Industrial Centrifugal Blower

By Author: Oleg Tchetchel
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Foundries are a 24 / 7 operation that demand the highest quality air moving equipment to maintain day to day operations. That is why Northern Fan offers a comprehensive line of heavy duty industrial fans designed to withstand the high temperatures and dirty airstreams associated with these environments. Depending on the specific application, we supply our fans with abrasion resistant construction, heavy duty ball bearings, center hung rotors, and a variety of dampers for controlling airflow and adapting to various conditions. Many fan applications surrounding the production of metals and minerals require special consideration when selecting the proper air moving equipment. High temperatures, corrosive gases and demanding operating conditions are commonly associated with processing these materials. As a leading supplier for the metal and mineral industry, Northern Fan provides the fans used in all stages of production including conveying, drying, classification, dust collection, pollution control systems, as well as fans for pressure / high volume applications.

The Food & Beverage Industry is comprised of wide variety ...
... of businesses that require fans for the cooling, drying, ventilating, packaging, and other process applications. Northern Fans are used in the conveying, drying and forming of animal feeds that allow for large scale production of beef, pork, dairy products, and poultry and eggs. The process of getting raw bulk grain materials from the farm to market also requires the use of fans for collecting, drying and properly storing food products. When storing fruits, vegetables and other temperature and humidity sensitive food, Northern Fans play a key role in moving refrigerated air in these precise climate control environments. Manufacturing bottles and packaging for the food and beverage industry require many fan types for numerous processes. Driven by demand, the ethanol industry is one of the first renewable fuel options for energy independence from fossil sources. The process of converting feedstock to ethanol requires a variety of fans from Northern Fan’s comprehensive line of products. This process involves dust collection at multiple points, negative lift systems for material transfer, dryers for byproduct processing, waste heat recovery, and storage ventilation.

Buffalo Blower manufactures a wide range of fans and blowers for the paper industry. Due to chemical laden air and elevated temperatures associated with the digesting, bleaching, and cooking processes, special materials of construction, such as stainless steel, FRP, and special coatings are required. After the pulp is processed and prepped for the paper production, paper machines utilize our high pressure, high volume fans to provide supply and exhaust air to all stages of production from the wet end to the winding trim systems.

The recycling industry has diversified and matured in recent decades, resulting in its greater demand for high quality air moving equipment. Northern Fans and blowers are used for delivering the proper air performance for many recycling operations such as material handling and sorting, pneumatic conveying, heating, cooling, aerating, dust collection, and general HVAC. Once sorted, recycling is very similar to the manufacturing of original materials. Glass and metal are crushed, melted down, and purified, then remanufactured into such items as bottles, cans, countertops, and even concrete aggregate. Paper and cardboard are treated in chemical solutions and heated to recover the organic wood fibers to produce new product.With the broadest product range in our industry, Northern Fan can supply the equipment needed for the recycle industry’s many air moving applications. Our high quality and reliable fans and blowers will do the jobs - from transporting strands of shredded paper to providing circulation in glass ovens. Water treatment involves the removal of contaminants from waste water, sewage, and runoff. The various processes remove physical, chemical, and biological contaminants. These processes are known to be some of the most demanding applications for equipment and that is why water treatment facilities around the world rely on Northern Fan. It manufactures a variety of centrifugal and axial fans and blowers with special coatings and special materials such as stainless steel, fiberglass, and carbon fiber to withstand these corrosive environments.

Buffalo Blower has earned a reputation for consistently delivering products that are specifically designed to meet the industry’s stringent requirements. Northern Fan heavy duty industrial fans are used in numerous petroleum refining, chemical / plastic production, and pelletizing processes and can be customized for virtually every application including flare stacks, thermal oxidizers, heating (fired heaters), combustion air, desulfurization, dryers, pollution control systems, material handling, and steam generation (boilers). Due to the harsh operating environments commonly associated with the many petrochemical processes, Buffalo Blower offers a host of special bearings, disc couplings, mechanical shaft seals, and a wide selection of specialty coatings to comply with the industry’s governing and standard organizations such as:

• Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) – Spark Resistant Construction;
• American Petroleum Institute (API) – Standards 560 & 673;
• American Welding Society (AWS) – D1.1 & D14.6;
• Appareils destinés à être utilisés en ATmosphères Explosives (ATEX) - Equipment Directive 94/9/EC;
• Process Industry Practices (PIP);
• American Standards of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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Oleg Cthetchel
Industrial Process Engineer
airknife@cogeco.ca
Northern Fan Co.
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