KZTO Radiator: characteristics and features of popular models

In today's market, buyers are faced with a wide range of equipment for heating systems. One of the leading positions in this market segment belongs to the tubular radiators of the Kimry enterprise KWTO. This is evidenced by numerous reviews of consumers of its products on the Internet forums.

The main advantage of the company's products is that all of it is adapted to domestic heating networks, has a high level of heat transfer and an operating pressure of 15 atm. Such devices are manufactured in strict accordance with advanced innovative technologies, which allows them to be installed not only in private houses with autonomous heating systems, but also in multi-storey buildings,connected to a centralized heating system.

The plant manufactures linear steel tubular radiators, and having radius of curvature, floor convectors, as well as for floor installation, design radiators in the form of benches and originally made towel dryers, brackets and various fasteners for installing radiators as well as for installing convectors. When choosing these heaters should pay attention to the increased demands on their part to the quality of the coolant. This is due to the fact that the steel from which they are made, quickly corrodes, if the water has a high concentration and a large percentage of suspended solids.

Each radiator must be equipped with air vents for bleeding from the system accumulating air in it. Such devices should preferably be used in an automatic version, and for their stable operation, the input of the device for operating the thermostat in a stable mode should be equipped with a mud filter. On radiators with lateral connection, such filters are optional, and for devices with a lower connection method, they are included in their package.

Installation of devices is made in two versions, providing for floor and wall placement of the device. For floor installation, models consisting of three or four columns of pipes are used. For this purpose, stands for the floor.

We should also dwell on designer models of radiators and heated towel rails. They have not yet become widely spread in our country, although the number of their adherents is gradually increasing. On sites that cover the issues of interior design, there are more and more images of such artistically decorated elements, gradually replacing dull massive batteries.

Such heating devices can significantly improve the overall aesthetics of the rooms in a city apartment, improve the bathroom, bathroom and any other heated premises. Designer radiators differ in shape and color, dimensions and placement methods, connection technology and thermal control method, the presence of convection plates in them or the lack of them and ways to care for these products.

Consider the most popular products of Kimry production.

Tubular radiators KZTO can have 1-4 columns. All models differ in the type of reservoir. The PC radiator has a square cross-section, and the RSK model is circular at a higher (by 10%) price.

Technical characteristics of both types of heaters are the same. Both of them have a side connection, but on request a bottom connection can be made with an outdoor installation method.

The line "Harmony" includes several modifications. Heaters of pipe type of this series differ in a non-standard design and belong to the converter group of radiators. They consist of double pipes, inserted one into another and sealed at the ends. The circulation of coolant occurs between the two pipes. Due to this, there is a movement of convective air flow, going not only through the external space of the heater, but also through its internal cavity.

This name is a tubular radiator, equipped with a mirror insert. Also available in two types: single row and double row, with two methods of connection, namely: side and bottom.

Stella, like all other modifications of tubular radiators, undergoes very thorough technological preparation before painting. Pipes are subjected to stripping, priming and subsequent double staining with various composites using certain technologies. Primary staining consists in applying a polymer with an acrylic base by electrophoresis.

In the second color, the products are coated with an epoxy-polyester dye using the electrostatic spraying method. As a result, a uniform surface color is obtained with a very high degree of adhesion of the dye to the metal. The service life of such a coating resistant to abrasion and to the action of washing substances is calculated over many years. As the base color for the radiators "Stella" is chosen white, but you can order their color in any of the colors included in the RAL.

On KZTO a wide range of heat convectors is produced. There are steel models, bimetallic copper-aluminum for floor installation and hanging on the wall, devices for embedding in the floor and products of small height. To this group belong the models of the breeze type of field,floor-standing product “Elegant” and its reduced version “Elegant-mini”, as well as steel tubular convector heating elements “Effect”.

This model is one of the most demanded types of products of the plant of KZTO. This is explained by the fact that among similar products from other manufacturers it is rare to find devices of the same class at the same price.

Products of this type are manufactured by the company in two versions. The first is “Breeze”, which creates natural circulation, and the second is “Breeze-B” with a tangential fan built into it to create a forced circulation. The heat exchanger of the model is bimetallic, copper-aluminum.

The grille can be made to order in a painted form or made of polished stainless steel, wooden, coated with lacquer or without it. These devices can be given a radius of curvature at the request of the customer. Products with such a radius are twice as expensive as the base model.

The body in the basic version is made of hot rolled steel, whose thickness is equal to 0.8 mm. Its inner and outer parts are painted in gray, so after installation the device becomes invisible. At the request of the consumer case can be made of stainless steel, which will cost 25% more expensive.

Despite its small size, this bimetallic heat exchanger has a high degree of heat transfer. If the device is installed close to the glass surface, it is possible to arrange its heat exchanger in the direction of the glass. At the same time warm air will immediately act on the glass, preventing the appearance of condensate on it. At the same time, this method of installation creates an even distribution of the thermal background. If you install the heat exchanger in the direction of the room, the heating will go faster, but there will be zones with different temperatures.

This convector has a steel heat exchanger that is available in passage and end versions with two connection methods. In the first case, with lateral connection, a device with an external thread type is installed under an operating pressure of about 15 atm.At the bottom, according to the customer’s connection method, the working pressure in the system reaches ten atmospheres.

"Blues" are suitable for use in heating systems of one-pipe type and two-pipe design. Their thermal power reaches 3310 watts. Such a product is hung on the walls with the help of the brackets included in the basic kit.

These products are equipped with a copper-aluminum bimetallic heat exchanger. This whole series is connected in the lower way. Some of these devices come with a thermostatic valve, others do not. Connections for connection are hidden in the legs, making the connection of the radiator to the system completely invisible. A valve is located inside the case, and outside of it only a thermostatic head is placed to adjust the temperature in a heated room.

The product "Elegant Mini" is not only hung on the wall, but can also be placed on the floor, and under the order it can be obtained with the desired radius of curvature.Elegant Plus devices are powerful floor and wall heaters with a bimetallic copper and aluminum heat exchanger. The products of this series are distinguished by a large variety of external dimensions, which makes it possible to choose a convector of the right size for any type of room. The strict contours of the heater casing and the possibility of painting it in any color make it possible to combine it with a variety of interiors.

Methods of installation, design solutions, materials for the equipment heat sink are different., but unifying for all these products is their consistently high level of quality. The company is equipped with modern automated technological lines, it continuously monitors the technological process, and monitors product quality indicators.

About what are the nuances when installing the built-in convector KWTO type "Breeze", see the following video.