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References: Industrial Fans and Application Product Lines

  1. Centrifugal fan - Wikipedia - Overview of housed centrifugal fans, their blade types and drive arrangements. Background for the plug fan, radial bladed, radial tip, pressure blower, utility set and duct fan lines in this chapter.

  2. Axial fan design - Wikipedia - Explains axial impellers, blade swirl and the role of guide vanes. Useful context for why a vaneaxial fan's vane section recovers pressure that a plain tubeaxial loses.

  3. Fume hood - Wikipedia - Describes laboratory fume hoods, sashes and exhaust systems. Explains where the contaminated air in a lab exhaust fan's flow comes from and why sash position changes exhaust volume.

  4. Fan Handbook: Selection, Application, and Design - Frank P. Bleier - McGraw-Hill - Bleier organizes fans by type and by application, pairing each design with the jobs it suits; that job-first approach mirrors this chapter's product-line survey.

  5. Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design - ACGIH - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists - The standard design manual for local exhaust and dust collection systems, known for its worked design plates; context for dust collector and exhaust fan duties.

  6. FanPedia: The Fan & Blower Encyclopedia (PDF) - Twin City Fan - Source for the plug fan arrangements (pp. 170-172), radial bladed impeller styles (p. 32), air kits, swingout and clamshell construction, and lab exhaust flow diagrams.

  7. FanPedia online - Twin City Fan - Online edition of FanPedia with the fan basics, components, construction and accessories sections this chapter draws on. Handy for quick lookups of product family definitions.

  8. Plug Fans - Twin City Fan - Current catalog page for industrial plug fans, describing the gusseted mounting panel, unit removal, high-temperature and spark resistant options, and the BEPL, BFPL, AFPL and BCPL models.

  9. Radial Bladed Fans - Twin City Fan - Current catalog page calling the radial bladed fan the industry "workhorse" and listing the RBO, RBR, RBW, RBP, RBA and JRW models by impeller type.

  10. Laboratory Fume Exhaust Fans - Twin City Fan - Current catalog page for lab exhaust fans, including inline TVIFE, QIFE, QFE and TFE models, explaining plume dilution and why lab fumes must not re-enter the building.

  11. BEPL and BFPL High Efficiency Plug Fans, Catalogs 355 and 360 (PDF, April 2024) - Twin City Fan - Arrangements page: "Available in Arrangement 1P, 9 and 9P (Belt Driven) and Arrangement 4, 4P and 8P (Direct Drive) configurations." Basis for the availability note in the plug fan section. The BFPL catalog is at Catalog 360.

  12. BCPL and AFPL Plug Fans, Catalog 350 (PDF, April 2024) - Twin City Fan - Lists Arrangements 1P, 9 and 9P (belt driven) and 4 and 8P (direct drive), and describes Arrangement 1P as belt driven, mounted to grade, with the motor mounted separate from the fan.