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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Industrial Fans | Future Thinking
It's here! 2017 has arrived, and during the first week back to the office, we have been discussing what lies ahead for in the industrial fans market and for us here at Axair Fans.
As many of you will be aware, the demand for industrial fans for Biomass and Biofuel applications was spiked in 2016. ...
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Biomass Applications: Selecting Industrial Fans
At Axair we’re familiar with supplying industrial fans for use within renewable energy generation and offer a range of fans specially designed for use in Biomass fuel applications. These fans range from low to high pressure including those for materials handling and high temperatures.
The ...
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Keeping Metrolink Manchester On Track With Axair Rail Fans
Robust & Durable Rail Fans
Manchester Metrolink is a light rail tram system in Greater Manchester. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by RATP Group.
The rail network consists of seven lines which radiate from ...
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Product Release: Digital Electronic Speed Control
A large number of motors are being used for general purposes in our surroundings from house-hold equipment to machine tools in industrial facilities. The electric motor is now a necessary and an indispensable source of power in many industries. The functions and the performance required for these ...
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SEAT Industrial Range Evolutions
Since our partnership with SEAT, Axair Fans has always had an impressive selection of Corrosion Resistant Polypropylene fans for use within hazardous atmospheres and ATEX applications in addition to a wide range of installation accessories. As a technical product engineer for the SEAT range and the ...
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Laboratory Fume Extraction Roadshow
Following on from the Effective Laboratory exhibition at Strathclyde University on 1st March 2016, Axair Fans took to the City of Nottingham to showcase new developments and energy efficient air movement technology while sharing our technical knowledge and experience of laboratory air movement.
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Ozone - a Breath of Fresh air
To put it simply, ozone is activated oxygen. It occurs naturally in the environment and is around us all the time. It’s composed of three oxygen atoms, is blue in colour and has a strong odour. But, how can we use it?
Ozone works as a natural cleaner. When presented to an odour, there is a ...
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Slow & Steady Wins the Race – Inverter Speed Control
Today’s market sees businesses offering faster turnarounds, faster decisions and 24/7 service, so to move slower makes us think we’ll get left behind, that we’ll be losing customers while our competitor's power forwards and as a result, we’ll lose money. So the idea of slowing down to save ...
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Axair Fuel Fans For Efficient, Clean & Safe Biofuel Drying
With renewable energy sources on our mind, we recently posted a blog update around Biomass as an alternative to fossil fuels so now we’re delighted to be able to add another renewable energy biofuel source provider to our midst, improving our expertise and improving the carbon footprint of UK ...
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Axial Fans | The Hot Spot For Tanning Machine Reliability
We’re all aware that Summer is approaching and with that comes the compulsory suntan required to carry off those garish shorts hidden deep in the wardrobe. Many of us will achieve this by paying a few visits to our local tanning salon. We also know that these tanning machines or sunbeds use ...
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Green Renewable Energy With Biomass Fuel Fans
As the demand for an efficient form of renewable energy increases due to the ever decreasing volume of fossil fuels available, Biomass is now in the spotlight.
Biomass energy is produced using the matter contained in plants, typically including wood chips, trees, manure, sewage and mulch. Due...
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AHU Refurb | As Easy As Childs Play
The refurbishment of existing air handling equipment is a practical alternative to replacing with a whole new system, benefiting from cost effectiveness, less disruption, more flexibility and the ability to improve existing specifications.
During any AHU refurb all fan types can be replaced with ...
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Inland Revenue Pay Attention To AC Fans...
Back in 1994, when Axair was in its early start up days, began the transformation of a brownfield site for use by The Inland Revenue to create office accommodation space for 1,800 staff. The development consisted of seven separate buildings, in the form of courtyards and L-shaped blocks which ...
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We're Going Big On Industrial Fume Extraction
We recently announced the arrival at Axair HQ of the largest plastic fan we supply taken from the SEAT collection of corrosion resistant polypropylene fans. So we thought it was about time we spoke a little more about this powerful, energy saving yet quiet machine.
It’s hard to ask for more from ...
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Axair Fans Get Specific About Fan Power…
You’ll be aware that Axair offers a wide variety of fans and fan accessories for multi applications into the UK market. One of these being the fan coil industry where the key influencing factor in this ever changing environment is low Specific Fan Power (SFP)
Within a fan coil system, fans are ...
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Stimulating Free Air for Car Test Facility with Axial Fans
Hangar 111 are a specialist for Lotus cars, providing tuning parts for road, track and Motorsport. With an increasing number of years in successful Lotus driving behind them, Hangar 111 put their knowledge, skills and experience into building and supporting Lotus cars for competitive Motorsport, ...
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Don't lose your bottle...
New design creates problem for production engineers
A change in bottle design from a simple, symmetrical shape to an asymmetrical but ergonomic shapes caused problems for a domestic product manufacturer.
During the bottle filling process in many manufacturing units, empty plastic bottles are ...
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EC v's AC: It's EC To See The Savings...
For a significant length of time Axair Fans has offered a range of forward curved double inlet centrifugal fans, or commonly known as 'Inch blowers'. Alongside the standard AC versions, Axair Fans now also offer Electronically Commutated Inch Blowers. EC fans are more efficient than their AC ...
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Let Our Stack Support Take The Strain
The latest addition to the Axair accessories portfolio, the New Discharge Stack Support is made from a galvanised steel construction offering stability and rigidity to accommodate the height of the discharge stack.
Key Features:
Consisting of two or three steel sections, the support can be used ...
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Axair: A New Air In Dome Construction
Promotional branding and marketing ideas are always changing, you could say they’re evolving as new methods and initiatives are introduced that catch the customer's eye and put the brand at the forefront of their minds. Evolution Dome, an events company specialising in temporary inflatable ...
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Fan Coil Monitor is Real Cause for Alarm
Tackling The Undetected Failure of Fan Coil Units in H&V
The undetected failure of fan coil units is a long standing problem in heating and ventilation. Coil units, like the types found in Heating &Ventilating (HVAC) applications tend to be unmonitored and system failures can often go ...
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Our Friends Electric - Axair & Formula E
Despite the well-publicised environmental and financial benefits, electric cars have largely failed to win over consumer hearts and minds. For many, electric cars are seen as slow, restrictive and expensive to buy. Formula E is looking to change this. Part sport, part testing ground, the world's ...
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Rolling Back the Years - Axair & AH Motorsports
Back in 2003, we supplied the first of many fans for a rolling road application; supporting AH Motorsports, independent experts in race preparation and race engine building.
Set up in 1999 by Adrian Hawkins, AHM are based in Hartley Wintney on the Surrey/Hampshire border and originally specialised ...
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Axair Help Get the Blow on the Road
Back in May last year, we told you how we had supported Motorsport Developments in Lancashire with the development of a brand new tuning facility. We supplied two Rosenberg 900 Ø EC plate axial fans to help them create a dedicated exhaust extraction system for their rolling road. Well, we’ve been...
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