Industrial fans are a critical plant asset employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from burners and furnaces, heating, ventilation and cooling systems, to provide ‘blow-off’ air for clearing or drying. It is an area where compromise on maintenance or spare part quality should not be an option as asset failure can impact significantly on productivity.
Whether centrifugal or axial in action, industrial fans are generally driven by a motor, meaning they have the potential to consume high levels of energy if not correctly controlled or maintained – particularly given that, as with many other industrial applications, motors larger than necessary for the applications are frequently specified as contingencies are built into the design process. This is amply demonstrated by a recent Defra study which revealed that some 22 per cent of industrial motor energy consumption relates to fans. It is clearly an area where appropriate product specification, maintenance and asset management can impact very positively on profitability.
The issue is further complicated by the highly demanding environments in which fans often have to operate – frequently contending with extremes of heat, gases, dust and particulates, all of which have the potential to affect performance.
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