Engineering

All units are designed and engineered from our head office in Richmond, BC allowing for focused engineering solutions and consistent quality.

• Fans are based on tests and procedures performed in accordance with AMCA Publication 211 and AMCA Publication 311 and comply with the requirements of the AMCA Certified Ratings Program.
• Dampers comply with the requirement of the AMCA Certified Ratings Program for air leakage.
• Casing insulation provided with NFPA flame spread rating not exceeding 25 and smoke developed rating not exceeding 50.
• Casing acoustical performance tested by an accredited independent laboratory. Sound transmission loss values shall conform explicitly with the ASTM designation E90-85 and E413-73. Sound absorption values shall conform explicitly with the requirements of the ASTM Standard Test Method for Sound Absorption Coefficients by the Reverberation Method: ASTM C423-84A and E795-83
• Silencer acoustical performance tested by an accredited independent laboratory conforming explicitly with ASTM E477-90.
• ETL unit certification for all electrical installations.
• Roofcurbs and units designed for IBC
• Certified fan assembly earthquake restraints.
• Storm louvers tested in accordance with AMCA 500-L99 for wind driven rain.
• Casing deflection analysis of custom units.
• Units designed to withstand Tornado forces (upon request).
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for both structural and airflow dynamic analysis using Ansys Workbench v12 — Mechanical and CFX Package.
  • Static structural analysis
  • Dynamic structural analysis
  • Modal analysis to calculate system resonnance (vibration)
  • Harmonic response analysis (vibration)
  • Heat Transfer analysis
  • Computational fluid/airflow dynamics analysis (CFD)
  • Airstream/airflow simulation in units
  • Airflow mixing analysis (including heat transfer)