Watlow J18E-13748 FIREROD Heater Cartridge

The Watlow J18E-13748 FIREROD heater cartridge is a swaged, insert-style electric cartridge heater in the FIREROD series designed for continuous industrial process heating and stable temperature control. It operates at 240V AC and delivers 300W, with a sheath of Alloy 800 / Incoloy for high-temperature resilience, and supports a maximum operating temperature of up to 1400°F (760°C). This heater cartridge is commonly used in packaging machinery, molds, dies, industrial ovens, and manufacturing equipment, as well as plastic processing machinery, sealing equipment, and other thermal processing systems requiring reliable heat transfer. Manufactured by Watlow, it uses insert-style installation and is a common replacement for cartridge heaters from Chromalox, Tempco, and Omega.