Give-A-Sh**-ology Blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ....

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...

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...

Air Flow is moving to a new facility! Our hope is to be in the new place mid spring 2014. The story behind the story is our current facility has run out of parking spaces, offices, warehouse, and, well, ample toilet facilities ☹ The purchase of the new facility...

If you are an engineer, a contractor, or a building manager, you know that humidity is a challenge that has to be addressed on most projects. The conventional method to tackle humidity control is air conditioning with a DX or chilled water coil and some form of...

It doesn’t have to be expensive – you just have to know the data… The challenge: Design the conference room for NC20 with 1500 cfm and a 12” terminal box. If you go to the Price terminal box page, at 1500 cfm, a 12” terminal box will provide a discharge NC of 26...