Category Archives: Ventilation

Managing Common Ventilation Challenges in Manufacturing Plants

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 […]

Aerovent Provides Solution for Steel Manufacturing Plant

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, […]

The Apollo by Moffitt Provides Natural Light and Ventilation

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 […]

Clean Air Solutions for Weld and Fume Smoke

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 […]

Manufacturer Spotlight: Flextech Industries

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 […]

Six Ways Clamp-Together Duct Makes Duct Replacement Easy

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 […]

Case Study: Natural Ventilation Creates a More Sustainable Environment for Wood Plant

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, […]

Efficient Delivery of High Air Volumes with Large BI Industrial Fans

Efficient Delivery of High Air Volumes with Large BI Industrial Fans Daniels Fans, a division of Cincinnati Fan, serves a variety of application needs with flexible line of standard industrial backward inclined bladed fans in both direct drive and belt drive. The BI backward inclined blowers offer high air volumes and high efficiency operation.