Many times we will have a customer call in and request a chiller quote from us. When we ask the customer what size chiller he or she needs, the answer is occasionally, “I think a 10 ton chiller?” (We use “10 ton” as an example only). The customer has an idea of what size unit they are replacing but…
Our rental customers have long been asking us to expand our product lines beyond our chiller and air handler products. This year, we made the investment in time and resources to develop our new WT Rental Ready Tank Package as well as our digital flow meter. We will delve into this later in the post.…
A couple of weeks ago, we highlighted a dry cooler based Free Cooling System. While that system has its advantages, another option is a system centered around an evaporative cooling tower. As we discussed in our previous post, dry cooling systems provide a very beneficial means of cooling your process in the cool winter months. In…
There are a variety of plastics processing methods. Whether it’s injection molding (the most common), extrusion, blow molding, lamination, or other types, these processes make a multitude of items we use in our everyday lives. For simplicity, we will only concentrate on one of these methods today. Because injection molding is the most common process, we will discuss…
Refrigeration Chillers continue to become more and more efficient. However, it is truly difficult to compete with something as simple as a basic dry cooler (air over heat exchanger) when it comes to energy consumption. In cooler climates where the ambient temperatures drop below freezing during the winter months, dry coolers can provide a very…
You have a rental chiller (or any chiller or cooling tower with a pump) operating at your plant. It doesn’t seem to be delivering the required tonnage. Your technician knows the incoming and leaving temperatures but he has no way to verify the flow going to the process. Well, he could grab a 55 gallon…
Smart Family is happy to announce that we are having an Asus MeMo 7 Tablet giveaway. The winner will be announced at the end of this month. See below for the instructions on how to enter. What do you have to do to win?? (This is so easy!) If you have a Facebook account, you…
SmartHydronics is pleased to announce a new line of quick ship rental ready fluid tanks. We just shipped our shipped our first 500 gallon tank skid and have nine more in production. These tanks feature multiple small threaded fittings as well as 6″ Camlock supply & return connections, a 1″ drain connection pre-piped with a…
We have a large group of customers that are in the rental industry. These customers purchase rental ready air conditioning equipment from us and then, in turn, rent them to their customers. Because of the severity of this industry, these units must be nearly bullet-proof. No other piece of refrigeration or HVAC equipment will see a more…
Do you take your car to get the oil changed when that warning light activates on your dashboard? When the postcard reminder comes in the mail telling you it’s time for a dental check-up, do you call and make an appointment? These are just a couple of examples we face in our every day lives that…
Industrial chillers are a reliable piece of equipment used in various industries across the globe. It protects valuable facilities and helps raise the safety standards in industrial workplaces. It is not surprising that industrial chillers need to be in good condition at all times to make the most of its benefits. Handling industrial chillers takes…
Some of you may have seen our YouTube videos that displayed two different stages of our coil construction. For those of you that missed them, they are shown at the end of this post. At the inception of this process, we first need to pull the hydrophilic coated aluminum sheet off the roll and…
It is necessary to create an atmosphere that is comfortable and conducive to a healthy working environment. The fact remains though that most office buildings are too huge, which is precisely the reason the demand for air conditioning units continues to increase. Rather than compensating with the sheer volume of air conditioning units to make…
The modern HVAC market is flooded with units that brag about all kinds of bells and whistles that their manufacturers say add to the efficiency and effectiveness of the product. But there’s one aspect that’s confused many clients through the years and that’s explosion proofing. What does it mean when manufacturers say that a unit…
Rental Cooling has been in high demand this year. Smart Family has added several new unit sizes as well as different product lines to our rental offering. Thanks to this change and the hard efforts of our sales staff, our rental equipment has been selling as fast as we can manufacture it. However, none of…
Smart Family understands that space is a premium. With this in mind, we have designed our SMT-AHU Rental Ready Air handling units to be fully stackable. This greatly reduces the space required for storage. Our customers requested this and we listened. We redesigned our frame and added plates to accommodate this feature. We…
SmartFreeze recently shipped three of our STACT5S-eco chillers to be used in an oil cooling application. The process itself is quite interesting. The oil is used as a cutting oil that is cools thread cutting equipment for schedule 40 pipe. While the thread cutter is cutting the threads into the pipe, the friction of the process generates heat. The…
