Heating and Cooling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: Compass Minerals produces Sulphate of Potash (SOP) and Magnesium Chloride at its facility in Ogden, UT. Brine from Great Salt Lake is pumped into solar evaporation ponds to concentrate the salt ...

Description: Is your gas generator reaching the end of its life? Here are seven signs it may be time to replace it: ...

Description: Food safety is one of the most important issues within meat and poultry processing plants due to the potential for cross-contamination, foodborne illness, and accelerated spoilage. Proper sanitation ...

Description: Compressors and blowers are crucial equipment in many industries, but perhaps none more so than the petrochemical industry, where compressed air is used as part of a process, or as a means of powering ...

Description: We recently had the opportunity to work with a large manufacturer and supplier of stamped and fine-blanked components. Predominantly known for their manufacturing of automotive parts, they provide a ...

Description: We recently were contacted by a well-known manufacturer of men's and women's clothing, boots and accessories; famous for their high quality, rugged work wear. The manufacturer was using one of our ...

Description: Positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heaters consist of specialized heating discs built from advanced ceramic materials. These safe, powerful, and energy-efficient heaters allow for exceptional heat ...

Description: There are several processes and secondary operations that are used to produce powder metal (PM) components, and one of those key processes in PM part production is heat treatment. Heat treating powder ...

Description: Switched Mode Rectifier/chargers (SMR's) are the dominant method of stationary battery charging for telecommunications, information technology (IT) and other standby power application. The vast ...

Description: 3M and Boyd Corporation - Overheating is a critical concern for next-generation electronic assemblies. The combined effects of device miniaturization, high-powered processors, increased chip density, ...

Description: Food production is a process that must be hygienic from start to finish. From the utensils to the equipment to the packaging, everything needs to be clean to ensure that the product will be fresh and ...

Description: Electric steam boilers are the optimal choice for microbreweries producing 3 to 20 barrels per batch. See this article to understand why. ...

Description: True to form, there have already been several engineers and techies filming tear downs of the Xbox One X. The team at TronicsFix posted a tear down video peeling away every layer of this high powered ...

Description: In thermal management, we describe our air cooled devices as using either natural convection or forced convection. Fans and blowers are the mechanisms behind forced convection cooling solutions, but ...

Description: In a majority of thermal management solutions, we use thermal convection as a means to remove heat away from our sensitive components and devices. In the rare case we don't use convection, it's ...

Description: Steam still has an important role to play in jacketed heating, but a Direct Steam Injection (DSI) Heater provides the most precise and energy-efficient method for heating the jacket water to the ...

Description: Chinook Regional Hospital is a 270-bed facility that serves as the main hospital for the city of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, Canada. When the Lethbridge Regional Hospital (now Chinook Regional ...

Description: Improving the Coal-feeding Conveying System in a Holcim Cement Plant ...

Description: If modernisations in wastewater treatment plants are due, as a rule the permanently reducing limit values of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate are pushing the investment decisions. If it concerns the ...

Description: ZLD (zero liquid discharge) is a wastewater distillation process that helps reduce waste brine discharge to the environment and recover the majority of the wastewater as clear reusable water. In ...

Description: Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has a full-time student population of more than 10,000. Founded in 1910, the university moved to its current 118 acre suburban campus in 1970. ...

Description: Today, Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho, educates its 19,400 students in more than 40 buildings around campus with a total of about three million square feet of conditioned ...

Description: Built in 1981, First Canadian Centre (FCC) is a 41-story office tower located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2010, commercial real estate firm GWL Realty Advisors sought to implement strategies to ...

Description: Sly Fox Brewing Company, headquartered in Pottstown, Penn., is well known throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for its award-winning brews and support of outdoor enthusiasts. The brewery was founded in ...

Description: There are 24 schools in the Springfield Public Schools district, located in Springfield, Oregon. Terry Rutledge is the mechanical, electrical and plumbing foreman responsible for managing the systems ...

Description: Varying climates around the world add immeasurably to the joy of life. Tourists fly thousands of miles to experience the dense humidity of a tropical rain forest, the thin, bracing air of a mountain ...

Description: As boilers age, they become less efficient, thereby increasing operational costs. Replacing the boiler is the obvious choice; however, it may not be necessary. If the boiler pressure vessel is in good ...

Description: The centrifugal fan is one of the most prevalent fan types used in the HVAC industry today. Two main categories of centrifugal fans are those that use impellers with forward curved (FC) blades and ...

Description: Cold Gun Increases Tool Life Positech Corporation of Fairfield, OH manufactures intricate machined parts for the automotive, motorcycle and aerospace industries. One of their machinists, Dave Gray, ...

Description: Permitting and pollution costs associated with fossil-fired fuels have driven large-scale oil and gas operations, petrochemical plants and power generation facilities to explore alternative process ...

Description: A rail component manufacturer needed a solution to eliminate downtime caused from the overheating of their track drilling unit. ...

Description: During combustion - one of the most wide-spread industrial process across all industry sectors - the chemical energy present in fuels, such as coal, natural gas or oil, is converted into heat by ...

