Hot, foul or stagnant air in an industrial facility makes for a bad working environment. We help to get this air moving to not only cool the workplace but also help control airborne contaminants. We offer several products to move air, from simple fans to whole building ventilation systems.
- Air Circulators (people and process coolers) are available as pedestal, wall, floor, I-beam, and ceiling fans. Circulator fans use directed air to keep people and processes cool.
- Exhaust and Intake Fans either push air into or pull air out of shops and are available as wall or rooftop units.
- An evaporative cooler (also swamp cooler, desert cooler and wet air cooler) is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water.
Circulation fans and evaporative coolers move air within a building and deliver spot cooling, ventilation and circulation in hot environments. Examples are pedestal mounted fans, drums fans as well as ceiling fans.
Exhaust and Intake fans are mounted on the building and roof to push air in or out of a building. A negative pressure system is designed to pull air out of a building and a positive pushes fresh air in. Negative pressure ventilation is the most efficient way to exchange air.
To size your system, you need to determine the number of times you need to exchange (replace) your facilities air (see chart). Divide your shops cubic feet by the amount of changes required in an hour to determine your fan(s) CFM requirement.
Example – Warehouse
Size: 100’ L x 80’ W x 20” H = 160,000 CU. FT. Estimate an air change every 2-10 minutes. In this example, let’s choose a change every 10 minutes. 60 minutes in an hour gives us 6 changes/hour.
160,000 cu.ft/10 changes = 16,000 CFM Needed
Once you know the CFM needed, pick an exhaust fan and the mount location (Wall or Roof) along with the type of motors in either Belt (quieter) or Direct Drive Motor.
Other things must also be considered, natural direction of the wind, explosion proof motors and noise. We are always happy to come out and help with this fan selection process.
