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At Eldridge, our culture has been one of the keys to why we have been in business for 73 years.  It is also what has attracted great employees to the company and what keeps them around for a long-time.  I recently decided that it would be a good idea to articulate the Christian values that …

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The 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 can cause brain, nervous system and lung damage.  When a customer called Eldridge to design …

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While 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 time to build a ventilation system upgrade into your capital equipment budget for 2020 if …

Budget Now for a Cooler 2020 Read More »

When Eldridge is 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 the outcomes when we want to change a known fan performance to a desired fan …

Understanding and Applying the 3 Basic Fan Laws Read More »

Finding solutions for unique applications is something the Eldridge team most enjoys.  We recently helped a customer design a fire suppression system for a facility using a very different type of fan than found in standard applications.  The customer requirements of air flow into and out of the building in the event of a fire …

Fire Suppression System Solution Read More »

In a head-to-head comparison, our customer selected the Eldridge Direct Drive Filtered Air Fan 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 overall better financial value.  It was a great win for our customer and Eldridge Fan! Application …

Eldridge Filtered Air Fan Beats Competitor in Value Read More »

Fans 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 73 years of existence.   In this article, I will compare direct and belt drive …

Comparison Between Direct and Belt Drive Fans Read More »

One of Eldridge’s long-time OEM customers needed to modify the design of an existing trailer turbine package to instead use a heavy gas fuel source. The customer needed our assistance in designing an external enclosure exhaust system that would evacuate any fugitive emissions from the heavy gas fuel supply.  In undertaking this project, we faced …

Heavy Gas Fan Skid Read More »

Previously, in part one of this series regarding Air Density Impacts on Fan Performance, 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 Performance Let’s create a very simple ventilation system …

Air Density Impacts on Fan Performance Part Two: The Effect on Performance Read More »