Description: Joe Jewell, the plant's Compression Engineer Manager, recalls that "When we moved into our current location, which became fully operational in January of 2011, our compressed air usage was so high ...

Description: The Carolina Paper Company (CPC), a 13-year old firm based in North Carolina, re-shapes large parent paper rolls into usable paper products including paper towels, napkins and toilet paper. ...

Description: PSI builds control panels for a wide range of manufacturing clients in many industries including industrial compressor, industrial HVAC, water and gas purifications, and power measurement. Their ...

Description: Vortec creates custom-design for pulp and paper industry application ...

Description: The global corporation MAG offers a comprehensive line of equipment and technologies serving a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive and truck, heavy equipment, oil and gas, rail, ...

Description: Vortec's cooling vests solve a challenge at an electrical equipment recycling facility by standing up to the heat of Alabama summers ...

Description: The following case study explains how natural gas pipeline powder coater EB Pipe Coating (Panama City, Fla.) used four Vortex A/C electrical enclosure coolers to solve space and configuration issues ...

Description: When one of Vortec's steel industry clients built a new compressor building, plant employees discovered the compressors' own radiant heat, combined with the typical hot conditions of a steel ...

Description: Food manufacturing equipment must withstand frequent washdowns in order to maintain quality standards. ...

Description: How do you take large industrial equipment from 350 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in under 60 seconds? ...

Description: "Previously," notes Watkins, "welders did not have cooling systems although they often work in very hot environments-either outdoors or in shops without air conditioning." ...

Description: Vortec spray nozzles eliminate static electricity fire hazard in facility manufacturing polyethylene foam. ...

Description: Roboworld Vice President for Design, Sales and Support Mike Tur explains "robots typically are placed in environments where you don't want to put people-very hot or extremely cold environments, for ...

Description: Constellation Brands' facility in Nava, Coahuila was designed to handle everything from brewing to glass bottle production. As a result, the facility utilizes a robust ventilation system with over a ...

Description: Infrared is a type of energy. How does infrared heat work? It heats people, floors, walls, and other surfaces directly, without heating the air around them first. The result? Infrared heating provides ...

Description: Direct Steam Injection is more than a viable alternative for UHT processing, and should be given serious consideration. ...

Description: Originally built in 1972, Greenville Memorial Hospital, the flagship hospital of the Greenville Health System (GHS), was still operating 322 induction units in 267 patient rooms and support spaces. ...

Description: With the end of new CFC production on January 1, 1996, concentration is focusing on the phase-out schedule for HCFCs. Below is a table that shows relevant dates for HCFCs. Of particular note for ...

Description: The refrigeration system removes heat from the product and the air which lowers the temperature in the chamber. The heat is moved through the refrigeration system and rejected at the condenser. There ...

Description: When it comes to cryogenic chilling, processors may be better starting at the bottom. The bottom of their mixer, that is. Strategically injecting cryogens such as carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen ...

Description: Nitrogen gas is often used to blanket food oils and petrochemical storage tanks for safety and product quality reasons. The cold from liquid nitrogen can also be used to control VOC emissions from ...

Description: An OEM manufacturer of pasta making equipment had production process issues. Faulty pumps in the cooling system obstructed the flow of fresh water during pasta production. The customer needed a ...

Description: They needed a climate testing chamber to pre-test their system for conformity with the necessary design criteria. In particular, checking the IP protection system (IP 54) is crucial to ensure that it ...

Description: German manufacturer setting up a industrial laundry system for an airport in the Middle East needed to cool the electronic components that controlled the laundry system. When the washing machine drums ...

Description: We had a specific request from an OEM Machine Builder. They were looking for a new enclosure heater to protect the electronics in their outdoor wind turbine systems. The product needed to be durable ...

Description: An automotive OEM machine builder required a specific cooling solution that integrates into the electrical cabinets that house the controls for the their milling and turning equipment. ...

Description: We were approached by one of our customers to engineer an economical, integrated thermal management solution for their machines that use laser technology. The customer needed a solution that could ...

Description: An automotive OEM manufacturer needed a chiller to integrate with their OEM machines. The main requirement from the OEM was to cool two separate circuits of oil, each of which must be controlled ...

Description: An OEM machine builder turned to Pfannenberg for assistance with a project that required a chiller to fit in a smaller scale Ferrator water treatment system. Initially, a CC 6301 packaged chiller was ...

Description: To provide a thermal management solution for railway tunnel enclosures in the Gotthard Tunnel, the world's longest tunnel. One of the greatest technical challenges on this project was to develop a ...

Description: It's not uncommon for remote telecom enclosures to be located outdoors and need to withstand harsh environments. A telecom OEM approached Pfannenberg for an enclosure cooling solution for a project ...

Description: A rail component manufacturer needed a solution to eliminate downtime caused from the overheating of their track drilling unit. The current system used 2 undersized chillers, unable to keep up with ...

Description: A world leading manufacturer of hydraulic components and systems needed a smart and cost-effective solution to expand the cooling of lubricating oil used for machining metal parts. Their current ...

