Cyclone  Custom Centrifugal Fans A L P H A I R

Custom Engineered Centrifugal Fans

ALPHAIR’s line of custom engineered centrifugal fans is ideally suited for applications
that involve moving air at higher pressures, or air that is made up of hot gases (up to
1000° F/540° C), corrosive gases or abrasive (dust laden) gases.

Cyclone
Each CYCLONE fan is customized to the specific set of operating criteria of each individual
application. Construction materials include: carbon steels, stainless steels, aluminum, FRP
and other special corrosion and heat resistant alloys. Each fan combines the ideal mix of
ruggedness, reliability, efficiency, maintainability and economy that are the hallmarks of
every ALPHAIR fan.

Rotors
ALPHAIR offers six centrifugal wheel designs, in sizes ranging from 24" to 120" wheel
diameters. Single and double width designs are rated to handle up to 1,000,000 cfm and
static pressures up to 130 inWg.

AIRFOIL TYPE AFS RADIAL TIPPED TYPE RTS

Characteristics: Characteristics:
• Double skin non-overloading airfoil blades. • Forward curved radial tipped blades.
• Up to 85% maximum static efficiency. • Up to 74% maximum static efficiency.
• Dust loads under 1 grain/scf (2.3 g/nm3). • Dust loads under 25 grain/scf (57 g/nm3).
Typical Applications:
Typical Applications:
• Boiler FD/ID fans.
• Gas re-circulation fans, pelletizing plant fans.
• Mine and tunnel ventilation.
• Sintering plant fans, cement kiln ID fans.
• Process streams with high dust loads.
BACKWARD CURVED TYPE BCS
Characteristics:
• Backward curved non-overloading blades. RADIAL SHROUDED TYPE RAS
• Up to 82% maximum static efficiency. Characteristics:
• Dust loads under 6 grain/scf (14 g/nm3). • Shrouded flat radial bladed design.
Typical Applications: • Up to 70% maximum static efficiency.
• Mechanical draft and process air fans. •Suited to high pressures and high tip speeds.
• Flue gas desulfurization plants. • Dust loads under 40 grain/scf (92 g/nm3).
• Bag house exhaust fans. Typical Applications:
• Metals/iron processing fans.
BACKWARD INCLINED TYPE BIS • High pressure fans, seal air fans.
Characteristics:
• Backward inclined non-overloading flat RADIAL OPEN TYPE RAO
blades.
Characteristics:
• Up to 78% maximum static efficiency.
• Open radial design.
• Dust loads under 9 grain/scf (21 g/nm3).
• Up to 62% maximum static efficiency.
Typical Applications:
• Dust loads under 100 grain/scf (230 g/nm3).
• Incineration plant fans.
• Baghouse exhaust fans. Typical Applications:
• Coal dust conveying fans.
• Cement processing fans.
• General exhaust fans.
Housing and Inlet Boxes
• Housing and inlet boxes designed for peak fan pressure at old start up
conditions. Designed to meet a minimum deflection criteria of 1:450 inches.
• All plate welded construction, in a variety of materials from carbon steels
and stainless alloys to FRP.
• Structural steel bracing, stitch welded to outside of housing.
• Bolted and gasketed splits for removal of wheel and shaft assembly.
• Drains located at low point of housing and inlet boxes.
• Access doors or ports provided on housing and inlet boxes where
applicable.

Pedestals
ALPHAIR offers six variations of the standard AMCA arrangements. These subtle
variations are denoted as follows:
a Integral steel pedestals.
b Integral steel pedestals with channel sub-base.
c Semi-isolated integral steel pedestals (for high temperature applications).
d Independent steel pedestals mounted on concrete piers.
e Integral steel pedestals with centre-line supported housing. Arrangement 4
Rotor mounted directly
f Independent steel pedestal mounted on concrete piers. on motor shaft.
centre-line supported housing.

Arrangement 1
V-belt driven fans, rotor
cantilever-mounted on
anti-friction bearings.

Arrangement 7
Rotor mounted between bearings
located on either side of the fan.
Drive and drive-side bearing
Arrangement 3 supported on unitary pedestal.
Rotor mounted between Drive is direct connected to fan
bearings located on either shaft through a flexible coupling.
side of the fan. Fan drive is
direct connected to fan
shaft through a flexible
coupling.

