Month: September 2026

Engineer calculating energy savings for a fan upgrade from logged data
By longwell / September 13, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

How to Calculate Energy Savings for a Fan Upgrade

Estimate fan-upgrade energy with a defined meter boundary, matched air...

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Grid of small fans beside a single large centrifugal fan for comparison
By longwell / September 13, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

Grid of Small Fans vs One Big Fan: Efficiency Truth

Compare a large fan with a parallel array at the same airflow and pres...

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Fan factory production line assembling centrifugal blowers
By longwell / September 13, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

Inside a Fan Factory: From Coil to Finished Blower

A finished blower passes through roughly a dozen processes, and each o...

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Fan test chamber set up for AMCA 210 airflow measurement
By longwell / September 13, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

How We Test Fans (AMCA 210/211 Method)

A fan curve only means something when you know how it was produced. Th...

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Impeller balancing machine correcting a centrifugal fan wheel
By longwell / September 13, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

Impeller Balancing & QC on the Line

Balancing is the last chance to catch upstream variation, and the corr...

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Backward-curved impeller being welded in a production fixture
By longwell / September 12, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

How a Backward-Curved Impeller Is Made

Follow a backward-curved wheel from flat steel to finished impeller. E...

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Fan P-Q curve with the duty point 8,000 m3/h at 600 Pa marked: grade C1, 22% margin, two higher grades in reserve
By longwell / September 12, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

Fan Curve Margin Explained: Why 10–25% Static Pressure Reserve Is the Sweet Spot

What the static-pressure margin on a fan curve measures, why 10–25% is...

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fan selector results 33 models 8000 m3h 600 pa
By longwell / September 12, 2026 / Technical Articles

Fan Selection Software vs. an Online Fan Selector: What Engineers Need in 2026

What a browser-based fan selector must do for engineers and OEM design...

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longwell fan selector home duty point
By longwell / September 12, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

How to Select a Fan by Duty Point: Airflow, Static Pressure and the 10–25% Margin Rule

The duty-point method for fan selection, step by step on the free LONG...

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Fan undergoing salt spray and vibration life testing in a laboratory
By longwell / September 11, 2026 / Fan Engineering Guides

Salt Spray, Vibration & Life Testing of Fans

Reliability claims mean nothing without a test behind them. This guide...

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