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How Does a Make-Up Air Unit Work?

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Providing a safe and healthy environment for employees continues to be a priority for manufacturing leaders, especially in facilities where manufacturing conditions create a potentially harmful environment for those working inside. Many manufacturing and industrial facilities that are plagued with poor indoor air quality typically do not have adequate ventilation. This lack of proper fresh air can create a variety of poor conditions such as high concentrations of harmful contaminants, hazy indoor conditions, improper process or product quality, OSHA safety violations, or even severe employee illness.

The first step in solving your Indoor Air Quality issues for your manufacturing environment is a properly sized mechanical exhaust system, preferably located nearest to the source of indoor contaminants. The rate of exhaust airflow or amount of fans may vary due to the process or the type of contaminant. As the exhaust fans capture, contain, and expel these harmful gases, fresh air is drawn into the building and into the occupied space thus lowering the concentration of harmful elements.

A proper ventilation strategy must not stop here – as many manufacturing environments needs and processes change, they fail to add the necessary tempered make-up air units, resulting in poor temperature control, negative building pressure, uncomfortable cold spots, and sometimes poor product quality.

In these situations, a right-sized make-up air solution can bring in the clean air that is direly needed. This type of system not only improves the quality of air within the building to meet ASHRAE and local standards, but also protects the health of the employees.

Cambridge M-Series 100% direct-fired units are the most efficient way to offset building exhaust and improve Indoor Air Quality by introducing fresh clean air from outside.  Our Make-Up Air units are designed with reliability and energy savings in mind, along with low costs for installation and maintenance. M-Series heaters include patented Cambridge Low-Fire Start Technology and proprietary stainless steel burners are specifically designed to provide year-round ventilation and tempered make-up air for a wide variety of commercial and industrial facilities.

With CFM ranges from 1800 – 75,000 available and the ability to customize the system to your facility, these units are utilized across the United States in applications from tire factories to paint booths to food processing plants.

Do you feel like your facility is working against you? When the air in your facility is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, or too contaminated from your manufacturing process, you can turn to Cambridge Air Solutions for support and guidance. Join us for an Air Solutions tour customized to address your specific questions regarding how our technology can help you address your facility challenges. Your knowledgeable Cambridge guide will walk you and your team through our facility and answer any specific questions you may have regarding HTHV, Makeup Air, or Evaporative Cooling technology.