Our look at the trends HVAC contractors should expect to see in the world of 2018 motors and drives includes products that will be increasingly flexible, adaptable, and connected.
Service valves are so basic, and we see them with such regularity that we can miss them altogether. But, before I give the tips, I want to address the tech who tells the customer it was “probably the service valve” or “the caps were loose” as a plausible reason for a leak without actually doing a proper diagnosis. Don’t make excuses, find the leak.
This 270° Six-way Valve and Actuator line provides control in chilled beam and fan-coil installations. This product minimizes the number of valves and actuators in an installation — replacing up to four valves and four actuators.
SelectPro Version 3.5 includes a sensor module offering a complete range for measuring temperature, humidity, pressure, CO2, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in pipe, duct, and outdoor applications. SelectPro is a quick tool for accurately sizing and selecting valves, actuators, sensors, and replacement solutions.
These fractional-horsepower, low-temperature Copeland Scroll compressors utilize liquid-injection technology to cool discharge temperatures and reduce compressor stress while also meeting upcoming federal regulatory requirements.
Brent Schroeder, group president, heating and air conditioning, Emerson’s Commercial and Residential Solutions platform, numerous other Emerson leaders, and a handful of local and state dignitaries were on hand to turn the first shovels of dirt for an expansion project on a site that currently employs approximately 1,700 people.
Taco Comfort Solutions has added new features and capabilities to the 00e VR electronically commutated motor (ECM), wet rotor commercial circulator line designed for chilled and hot water applications. Available in four sizes (VR 15-3, 20-3, 25-3, and 30-3), the sensorless 00e VR line provides differential head pressures up to 42 feet and flows up to 360 gallons per minute.
National Technical Letter of Intent Signing Day is a successful event that has been held each of the last four years, helping thousands of students achieve their moments of glory at more than 40 schools as they prepare for rewarding careers in the skilled trades.
When I met Thomas Engel in Sweden on Nov. 28, 1990, he said, “The paths of life are frequently this strange.” Afterward, he mentioned that if a shoe factory had been present in his vicinity at the time he invented PEX, we would perhaps be walking around today on shoe soles made of cross-linked polyethylene.