High Volume Low Speed HVLS Big Industrial Ceiling Fans For Distribution and Warehousing
With very high ceilings and vast storage areas that are ever changing due to stock and materials movement, distribution and warehouse centers face ongoing temperature control battles during the summer months (with or without air conditioning).
The colder months provide yet another challenge: how to achieve even heat distribution throughout all levels of the structure.
And during any season, adequate ventilation is yet another often troubling issue.
HVLS warehouse fans can solve all these problems, efficiently and cost-effectively.
Summer
When it's hot in facilities without A/C, the slowly moving air created by warehouse fans breaks up the moisture-saturated boundary layer surrounding the body, accelerating evaporation to produce a cooling effect of as much as 8 degrees. When used in conjunction with air conditioning or evaporative cooling systems, warehouse fans can efficiently circulate cooled air throughout the structure and have an increased cooling effect.
Winter
During the cold months the basic problem is temperature stratification. As heated air rises, it gets caught at the ceiling. This hot air can typically yield well in excess of a 15° F differential from that found on the floor. warehouse fans run in reverse circulates this trapped heat, continually forcing it down throughout the facility, providing even distribution of heat from floor to ceiling–especially important when employees are working at different levels. Our studies found that warehouse fans can reduce the difference in these temperatures to within 1-3 degrees. In a situation where the difference was 15 degrees (without a fan), the rise in temperature (with a warehouse fan) on the floor would be 5-7 degrees. Furthermore, because the warehouse fans would be running in reverse for the winter, there's never a chilling breeze, air movement is almost imperceptible. The warm air moves slowly off the walls toward the center of the hanging warehouse fan.
Ventilation
Warehouse fans also 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 warehouse fan, system, or ventilation technology does this better.
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.
The physics of High Volume Low Speed fans lend themselves well to manufacturing and production environments. Year round, 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.
