer diameter approx. 24 – 36 mm
- Power: finned 300 – 3000 W; defrost 100 – 800 W
- Voltage: 12 – 400 V
09 · Industrial & HVAC-R
Straight rod elements
Straight rods in cut lengths with cold ends – annealed, so they can still be formed after delivery.
Ø 6.5 – 16 mmStuds, tabs or leadsThreaded nippleFor own assemblySauna & oven bars
- Length to order, specified by the metre
- Cold zones and terminations to drawing
- AISI 304 / 321 / Incoloy 800
10 · Controls
Stem-type thermostats
TR-1 single-pole regulating and DST double-safety thermostats for storage water heaters and boilers – supplied alone or fitted to our elements.
TR-1DSTStem 180 – 450 mmFitted to element
- Stem Ø 6 mm
- Switching capacity: 16 A at 250 V AC
- Safety cut-out: 90 °C standard, 75 – 120 °C on request, manual reset
Find by application
From the appliance to the element.
The same element construction serves different markets. Start from the appliance you build – each link opens the family that covers it.
Domestic appliances
Water and liquid heating
Professional & commercial
Online product catalogue
364 reference designs from series production.
Search a part number or browse by appliance group. Each reference shows a geometry and ratings we run in series – a starting point we adapt to your drawing. Drawings and designs owned by our customers are confidential and never published here: parts made to a customer's own drawing and design are supplied only to that customer. Our own reference designs and aftermarket ranges are available to all customers.
Specifications and catalogues
Current values for every family.
The Specifications page reflects series production; the product catalogue and the thermostat brochure are available as PDF and flip-book.
Current values
Specifications by product group
Sheath diameters, materials, power, voltage, watt density on the heated sheath, terminals, sealing and typical appliance standards for all groups.
Catalogues
Product catalogue and brochures
The BALÇIK TORMEC product catalogue and the hybrid stem thermostat brochure as PDF and online flip-book.
Not in the list?
Then it starts with your drawing.
Most of what we ship is engineered to a customer specification. Shape, sheath, rating, surface load, terminations and safety devices are adapted to the appliance – from a single prototype to series.
For a new appliance platform, our engineers develop the element with yours: concept, functional samples on series processes – prototypes and samples typically within 1 week when the required accessory components are available – validation and series release.
Co-design
Tell us the appliance. We propose the element.
Send a drawing, a sample or the application data. Our engineers confirm feasibility, materials and a target price – and suggest where the design can last longer.