Specification Guides

Specification Guides explain a range of products and services across the industrial world.
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Air Conditioners

Air conditioners and building air conditioners are used in industrial, process computing, networking, and other spaces where thermal management is important.  Space and spot cooling equipment are used wherever total heat must be controlled or where localized heat sources must be managed.  Many refrigerants are used in air conditioners; CFC-free refrigerants are becoming more prevalent and in fact are required in many applications.

Boilers (industrial)

Industrial boilers are closed vessels that use a fuel source or electricity to heat water or generate steam for industrial heating and humidification applications.

Condensers

Condensers are devices which accept a vapor stream and convert it to a liquid using heat transfer and/or compression.They are used in steam turbines for power plants, in cooling units for in-process fluids, and in air conditioning systems for buildings and automobiles.

Cooling Towers

Cooling towers are defined as any open water recirculation device that uses fans or natural draft to draw or force air to contact and cool water by evaporation.

Crucibles

Crucibles are vessels used to melt and process materials at high temperatures.

Cryostats and Dewars

Cryostats and dewars are used to keep sensors and store samples at very cold temperatures.

Fans and Blowers (industrial)

Industrial fans and blowers are move air and granular media in industrial and commercial settings. Typical applications include air circulation for personnel, exhaust, or material handling.

Fluid Heat Transfer Systems

Fluid heat transfer systems circulate thermal fluid through process equipment to maintain an even, consistent temperature profile.

Heat Exchangers

Heat exchangers are commonly used in a wide variety of industrial, chemical, and electronics processes to transfer energy and provide required heating or cooling.

Heat Treatment Salts

Heat treatment salt is melted to form a molten salt bath, which is used to anneal, solution treat, quench or harden, temper, clean, strip, descale, braze, sodler, nitride, carbonitride, carbuize, and cure rubber.

HVAC Chillers

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) chillers are refrigeration systems that provide cooling for industrial and commercial applications. They use water, oils or other fluids as refrigerants.

HVAC Fans and Blowers

HVAC fans and blowers are used to move air through heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. They are an integral part of the air handling systems that bring or draw fresh air into buildings.

Impellers

Impellers are rotating devices that force liquids, gases and vapors in a desired direction. They are widely used in pumping, blowing, and mixing applications.

Ovens (industrial)

Industrial ovens are batch or continuous process enclosures or tunnels that are insulated and used for thermal processing. Ovens are lower temperature (usually < 1400° F) thermal processing units, usually without refractory insulation.

Powder Dryers

Powder dryers are devices which dry granular materials.

Process Dryers

Process dryers are used to remove liquids or moisture from bulk solids, powders, parts, continuous sheets or other liquids by evaporation or sublimation.

Refrigeration Compressors and Air Conditioning Compressors

Refrigeration compressors and air conditioning compressors provide air conditioning, heat pumping, and refrigeration for large-scale facilities and equipment. Refrigeration compressors are sometimes called refrigerant compressors.

Vaporizers

Vaporizers are heat exchangers that convert liquefied gases to a warm gaseous product. The heat source can be ambient air, steam or water.

Web Dryers

Web dryers are devices which dry webs, rolls, and other continuous materials.