Description: An end user turned to Pfannenberg for assistance with managing their enclosure temperatures in a particularly harsh environment. The company produce high-quality construction and insulation materials ...

Description: An OEM manufacturer and fitter of multi-function housings in the telecommunications industry was lacking the resources to provide its customer with an electrical enclosure prototype with active ...

Description: Most of the OEM equipment installed in the bakery called for air conditioners to cool the drives, PLCs and additional electronics. Most times ACs can be a convenient and effective method for cooling ...

Description: An OEM machine builder in the marine industry needed a thermal management solution that was NEMA Type 4/4X rated, but also resistant to highly corrosive salt spray (fog). In an industry that ...

Description: An OEM milling component manufacturer which develops processing centers for the precision boring and milling of high-precision components needed critical thermal management for their machine's control ...

Description: The challenge was that this system would be located in a Class I, Div II environment, meaning the enclosure and components had to be explosion proof. To remain competitive in price, the system ...

Description: The industrial heating of air and water can be expensive. But you can effectively heat both air and water for industrial applications without breaking the bank. In fact, energy experts at the U.S. ...

Description: Re-caulking supply and return air collar connections up to 900° F ...

Description: The airflow switch's function is to monitor the blower fans to prove they are in operation. For example, to test the recirculation blower fan's airflow switch: ...

Description: The information that you are looking for is not readily available and requires us to search through our records to determine the required design change(s), and the material(s) needed. We would be ...

Description: The cooling coils are designed to be used with a gravity drain, which is designed to empty the coil when the equipment is being heated above 200°F. The coil must be empty during the heating process. ...

Description: Aurora's Standard Coupling Guards are a full hoop-type guard that extends beyond the ends of the coupling, keys or other parts that protrude from the shaft. ...

Description: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS A TYPICAL GUIDELINE ONLY! We recommend you contact your local building inspection service or a qualified mechanical contractor for specific recommendations and/or ...

Description: Oven exhaust - The diameter of the exhaust stack should be sized so that it's area in square inches, is equal to/or greater than the area in square inches of the equipment's exhaust discharge opening ...

Description: Calculating wall losses or energy consumption is extremely difficult to estimate for a number reasons. The actual energy usage can vary from model to model. This is also true for identical equipment ...

Description: This bulletin is to inform you of the possibility of excessive pipe thread sealant inside some Clarke supplied cooling loop assemblies. ...

Description: There are several things that could cause the equipment to be slow to heat-up. The most common causes are listed below. ...

Description: Effective thermal management of OSP cabinets is crucial for reliable operation. There are several specifications in use, but in practice most cabinets will be built to comply with the GR-3108-CORE ...

Description: Filters are an important part of any thermal management system. Whether the enclosure cooling system is comprised of cooling fans or uses an air conditioner, air filters are used to protect motors, ...

Description: When purchasing a walk-in cooler or freezer, the annual operating costs are frequently overlooked as part of the decision making process. However, the fact is that an oversight on energy consumption ...

Description: When buying a walk-in cooler or freezer, the initial cost of the walk-in is almost always the deciding factor. The cost to operate the walk-in is rarely considered. You may think all walk-ins perform ...

Description: Given numerous variables when selecting an aeration blower system for wastewater applications, and equally numerous claims by technology providers, it is not surprising that confusion exists. ...

Description: Transition from a fossil-fuel-based, combined heat and power system with steam distribution to an electrically powered, combined heat and cooling one with hot water distribution . ...

Description: Electrical equipment manufacturers generally recommend enclosure temperatures be kept below 95 degrees F. Active cooling maintains the electrical components at constant operating temperature, ...

Description: ebm-papst offers a simple airflow measurement technique for backward-curved centrifugal fans using modified versions of inlet rings (IR) typically used with these fans to maximize performance. The ...

Description: Jim Hedden, owner of George's Plumbing and Heating, routinely services and installs complex radiant heating systems in sprawling custom homes. The rural area lacks natural gas service, so he's often ...

Description: When you're building a panel containing Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), it's easy to underestimate their contribution toward the electrical enclosure's heat load. Part of the problem arises from the ...

Description: The fuel spend in a manufacturing or process operation is a significant part of the company's operating budget. Studies show that plants waste as much as $0.27 to $0.39 of every dollar due to poor ...

Description: The application involves a variety of copper tubes for annealing applications; the end products are formed tubes and pipes for various industrial uses. ...

Description: Process optimization is one of the easiest ways to save energy and money on new or existing ovens or drying equipment. ...

Description: Right angle pop-up chain transfer for wood and cement drying lines, useful when parts need to make a 90º turn. ...

Description: This checklist is intended to help design engineers verify the important thermal management requirements for enclosure cooling systems. The checklist covers environmental conditions, cooling ...

Description: When an enclosure air conditioner on one of your electrical enclosures fails, you need to act quickly before the panel overheats. But what do you do when you cannot find or contact the original ...

Description: Although many electrical enclosures are naturally ventilated, there are a number of sound technical reasons for using sealed electrical enclosures. These include keeping components clean, dry, and ...

Description: According to a study conducted by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, poor maintenance practices or a defective low water cutoff causes most boiler incidents, including those ...