June 25, 2024

Why Buy from an ESOP?

By Keith White, Jr

Successful businesses are often born out of trials. AirPro Fan & Blower manufactures some of the finest industrial fans on the market today. Our 21-year history includes trial and error, setbacks, and unintended failures to bring us this far as a company. As C.S. Lewis once quipped, “Failures are fingerposts on the road to achievement.” Our failures have helped us grow as a company and have enriched our company culture. And now, as a 100% ESOP—a company with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan—failure plays a key role in our success because we do not like to fail.

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May 14, 2024

How to Measure Your Fan for Retrofits or Replacement 

Reasons for Measuring a Fan 

Generally, there are two reasons to measure a centrifugal fan – the user wants to retrofit the fan (or parts) or replace it with a new fan. In either case, accurate measurements are critical to replicating the system currently in place, especially if no drawing is available. If possible, separate or isolate the fan from the system to access key measurement points. If duct work on the inlet or outlet is in the way, this could impact measurement accuracy. 

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May 9, 2024

AirPro Rep Highlight: Lee Free from Centro, Inc.

Lee Free from Centro, Inc.

One of the most interesting sales reps in the industrial fan industry hails from Shelby County, Tennessee and if asked in the 1980s if he would be a Division Sales Manager for a supplier of automation and product solutions, he probably would have given the side-eye and kept walking. In this month’s Rep Highlight we introduce you to Mr. Lee Free of Centro, Inc.

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April 11, 2024

RTHS Fan for Recycling & Salvage

This RTHS 490 fan for a recycling and salvage facility in Texas required a custom design to withstand a rugged and demanding environment. Our radial tipped fan is our sturdiest heavy-duty fan, suited perfectly for this abrasive application and location. Designed to move high volumes of air at low to high pressure, this enormous fan handles both clean and dirty airstreams with ease.

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March 26, 2024

Waste Treatment ID Fan

This ID Fan was built for a waste treatment plant and offers strong performance with minimal energy costs. The backward curved impeller can move high volumes of air at high static pressures with high static efficiencies. Installed in 2017, the plant manager boasted that “this fan has been running 24/7 since 2017 and I have not had one single issue.” This fan is the M1 Abrams of industrial fans!

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