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What if you could improve indoor air quality, eliminate filter headaches, and lower energy costs, all without investing in heated makeup air? That’s exactly what Air Solutions helped a Mid-South manufacturer achieve in their welding shop. The Challenge: High Costs and Heavy Maintenance This manufacturer’s weld shop was enclosed with soft vinyl curtain walls and … Continued
In manufacturing environments, ensuring proper ventilation is not just a matter of comfort but a critical aspect of occupational health and safety. Adequate ventilation also contributes toward facility and operational efficiency. A variety of challenges arise in maintaining effective ventilation systems within plants. The following are five common challenges involved with industrial ventilation applications along … Continued
As temperatures grow warmer, now is the time to think about ways to keep your facility’s air comfortable and safe for your employees to breathe. Air quality and comfort depends not only on the removal of contaminants from ambient air, but also pulling excess heat from the building. The importance of air quality and health … Continued
Clean air is essential in any facility for the health and safety of its occupants. As summer approaches, comfort will depend not only on the removal of contaminants from ambient air, but also removing excess heat from the building. Air Solutions is proud to partner with Americraft to offer efficient and effective roof exhauster and … Continued
Overview: A Midwest steel plant needed a ventilation solution for their hot strip mill building where slabs of steel are rolled into steel coils. The plant produces carbon, stainless, and electrical steels; hot and cold-rolled steel; as well as aluminum-coated stainless steel. The hot strip mill building had been ventilated with upblast roof exhaust fans, … Continued
The Apollo is a dual-purpose ventilation solution that provides ongoing ventilation with the added benefit of natural daylighting. A wide range of facilities can benefit greatly from this highly efficient, low-cost natural ventilation, particularly those with heat generating processes. The Apollo system exhausts warm air and provides facility cooling when the flaps are open. When … Continued
Regulatory health organizations worldwide work to address the prevention of health risks associated with fumes and smoke generated during metalworking and other industrial processes. Exposure regulations and standards such as OSHA are rigorously enforced to minimize worker exposure to the hazardous contaminants present in weld and fume smoke. Ventilation is just one method of mitigating … Continued
Expansion joints and dampers are essential building components in the design of effective air handling systems. We partner with Flextech Industries for a wide range of quality, dependable dampers and expansion joints for a variety of industrial applications. Flextech offers a comprehensive line of heavy-duty, reliable louver dampers. These louver dampers are engineered to provide … Continued
One of the keys to an effective industrial ventilation and dust collection system is quality ducting. Air Solutions makes installing duct easy with clamp-together duct products developed by some of the most trusted names including K & B duct, Nordfab® Quick-Fit®, and more. A clamp-together duct is designed to easily attach to existing ductwork with … Continued
Overview: Norbord Inc., an international producer of wood-based panels based in Toronto, Canada, needed a ventilation solution for their plant located in Guntown, MS. Air Solutions worked with Moffitt Corporation to design an effective natural ventilation solution that met the needs of the Norbord OSB plant. Problem: At the Norbord OSB plant in Guntown, MS, … Continued
