ITT Standard SSCF heat exchanger — 316 stainless shell & tube

If the nameplate on your unit reads ITT Standard SSCF, your model number still crosses directly to current production. The SSCF is the all-316 stainless shell and tube heat exchanger in the straight-tube, fixed-tubesheet family — built for duties where brass and copper won't survive: corrosive process fluids, deionized and high-purity water, coastal and marine raw water, and washdown-environment utility cooling.

ITT Standard became Standard Xchange in 2012, and the SSCF remains in production at the same Cheektowaga, NY factory. That means your replacement is a current catalog item, not a custom rebuild.

SSCF specifications and construction

The SSCF's standard configuration puts 316 stainless on every wetted surface, so your process fluid never touches a copper alloy. The datasheet values below cover the full range; your nameplate model code fixes the exact size and pass count.

How to read an SSCF model code

SSCF part numbers follow a fixed five-field pattern — for example 5-160-03-014-001 is a 3″ shell, 14″ tube length, single-pass, narrow-baffle unit. The 160 field is what distinguishes the all-316 SSCF from the brass BCF (030) and steel SX2000 (230); the size and configuration fields read the same across the family:

For the exact heat-transfer surface area, weight, and connection sizes of a specific size code, see the full factory selection tables in the SSCF datasheet — or send your model code and you'll get the figures back the same business day.

When to choose the SSCF over the BCF brass series

Stainless costs more than brass, so the real question is whether your duty demands it. The SSCF earns its premium when:

• Either of your fluids is corrosive to copper alloys
• Chlorides are present — coastal, marine, or brackish water
• Purity matters — DI water strips copper ions, contaminating your loop
• Your cleaning or washdown chemicals would attack brass

If your duty is plain fresh-water oil cooling, the BCF brass series is usually the more economical choice.

Where the SSCF heat exchanger is the right call

• DI and RO water cooling for high-purity loops
• Chemical process cooling and heating
• Marine and coastal raw-water duty
• Plating and surface-finishing baths
• Washdown-environment and food-adjacent utility cooling

Replacing an SSCF: your nameplate has everything you need

The model and serial number on your SSCF nameplate identify shell diameter, tube length, and pass count — enough to match the current drop-in equivalent without pulling the unit or digging for old drawings. Send a photo of the nameplate and you'll get a quote with lead time for the current production model. Older ITT Standard and American Standard nameplates cross-reference the same way.

Get a replacement quote — just send your nameplate

SSCF tube bundles, gaskets, and replacement parts

If the shell is sound, a replacement tube bundle can restore full thermal performance for less than the cost of a complete unit — a common path when fouling or tube erosion is the failure, not the shell. Gaskets and other spares are covered on the parts page. Not sure whether to retube or replace? Send the nameplate data and a note on what failed, and you'll get both numbers to compare.

Sizing help for a new or changed duty

Not replacing like-for-like? If your process changed — higher flow, a new fluid, different target temperatures — a nameplate match would lock in yesterday's duty. Share your flow rates, inlet and outlet temperatures, and both fluids, and you'll get a properly sized SSCF selection instead of a guess. Start at the quote page with whatever data you have; missing values can be worked out from the application.

For more than 25 years, plants across the Southeast and beyond have sourced SSCF units, bundles, and parts through Southgate Process Equipment in Canton, GA — an authorized Standard Xchange distributor. Questions before you submit? Call (770) 345-0010.