Manufacturing and Production

Manufacturing and production facilities with high ceilings face numerous and often changing environmental control challenges. These include adequate and safe ventilation of production areas, and cost-effective temperature control within all employee-designated areas, from work spaces to the cafeteria.

Companies must also help protect investments in capital equipment which are often susceptible to heat and contaminant issues. Proper environmental control can prolong equipment life and reduce maintenance costs.

Airvolution™ HVLS fans from MacroAir Technologies can solve all these problems, efficiently and cost-effectively.

The physics of High Volume Low Speed fans* lend themselves well to manufacturing and production environments. Year round, Airvolution HVLS fans can provide superior ventilation capabilities. They continuously mix incoming fresh air with stale air, thus minimizing the total amount of ventilation required to achieve adequate air quality. No other industrial fan, system, or ventilation technology does this better.

The slow moving fan blades circulate massive quantities of air with a non-disruptive, but highly effective flow pattern. As a result, airborne contaminants such as smoke are rapidly ventilated, but not at the cost of raising settled dust. As such, you can reduce the possibility of adverse effects that poor air quality can have on people, as well as equipment and products.

Beyond ventilation comes the issue of environmental comfort – an area in which Airvolution HVLS fans also excel.

During hot months in facilities without A/C, slowly moving air breaks up the moisture-saturated boundary layer surrounding the body, accelerating evaporation to produce a cooling effect. When used in conjunction with air conditioning or evaporation cooling systems, Airvolution Fans can efficiently circulate cooled air throughout the structure.

During the cold months, the basic problem is air temperature stratification. Simply put, this means since heated air rises, it gets caught in the ceiling and can typically yield well in excess of a 15° F differential from that found on the floor.

MacroAir’s Airvolution fan technology circulates this trapped heat, continually forcing it to circulate down and throughout the structure without a chilling breeze. This provides a more even distribution of heat from top to bottom – especially important when employees are working at different levels within a generally open structure.

Here are just a few of the benefits you can expect when you install them in your manufacturing and production facilities:

  • When used as a stand-alone cooling system, they can reduce the temperature to yield effective cooling of up to 8° F less within the fan’s coverage area (up to 20,000 square feet per 24′ fan).
  • When used in conjunction with an air conditioning system, its slow and steady air flow can reduce or eliminate the need for costly and efficiency-reducing A/C duct work.
  • During heating seasons, Airvolution technology de-stratifies uneven temperatures that occur at each level throughout the facility – forcing unused heated air from the ceiling down to floor where it can have a positive impact on employees. This heat differential can be in excess of 15° F from ceiling to floor, enabling significant cost savings when thermostat levels are reduced.
  • One Airvolution HVLS fan consumes about the same electricity as one high-speed alley fan while moving over 12 times the amount the air.
  • One Airvolution fan costs about a nickel an hour to operate.
  • Quiet and non-disruptive operation.

Please inquire about how Airvolution HVLS fans can make your specific manufacturing and production environments more comfortable, and your employees happier and more productive. All while reducing operating costs and overhead.