Applications
How are ATEX Corrosion Resistant Fans Used in Cement and Asphalt Production?
As with many process industries, corrosion resistant ATEX fans are used in the production stages of cement and asphalt manufacturing. The industrial fan, alongside other system components, ensures safety, increases plant efficiency, and in terms of combustion, helps to maximise product yield to ...
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HVAC Fan Failure Monitoring
A method of detecting fan failure within fan coil units in heating and ventilation.
The undetected failure of fan coil units is a long standing problem in heating and ventilation. Fan coil units like the types found in H&V applications tend to be unmonitored and system fan failure can often go ...
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The Importance of Shipping Warehouse Ventilation
According to energy advisors, warehouses spend on average 15% of their budget on energy bills every year. Mechanical ventilation can contribute to a high percentage of this spend. In this article, we explore the importance of effective warehouse ventilation.
Like many hazards, poor ventilation ...
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Corrosion Resistant Extraction Fans for Salt Spray Chambers
Salt spray has a very potent effect on corrosion and not knowing how products react long term to a corrosive environment or chemical, can have devastating effects for the end user and the original manufacturer. Salt spray testing is a laboratory simulation of a corrosive saline ...
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Wastewater Treatment Ventilation: Polypropylene vs. Stainless Steel and GRP
Corrosive Gases in Water Treatment
Environmental wastewater treatment plants face a number of challenges in terms of ensuring safe and effective ventilation due to the release of corrosive and toxic gases that occur across the various treatment processes. During the treatment process, the ...
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Extraction Fans for Indoor Swimming Pools & Chlorine Ventilation
We all know that chlorine is widely used to treat water for swimming pools in leisure centres and domestic pools. Through the process of pool water evaporation, an indoor swimming pool will continuously produce huge volumes of chlorine or salt-water vapour. The temperature humidity in the air and ...
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ATEX Fans for Marine & Offshore Hazardous Areas
Given the corrosive and potentially hazardous nature of the marine and offshore environment, a number of variables need to be considered when selecting ATEX fans, equipment and components for marine and offshore applications. Fans within ventilation systems can be found in various areas of an ...
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ECFanGrid Cooling Power Delivered to Rolling Stock Yard
We have recently provided a rolling stock maintenance yard with two ECFanGrids as part of a package of works to improve the working environment. Following on site testing, we delivered the ECFanGrid solution within 3 weeks of receiving the order. The problems the facility faced, and our answers to ...
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Lions Feel the Benefit of Quiet, Efficient Roof Fans
Axair were recently approached by a zoo in the process of building a new enclosure for their lions due to open in the Easter break. Our quiet, efficient Rosenberg roof fans were the ideal solution.
Set in 30 acres of Hertfordshire woodland, the award winning zoo is home to over 500 exotic wild ...
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Avoiding Corrosion in HVAC & Protecting Employee Health
When installing a HVAC system, the main aim is usually to heat or cool the environment for employee comfort. Often underestimated is the impact that HVAC systems can have on employee health. Corrosion, caused by the presence of chemicals, is one of the biggest threats to HVAC systems and indicates ...
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Renewable Energy: Fans for Wind Turbines
The UK's offshore wind power capacity is set to nearly double by 2030, as a result of a new government initiative. Offshore wind has become an increasingly affordable source of clean energy due to plummeting costs. This, coupled with an increasing environmental awareness in consumers, is ...
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Axair Win Railway Retrofit Award
The Rosenberg Group, our supply partner for industrial and OEM air movement products, held their 2019 international sales meeting last week at headquarters in Künzelsau-Gaisbach, Germany. Rosenberg’s partners travelled from all corners of the globe to hear about new product innovations, the ...
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NIMUS Fans Improve Efficiency and Cost Reduction at UK Biomass Gas Site
The NIMUS range of highly efficient, medium pressure, backward curved, single inlet fans form an integral part of the Storm range produced by Axair’s supply partner, Casals Ventilation.
The Casals Storm range offers an extremely comprehensive range of industrial fans, which also includes ...
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Process Cooling in Factories
Process cooling in industry is an important part of manufacturing. The cooling of products and removal of large amounts of heat throughout the year increases the efficiency of production processes and operations of equipment ranging from food processing, packaging, plastic injection molding to ...
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The Versatile EHND Series from Rosenberg
Our supplier partner, Rosenberg, has developed high efficiency centrifugal fans ideal for the movement of clean or slightly dusty air, gases or steam. The ERND/E and EHND/E series offer adaptable, all-round fans that can be used in a huge range of applications, from simple exhausting to demanding ...
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Shipyard LEV Systems
Local Exhaust Ventilation, or LEV, is a recommended method of shipyard ventilation. The nature of the shipbuilding industry means that air quality can be poor due to the presence hazardous chemicals, dust and welding fumes. To ensure workers are not exposed to these potentially harmful substances in...
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Hospital Chemical Storage Ventilation
Hospitals require a number of potentially hazardous chemicals in day to day maintenance, cleaning, sterilisation, testing and operating applications. The health care sector represents one of the largest users of chemicals in the UK. The storage of these chemicals involves a number of considerations ...
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Corrosive Fume Extraction in the Water Treatment Process
Adhering to strict regulations and delivering water that is safe for human consumption, reliable and cost effective is crucial in the water treatment industry. According to the World Health Organization, contaminated drinking water causes 485,000 diarrheal deaths every year. Contaminated water can...
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Industrial Fans for Dust & Solid Transportation
Industrial and manufacturing processes and procedures can often produce hazardous and combustible airborne particles such as dust. This particulate must be extracted out of the working environment in order to protect other processes and any susceptible personnel. Axair, in partnership with Casals ...
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Effective Fan Redundancy by Running Fans in Parallel
The air handling unit market is under constant pressure from all sides; pressure from the end user to improve indoor air quality, pressure from architects to provide more comfort and to produce more aesthetically pleasing units but also from energy consultants who demand manufacturers to deliver ...
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Reducing Fan Energy Consumption Within Fan Coil Units
In modern buildings heating and ventilating is delicate balance between maximum energy efficiencies and occupancy comfort, when buildings are in the concept design stage a crucial tool to make offers attractive is to offer low energy consumption using fan coil units to keep running costs to a ...
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Warehouse Ventilation | Centrifugal Roof Fans
Warehouse Ventilation Is an important factor for many businesses...
According to energy advisors, warehouses spend on average 15% of their budget on energy bills every year. Mechanical ventilation can contribute to a high percentage of this spend. In this update we explore the importance of ...
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Selecting the Right Industrial Fan
Fan selection is perceived to be a relatively straightforward matter. First you take a look at what the competition uses and scale it to suit your product. Next you find an amenable supplier who will let you test a couple of fans, then you're in business - maybe.
Sounds familiar? Well it doesn't ...
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What's the difference between Sleeve Bearings and Ball Bearings
Two bearing systems are common in air moving products, sleeve bearings or ball bearings.
There are several factors that make it important to consider your choice when making a selection for your application.
Sleeve bearing fans are more economical; however, it is not recommended that they are ...
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