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Industrial machinery

Of or pertaining to machines or parts of machines that are used in an industrial setting.

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crossflow fan

Industrial machinery; Ventilation fans

The crossflow or tangential fan, sometimes known as a tubular fan was patented in 1893 by Mortier, and is used extensively in the HVAC industry. The fan is usually long in ...

bellows

Industrial machinery; Ventilation fans

Bellows are also used to move air, although not generally considered fans. A hand-operated bellows is essentially a bag with a nozzle and handles, which can be filled with air by ...

convective airflow

Industrial machinery; Ventilation fans

Differences in air temperature will affect the density of air and can be used to induce air circulation through the mere act of heating or cooling an air mass. This effect is so ...

electrostatic fan

Industrial machinery; Ventilation fans

An electrostatic fluid accelerator propels airflow by inducing motion in airborne charged particles. A high voltage electric field (commonly 25,000 to 50,000 volts) formed between ...

Coandă effect

Industrial machinery; Ventilation fans

A small quantity of air from a high-pressure bladed impeller fan, contained in the base rather than exposed, drives a large airmass via a low-pressure area created by the ...