Arrangement 8
Direct driven fan, rotor cantilever
mounted on anti-friction bearings.
Drive and bearings mounted on uni-
tary pedestal. Drive is connected to
fan shaft through a flexible coupling.
 Bearings Couplings
• SKF anti-friction self-aligning ball or spherical roller • Where applicable, flexible gear type couplings are provided.
bearings. Grease or oil bath lubricated as required. • Other flexible couplings are provided as specified,
Minimum L10 life of 60,000 hours. including steel grid, disc pack and flexible rubber element.
• Where high radial and axial loads require, Dodge or • All couplings are selected with a minimum 2.5 service
equivalent sleeve oil bearings are used. factor.
• Bearing accessories include thermocouples, RTDs,
vibration probes and circulating oil lubrication. Shaft
• C-1030/1040/1045 alloy steel shaft, or special stainless
alloy, depending upon the application. Where strength of
materials is limited and corrosion protection is required,
carbon steel shafts are clad with corrosion resistant alloys.
• Shaft designed for a first critical speed ratio of 1.25
minimum.

Rotor
• All plate fabricated, welded
construction for durability.
• All butt welds full penetration.

Painting
• A variety of surface preparations are
available, including:
SSPC-SP 3, Machine Tool Prep.
SSPC-SP 6, Uniform Grey Blast
SSPC-SP 10, Near White Blast
• And a variety of coatings such as;
Red Oxide Primer
Enamel
Epoxy

All arrangements
are available with
or without inlet
boxes.
Single width fans
can be supplied in
all arrangements.
Double width fans
can be supplied in
arrangements 3
and 7.
Shaft Seals

SINGLE AND MULTIDISC LABYRINTH SEALS

• Standard shaft seal is a single disc.
• Suitable where minor amounts of gas leakage, in or
out of the fan, are permissible.
• Multidisc designs used when a higher degree of
sealing is required.
• Disc materials include Garlock, Durlon and other
materials as specified by customer.

Wear Protection
MECHANICAL RING SEALS • In higher dust load applications, where excessive
• Used where gas leakage must be kept to a minimum. wear is a problem, ALPHAIR offers a variety of wear
• Segmented Teflon or carbon rings are contained in a protection options.
machined housing fabricated from carbon steel or
corrosion resistant stainless alloys. Housing Protection
• Rings are spring-loaded to provide positive contact • Comprised of Q&T 400 or chromium-carbide coated
with shaft surface and to maintain axial alignment. plate.
• Housing scroll fully lined, housing side plates
Additional seals, including stuffing box seals partially lined with cheek plates.
are available for special applications. • Wear plates are fully replaceable, installed in plug
welded, studded or bolted segments.
• Inlet boxes and inlet cones may also be lined,
depending upon the severity of the application.
• All joints and corners are seal pass welded to
prevent channeling of dust stream.

Rotor Protection
• Rotor blades may be full width or half width lined
with Q&T 400 or chromium carbide welded plates.
Wear plates are plug-welded, bolted or Huck-bolted
to fan blades.
• Airfoil bladed rotors (AFS) are protected using nose
caps. Q&T 400 plate covers the nose of the blade.
• In extreme applications, backplate and centreplate
liners may be required.
• Wearplates are typically fully replaceable.
Flow Volume Control and Isolation
ALPHAIR offers a variety of flow volume control and
isolation devices.

VARIABLE INLET VANES (VIVs)

• Three designs of VIV are available.
• Suitable for fan volume control.

INTERNAL VIV
• Lowest cost VIV.
• Vanes cantilevered off two bearings or bushings
mounted on the inlet cone.
• Suitable for clean gas streams only.
• Available on all designs except arrangement 3, due
to larger fan shaft clearance requirements.

BOX VIV
• Vanes supported between two bearings for greater
support and control.
• Used on larger single and double width fans where
internal VIV’s are not suitable.
• Linkages are located outside of fan housing.
• Internal bearings are sealed and covered for hot
and dusty fan applications.
• Box VIV has larger face area as vanes span the inlet
box, allowing for reduced gas velocity and lower
losses.

BOLT-ON VIV
• For Arrangements 1 & 8 without inlet boxes,
operating at pressures up to 20 inWg (500 mm
wg).
• Vanes cantilever mounted in a channel frame,
bolted to fan inlet.
• Linkages located outside of gas stream.
• Losses are lower than internal VIV.
• For pressures higher than 20 inWg, a centre hub is
required.
 LOUVRE DAMPERS
• Inlet Louvre Dampers (ILD) suitable for fans with inlet boxes, for isolation and
control. Streamlined double skin, parallel operating blades.
• Outlet Louvre Dampers (OLD), mounted on fan or evasé discharge. Parallel or
opposed bladed operation for fan isolation.
• Grease lubricated anti-friction bearings used on applications up to 500°F (260°C).
• For higher temperatures, oil impregnated carbon bearings are used.

CUT-OFF DAMPER
• Used to control flow on narrow blowers.
• Single bladed damper located in the cut-off throat of the fan housing.
• Damper blade is supported between two grease lubricated bearings, located on
either side of the fan housing.
• Interconnecting drive linkages provided on all double inlet fans for single point
operation.

ALPHAIR
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