Give-A-Sh**-ology Blog
The best part of quitting smoking
Hi guys, Not proud of it, but I’ve smoked on and off since 1992. It was never a lot (about a pack a week) but it was over an extremely long period. Pete Podlesnik ruined me in 1996. He was a lot of fun to smoke with. To all you smokers out there, I get it....
Why I didn’t want to write a blog
Hi guys, As mentioned in Blog 0 titled To blog or not to blog ..., I have considered writing a blog for a long time. So the question to me is "What are you waiting for?". Consider the possibility for yourself that your ideas will be exposed to others and critiqued....
To blog or not to blog…
Hi guys, After considering over the years, I am starting my own blog, frequency to be determined. Many of the posts will relate to leadership and related experiences. There are a lot of books out there on leadership, so my take will be more ‘raw’ and less...
Explaining Displacement Ventilation in 2 Minutes or Less
Welcome back to our Give-A-Sh**-ology blog! (The Air Flow millennials want to call it a blog. They win this battle of the generations. Darn those millennials…) Have you ever struggled to explain a new technology to a customer? Yeah, us too. We’ve often thought that...
Can You Trust Air Flow with Air Conditioning?
Introducing "Refrigeration Ron" You already trust Air Flow for ... fans, terminal boxes, and grilles industrial ventilation even a silly video once in a while Why not Air Conditioning? Let's start by removing your concerns: With the...
Are more fan choices a good thing?
Of course there is an ongoing shift toward direct driven fan assemblies. Consider the choices available and this discussion is worth some attention. There is no ‘one size fits all’ answer to these options. Some facts to consider: OPTION 1: Belt Driven Fan Any...
How a Dual Fan Power Plume Can Save You Money
Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ability to turn down a high plume laboratory exhaust system (without sacrificing performance)? Now you can. Please take a moment to check out Air Flow’s Animated Power Plume Video. (We’re pretty proud of it!) More product details can...
Want to get Rid of your Delivery Headaches?
Undoubtedly, you’ve managed or been on a project with a lot of grilles, fire dampers, sheet metal accessories, fans, terminal boxes, and other equipment. Coordinating the arrival, inspection, unpacking, sorting, and distribution of all these materials is...
A New Air Flow Product from DENLAR
Let’s say you are designing a project for an assisted living facility, a day care, a dorm, a fire station, a church, or a commercial office… And let’s say you want to add a kitchen hood for a small 4 burner stove… And let’s say you don’t want any trouble with the...
What Value Does Your Flex Provide? Check Out Our Video!
Since Air Flow started offering acoustical flex duct by Flexmaster USA, we’ve been able to solve a number of acoustic issues by simply replacing the standard flexible duct with acoustic flex. Please take a moment to review a short video on acoustic flexible duct ....
Balancers? We don’t need no steenkin’ balancers!
Please take a moment to review a demonstration of the Aldes self-regulating volume control damper, CAR-II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHsIk9sXGdM&feature=youtu.be The Aldes CAR (control air regulator) is one of Air Flow’s most intriguing, yet underutilized...
The Agony of Fire Damper Testing
Take a moment to check out a short and entertaining video regarding the testing of fire dampers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30tmdmX3NQ&feature=youtu.be We know several things that happen relating to fire damper testing: Enforcement is low. End users don’t...
