Our Helical Heaters

We are the most proven suppliers of Direct Fired Heaters in Canada.

At TIW Western, we are an industry leader in the design and fabrication of Direct Fired Heaters, with a specific focus on helical coil heater technology, including our patented Multi-Pass Coil Heaters.

Our Multi-Pass Coil Advantage

the preferred solution in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage & Cyclic Steam Service operations.

Our proprietary Multi-Pass Coil Heaters enable exceptional thermal efficiency and come with a longevity and operational flexibility that you won’t find anywhere else on the market.

Our heaters are often used in oil and gas, mining, petrochemical, industrial process plants, and other industries where fast, reliable heat is essential, and our Helical Heat Medium Heater packages are application specific with heat duty ranging from 2MMBTU to greater than 50MMBTU.


Standard features for our Helical Coil Heat Medium Heaters include:

  • Our proprietary, multi-pass, double helical coil design
  • Low NOx burners
  • Best in class controls
  • Burner management systems and Instrumentation
  • Expansion tank(s)
  • Pressure piping
  • Building

Advanced Features

These are the details that make the difference for safe, clean operations.

Some of our advanced design features include the following:

  • Meeting hazardous area classifications
  • Base efficiencies can exceed 88% (LHV Basis) depending on process inlet temperatures, and with an optional economizer can exceed 93% (LHV basis)
  • Internal Shell insulation to ensure thermal balance
  • External aluminum cladding standard with fiberglass insulation (mineral wool insulation also available) on the exterior shell
  • Standard Low emissions burners that meet emissions requirements
  • Insulated piping throughout the skid
  • Quality instrument and tubing
  • CRN’s for all pressure components
  • Building and Electrical packages

Why Choose Us

We can meet you wherever your industry takes you

We engineer our systems for both general purpose and hazardous area classifications, so we can meet you wherever your industry takes you, including in harsh and regulated environments.

Since merging with Petro-Tech Heat Technology in 2022, we’ve become the largest custom heater fabrication facility in western Canada.