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INDUSTRIAL VENTILATION
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Who can do Industrial Ventilation effectively?
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Contractors?
Contractors usually don't design industrial ventilation systems unless they specialize in a particular industry.
Vendors?
Vendors know a lot about their particular products and equipment, but they don't make any money on the hoods or the ductwork installation, so they have little investment in these design aspects.
Architectural / Engineering Firms?
A&E Firms are comfortable designing HVAC systems, but they don't design industrial ventilation systems frequently enough to know and understand their nuances and peculiarities. Also the details get left up to the contractor.
Internal facilities groups?
They must focus on keeping their processes running. Industrial ventilation systems are at best only secondary contributors to the bottom line.
Indoor Air Quality · Some Common Problems?
- Smoke or fumes in your facility. Workers are feeling sick and often stay home.
- High levels of contaminants measured in your facility.
- Workers are complaining about having to wear respirators.
- Building is too hot in summer and too cold in winter.
- Doors slam shut in the winter and the air seems stale in some places.
- Dirt and dust are interfering with process equipment and finished good product quality.
- Fumes and dust from the manufacturing area are filtering into the office areas.
- Processes have changed over time but ventilation systems have not kept up with the needs.
- Prospect of litigation down the road for health issues.
UTI has industrial ventilation specialists who can:
- Assess and Quantify your air quality issues.
- Measure, Survey, and Test your existing ventilation systems and equipment.
- Design Local Exhaust Ventilation systems to control contaminants at their source.
- Balance existing systems.
- Design Specialty Hoods for unique equipment and processes.
- Design Controls for safety, ease of operation and controlling costs.
- Specify Ventilation and Control Equipment to Reduce Emissions.
- Start up New Ventilation Systems.
- Approach Projects as Design/Build Team.
- Troubleshoot Exhaust Systems, Dust Collectors, and Dust Handling Systems.
- Rework existing systems to serve your changing manufacturing processes.
- Determine the impact of ventilation systems on your building air balance.
- Minimize facility heat loss caused by exhaust systems in the winter months.
- Review ventilation system drawings by others before construction at your facility.
Example of Bench-Style Backdraft Hood for Fine Arts Classrooms at a Middle School
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Example of Swivel Hood over Ceramics Kiln
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Example of Dust Control for a Contaminated Soils Process
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Example of a Ventilated Receiving Hopper for Contaminated Soils, delivered by a front end loader
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Example of a Reworked Ventilation/Dust Control System at a Taconite Facility up on the Iron Range
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UTI's Approach to Industrial Ventilation relative to EH&S Air Quality
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Locations Across the United States
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Camarillo, CA
805.389.7420
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Decatur, IL
217.876.7730
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Kohler, WI
920.467.1440
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Madison, WI
608.825.4959
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Sioux Falls, SD
605.339.1250
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Woodbury, MN
651.578.8100
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