Originally known as Christian Engineering, Therma-Flite has a long history of screw conveyor and auger design.  Our founder, Robert
Christian, patented many ideas involving screw augers, heat exchangers and industrial equipment. 

Therma-Flite (then known as Christian Engineering) designed, build and sold the first hollow screw heat exchanger in 1939.  Crude as it was, it worked and was applied in the food industry.  It was not until after World War II that it was used in other industries, primarily the chemical and construction industries.

What started as a simple device to sterilize tomatoes and cook baby food, became a gypsum calciner or a sand cooler, or a hazardous waste reactor. 

Since these early beginnings, Therma-Flite has continued to develop and re-evaluate the heat exchanger screw conveyor industry.  Our processors have lasted longer, processed more, and handled more materials than any other manufacturer in the world.  Using different construction materials, varied flight designs, new rotor configurations, diverse heat transfer mediums, and custom designing nearly every project, Therma-Flite has not only set the bar – we have completely re-engineered it.

 If you have a product that has never been processed before,
 a product that requires special handling, or you need equipment to fit into a constrained environment, we have the capabilities and the ‘know how’ to design the right equipment for you.

  Don’t go out of your way to purchase a ‘cookie cutter’ off the shelf screw conveyor, let Therma-Flite design the processor that will meet or exceed your needs with out the need of rearranging your entire process around the screw processor.

 

Location

Our 60,000 sq.ft facility is located in Benicia California, sandwiched between the San Francisco Bay Area and the Napa Wine Country.  By following ASME code, our heavy manufacturing facility insures the highest standards of design and manufacturing of all equipment produced on our shop floor.