When you purchase a new custom built fan or blower from AirPro, we ensure that you get the most from your investment. Our application engineers work with you to evaluate your fan application and recommend a custom fan to give you optimal air control, safety, performance, and value.
Because AirPro is a 100% employee-owned company, there are some things you never have to worry about customizing. We build them into everything we do. Our customers work with us because they appreciate the high quality fans and service we provide. Our response time and customer-driven innovation are unparalleled in the industry. And whether you “chat” on our website, email or call, there is an engineer on the other end ready to roll.
The most common individual to call us is another application engineer. So first and foremost, if that’s you, you should know that we speak your language. Fluently. Bring the technical jargon on! You might even want to check out our online fan selection tool in a pinch. It gives you access to fan design details, drawings, and even pricing and includes a live chat with our application engineers during our business hours. Just in case that’s not you, we’ll outline the key considerations in specifying a custom built fan. There are four main pieces of information we will need before we get too far. We need to know:
Armed with those inputs, we will identify a short list of core options based on your specific application, and then move on to the details, which include (but are not limited to:
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Types of Fans in section:
High Temperature process airstreams require specially designed centrifugal fans that can handle extremely high temperatures. Along with the Radial Paddle Wheel Fan, the Forward Curved Fan is one of the select designs that can take the heat.
Many industrial processes rely on high-temperature process heat. High temperature operations like heat treating and stress relieving must use convection, requiring fans that can withstand the high temperature to circulate heated air within the chamber. Fans and blowers not properly designed for this purpose will catastrophically fail when used at temperatures above their design.
The impeller on this fan has forward curved blades that are relatively small. They curve in the direction of the rotation of the wheel. Often used in a Plug arrangement, the Forward Curved Exhaust Fan mounts directly to an enclosure.
The AirPro Forward Curved High Temperature Fan works in a wide range of industrial furnaces, industrial ovens, and other heat-processing equipment. Generally designed to move high volumes of air at low static pressures, this high temperature fan can use several wheel designs and with various materials that are appropriate for the specific operating temperature.
A Forward Curved high temperature exhaust fan requires no ductwork, as the wheel is directly inserted into the enclosure. The motor, bearings, and drive parts are positioned outside of the airstream.
Volume: up to 500,000 cfm
Pressure: up to 10”wg
Temperature: up to 1800°F
Configuration: with/without housing and inlet cone
Drive: Belt & Direct
Unit Overview:
Centrifugal Radial Fans are a staple in industrial material handling applications. With the right specifications, they can handle all manner of materials from small, light particles to larger, heavier materials. Whether for safety, comfort, operating efficiency, maintenance, or all of the above, these fans have an important role to play in many industrial applications.
Within this fan family, we offer two primary types – Open Radial and Shrouded Radial.
Volume: up to 150,000 cfm
Pressure: up to 60”wg
Temperature: up to 1000°F
Static Efficiency: up to 66%
Drive: Belt & Direct
The backward inclined fan (backward inclined blower) is highly efficient because it has simple, flat, backward inclined blades that minimize interference with the airflow as the air moves through the fan. It also offers lower sound levels and energy costs than many other fan types and includes a non-overloading horsepower design for low-pressure applications. Finally, this fan is suited for clean air and/or high-temperature applications.
Backward curved fans offer strong performance capabilities with minimal energy costs, making them high value components to many centrifugal fan and blower applications. The backward curved blade profile empowers these fans to move high volumes of air at high static pressures with high static efficiencies. While used in mostly clean air applications, backward curved fans can also handle light dust and particulate.