I have experience with circuit design but I new to implementing heaters and am unsure of where to start and what components to use. I need to design a heating platform that uses six circular heaters (most likely Kapton Thermofoil). The heaters will be fixed into shallow cylindrical wells on an aluminum/ stainless steel platform so that six cylindrical stainless steel chambers (1.5" diameter) may rest on them and be heated to 100`C as quickly as possible.
What are the basic components that I would need to implement into the system? I know that I would need one DC power supply and at least one temp. controller. I would also need insulating below the heating element, but beyond that I have no idea. Also, because all six heating elements would be supplied with identical power and would reach equal temperatures, could I get away with using only one temp controller? Thanks in advance for any help and/or advice provided in regards to the components needed for this system. Please re-post response or email me directly.
Regards,
Dan Miller
mcpmiller@gmail.com