Profile: Separation Equipment Co. is distributor of centrifuges, fluid separators, plate heat exchangers and watermakers for the marine, food & beverage, and industrial fluids industries. The plate heat exchanger comprises of a series of thin, corrugated alloy plates that are gasketed and compressed together in a carbon steel frame to create an arrangement of parallel flow channels. Ports at each corner of the plates act as the headers and the gaskets direct the fluid flow as well as provide the primary seal for the system. One fluid travels in the odd numbered channels and the second in the even.