The recent China Refrigeration Expo (CRE) had so much diversity and complexity, it rivaled the same aspects of its host city. The expo showed the dynamics of the refrigeration and air conditioning industry in the broadest sense, as a global marketplace.
The Kwik-Charger service manifold has a built-in control valve that is said to charge refrigeration systems up to eight times faster than conventional manifolds.
One's first trip to China usually means a trip to the Great Wall. Along the way, the English-speaking Chinese tour guide asked an interesting question.
To help those involved in supermarket mechanical systems to see to it that the right components are chosen and all options are considered, a new breed of independent consultants has emerged.
Contractors and technicians making do with CFC and HCFC refrigerants and not quite ready to embrace HFCs may want to rethink their game plan. Several developments are putting CFCs and HCFCs more directly in the firing line of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Meanwhile, government and industry are paving the way for wider use of HFCs.
Taking a cooling system off-line for repair or retrofit is not a big deal when it involves a residence. But what do you do when the retrofit involves a 600-ton condensing unit that provides cooling for a large manufacturing facility?
They are components within a component within a system, but they are critical to the successful creation of cooling. They are shaft seals - seemingly simple items, which are the result of detailed chemical analysis, engineering, and precise manufacturing.
At the 2004 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), a number of recovery equipment manufacturers were providing the latest word on this now familiar - but always changing - aspect of the industry.
