The installation situation, operating speed, resonance behavior and noise emissions should be considered before installing ventilators. Every installation situation is individual and needs to be planned in advance. The system’s installation situation may have an impact on the operating point. Optimizing your operating point can bring energy consumption and noise levels down to a minimum.
You also need to take the installation environment into account. Corrosive substances such as dust, gas, vapors, and mist, plus high temperatures, condensation, special turbulence, and unforeseen air flows all affect the operating life of the individual components and the fan. This means that special fans are also required for particularly extreme conditions. So you should always consider which fan suits which environment.
Vibrations can also be a risk factor and should therefore be taken into account during installation. As with bridges, vibrations also occur in fans. Each fan has its own resonance characteristics from the factory. Imbalance due to contamination can also cause vibrations. Although fans are precisely balanced by manufacturers when they are produced, their individual installation situation creates a new oscillatory arrangement. This can result in damage to the drive motors’ bearing system or premature fan failure. With intelligent EC motors, integrated vibration sensors detect resonances and the software prevents fans from being operated in the critical ranges detected.
Fans are a source of noise during normal operation. The installation space – in other words, the width, height and walls of the room – also have an effect on the noise generated. While noise emissions may not be a factor in some applications with a loud environment, it is especially important for fans to be quiet in applications that operate close to people.
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