I recently attended a presentation on the Economic Outlook for 2020. The speaker discussed how tight the US labor market has become. Currently, there are over 7 million job openings in the US. He joked, “In a tight labor market …
Read MoreThe holiday season and year-end are quickly approaching. If you are managing a capital budget, now is a good time to check your spending and see if there is money remaining. A great way to spend that remaining capital budget …
Read MoreThe welding process can expose an employee to harmful heat, light and fumes. The largest of these risks is the base metal particles that may be contained in the welding fumes. If not properly ventilated, exposure to the weld fumes …
Read MoreWhile the memory of another hot summer is still fresh in your mind, let us help you make plans for a cooler 2020. Most companies will soon start their budgeting process for the coming year. Now is the best …
Read MoreWhen we are working on ventilation system redesign applications, the 3 Basic Fan Laws provide us the means by which we can correlate the relationship between fan air flow rate, static pressure, speed and horsepower. They are useful to predict …
Read MoreIn a head-to-head comparison, our customer selected the Eldridge Direct Drive Filtered Air Fans over options from a large, national competitor. We were able to recommend a solution that provided the customer with the required air flow performance at an …
Read MoreFans aren’t very effective at ventilating without moving propellers but what is the best option for your application? At Eldridge, we prefer to use direct drive fans for most general ventilation applications based on selling thousands of fans in our …
Read MorePreviously, in part one of this series, we determined how changes in humidity, temperature, and altitude can affect air density. We will conclude this two-part series by discussing the effects on fan performance caused by changes in air density. Effects on …
Read MoreAt Eldridge, we use ASHRAE Standard Air Conditions to rate the performance of our fans. Standard Air has a density of .075 pounds per cubic foot at the conditions of 70º Fahrenheit, sea level barometric pressure of 29.92 inches of …
Read MoreWhen selecting fans for a customer’s application, we often hear, “Don’t select noisy fans.” What the customer really means to say is “Don’t make my shop floor noise problem any worse than it is.” Improving our customer’s work environment …
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