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References: Basic Fan Anatomy

  1. Centrifugal fan - Wikipedia - Describes the housing, impeller, drive mechanisms and blade types of centrifugal fans. A general overview of most of the parts this chapter names on its exploded views.

  2. Rolling-element bearing - Wikipedia - Explains ball and roller bearings, their rings and rolling elements, and the statistical L10 fatigue life. Background for the chapter's bearing types and bearing life calculation.

  3. Belt (mechanical) - Wikipedia - Covers V-belts, sheaves and speed ratios in belt drives. Supports the chapter's drive train section and the belt drive speed ratio formula.

  4. Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design - Richard G. Budynas and J. Keith Nisbett - McGraw-Hill - Widely used for its clear treatment of rolling-bearing rating life and reliability (the L10 concept), plus keys, shafts and belt drives. Explains the machine elements behind the fan shaft and bearings.

  5. Fan Handbook: Selection, Application, and Design - Frank P. Bleier - McGraw-Hill - A practitioner's handbook organized around how fans are built and applied, praised for its practical, application-first approach. A broader reference on fan components, construction and accessories.

  6. FanPedia: The Fan & Blower Encyclopedia (PDF) - Twin City Fan & Blower - The exploded views (pages 9 to 19), shaft, bearing, motor and accessory pages that this chapter draws its part names and examples from.

  7. FanPedia online - Twin City Fan & Blower - Online galleries of fan components, construction and accessories. A browsable visual index of the housings, impellers, shafts, bearings and housing features covered here.

  8. Product Catalogs - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalogs by fan type. The chapter notes that each model's bearing life and construction details are found in its product catalog.

  9. Centrifugal Fans - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalog page listing SWSI and DWDI models, impeller types and optional constructions such as split housings and swingout designs, applying the housing and impeller vocabulary of this chapter.

  10. Pressure Blowers - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalog page for the pressure blowers whose outlet flange and blast gate example appears in the chapter's outlet flange section.