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How Many Types Of Heating Coils Are There For Vapes

Release Time: 2026-01-20Writer: DANK SOMKE

As a professional vape manufacturer, our factory is located in Dongguan, China.
Today we have compiled detailed information on vape heating core accessories – heating wires for you. Let you understand the selection and application of vape heating wire components in a few minutes.

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Types of components for heating wire

• Riveted heating coil components
• Touch welding heating coil components
• Simple winding heating coil component
• Spring coil (Nautilus heating coil) component
• Ceramic core heating coil component
• Heating element heating component

How Many Types Of Heating Coils Are There For Vapes

Riveted heating coil components

• Material composition
1. Heating wire
2. Electronic conductive wire
3. Fiberglass thread
4. Electronic terminal
• Application scenarios
1. Various small disposable vapes
2. Conjoined electronic cigarettes
3. Tank atomizer
• Advantages: sturdy structure, anti bending, stable resistance value.
• Disadvantage: Terminals occupy a certain amount of space, and size considerations need to be taken into account during design.

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Touch welding heating coil components

• Material composition:
1. Heating wire
2. Electronic conductive wire
3. Fiberglass thread or cotton rope
• Application scenarios
1. Various small disposable vapes
2. Conjoined electronic cigarettes
3. Tank atomizer
• Advantages: Stable resistance/small tolerance, small footprint of solder joints.
• Disadvantages: When the diameter is less than or equal to 0.08mm, welding is difficult and the yield is low.

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Simple winding heating coil component

• Material composition:
1. Heating wire
2. Fiberglass thread or cotton rope
• Application scenarios: Widely used in various flat vapes and pod atomizers
• Advantages: Stable resistance, simple structure, small size, high production efficiency, suitable for small volume flat vapes or pods.
• Disadvantages: The electric heating coil not only generates heat but also serves as a conductive connection, occupying a certain amount of power. Therefore, the product structure design and precision requirements are higher

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Spring coil (Nautilus heating coil) component

• Material composition: Common ceramic core heating coils are divided into two types: externally wound heating coils and internally encapsulated heating coils. They are mainly composed of ceramic bodies, internal heating wires, and pin connecting wires, with some requiring accessories such as distribution poles.
• Application scenarios: Can be used for small vaporizers, tank atomizers, box mod atomizers, etc.
• Characteristics: Stable resistance, stable structure, and not easily deformed.

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Ceramic core heating coil component

• Material composition: It is composed of heating coil and connecting wire, and is formed through welding, winding, and bending processes.
• Application scenarios: Mostly used for high-power electronic cigarettes, also favored by DIY users.
• Features: Low resistance, can be used in parallel at the same time, and can be manually threaded with oil conducting cotton rope or block cotton when in use.

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Heating element heating component

• Material composition:
1. Stainless steel heating element: composed of stainless steel substrate and pin connections. Made by stamping and rolling edges, seamless welding process.
2. Thick film resistors: commonly used in instant heating equipment such as electric water heaters, made from stainless steel substrates processed through thick film technology.
• Application: Stainless steel heating element: mostly used in high-power electronic cigarettes, thick film resistor heating element: mostly used in baking cigarettes.
• Characteristics: Small resistance, stable structure, and not easily deformed.

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Product parameters of vape heating coil

Selection of heating wire components

Circuit scheme
• Power
Resistance
• Raw material type
1. Material of resistance coil (nickel chromium/iron chromium aluminum/stainless steel/titanium wire)
2. Oil storage/oil guiding design (fiberglass rope/organic cotton rope/cotton sheet/ceramic core)
Structural plan
• Structural dimensions
1. Length of wires/pins
2. Length of fiberglass rope
3. Circle number/circle diameter design
4. Design of screw spacing and total pitch
Process Design
• Riveting/collision welding/simple winding/other types
• Matching the functional design and structure of heating coil components

The impact of important parameters on vapes

• Resistance effect
1. Affects the size of cloud volume
2. Affects the speed of startup
3. Affects the number of smoking puffs
4. Taste
• The influence of heating wire material and specifications
1. Affects startup speed
2. Affects taste
3. Constant power output or temperature control design
4. Affects production process
• Influence of number of turns/pitch
1. Affects the uniformity of heating
2. Affects the heating area
3. Affects taste
4. Affects assembly
• The influence of fiberglass rope/cotton rope
1. Does it meet the needs of end customers
2. Affects taste
3. Affects assembly
4. Affects oil storage capacity
• Impact of structural dimensions
1. Affects structural design
2. Affects assembly
After meeting the basic requirements through the above selection, it is necessary to repeatedly verify, trial produce, and compare the heating coil with the battery device and e-liquid before designing a heating wire component suitable for this product.

Common product parameters/accuracy of heating coil

Product parameters	Riveted coil	Touch welding	Simple winding
Coil diameter	Φ0.08-0.2	Φ0.12-0.22	Φ0.08-0.25
Coil number of turns	4-9 turns	3-9 turns	3-9 turns
Coil resistance	0.8-4.2Ω	0.6-4.2Ω	0.8-4.2Ω
Coil length	25-45mm	25-45mm	20-45mm
Fiberglass/cotton rope length	7-70mm	7-70mm	10-60mm
Number of fiberglass/cotton ropes	1-4 ropes	1-4 ropes	1-4 ropes
Connection method	Terminal	Touch welding	/
Conductor length	12-84mm	12-80mm	3.5-20mm
Enduring tensile force	Above 6N	Above 4N	/
Resistance tolerance	±0.1Ω	Minimum ±0.05Ω	Minimum ±0.05Ω
Thread pitch	±0.1mm	±0.1mm	±0.1mm
Total thread pitch	±0.2mm	Minimum ±0.1mm	Minimum ±0.1mm