Maintaining acceptable noise levels can be challenging for any facility; reducing fan noise is often a key part of the solution. While there are multiple proven options for minimizing fan noise, each involves trade-offs among cost, convenience, efficiency and other factors. Here are three of the most common, plus...
December 20, 2018
It’s tempting to exclude bearing life from your fan specs. Many people don’t include them. But a small oversight like this can cost you significantly in repairs and downtime down the road.
Smart contractors and engineers insist on a minimum L10 bearing life of 50,000 hours, which works out to about 5.7 years of...
September 25, 2018
When fan performance is critical to your uptime and profits, you want it to provide years of reliable service. That’s why you should never send a commercial fan to do an industrial fan’s job.
Trouble is, there are a lot of cheap imposters out there. Don’t be fooled by their “low” price tags, because they’ll cost...
May 1, 2018
Whether you’re manufacturing widgets or treating wastewater, shutdowns are bad for business. And there’s nothing more frustrating than having to take an entire facility offline while you wait for replacement fan parts to show up.
While you can’t plan for everything, there are four simple steps you can take to...
March 20, 2018
Every fan needs periodic upkeep, especially if you work in an environment with dirty air. But when it comes to maintenance, some fans save you time and money; unfortunately, many others don’t.
Let’s say you run a food or paper processing business. Which of these choices would you pick every time you have to...
February 15, 2018
Washdown cycles are a necessary part of the food processing business — but you’re not making money while that equipment is down. And the longer those washdowns take, the more time bacteria has to fester and grow. Adequate heating and ventilation are critical to keeping washdown cycles as short as possible.
NOWHERE...January 26, 2018
You’ve heard the saying, “that isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”. Often this statement refers to a guarantee or contract.
You could include a warranty to that.
Maybe you’ve experienced this, with warranties “covering” your home appliances or electronics or the equipment in your facility. Something...
January 26, 2017
I bought a new washer and dryer a few months ago. The stacker model I used previously lasted about 15 years, which is pretty good. If you haven’t looked at washers lately, then you may not know that most of them don’t have agitators. To me this doesn’t make sense. How do the clothes get cleaned without being agitated?...