| | Today, Robinson Fans maintains its reputation as a company with high standards for quality products. Customers have come to recognize Robinson for its advanced, thorough design and testing procedures, which include computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, finite element analysis (FEA) and rotordynamics analyses, as well as physical model testing in the company's AMCA-accredited laboratory.
Employing CFD analysis, Robinson Industries recently developed an innovative coal mill exhauster with significant improvements over the traditional "whizzer wheel" design. Used to move pulverized coal to burners in the power, cement and lime industries, Robinson's new backward-curve design showed an improvement of more than 20 percent in static pressure. The groundbreaking design reduced the amount of wear, which is a chronic problem in coal mill exhauster applications.
With CFD and FEA capabilities, Robinson Fans played a vital role in the successful extension of the world's deepest nickel mine in Sudbury, Canada. Teaming with mining-leader Inco Limited and construction management expert Hatch Associates, Robinson designed, manufactured and tested three centrifugal fans that allow ventilation to reach new depths in the Creighton Mine.
Robinson Fans continues to expand its reach into new industries, such as pollution control and food processing, in addition to mining, pulp and paper, cement, chemical process, steel and power.
Working with Peerless Manufacturing Company, Robinson recently developed an improved design for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) fans, which are used to reduce nitrogen oxide, a harmful pollutant. Robinson engineers developed a number of key design changes, including an innovative blade design that allowed for a smaller shaft and a more reliable fan.
In the cement industry, Robinson custom-designed a preheater I.D. fan for Holcim (US) Inc. that significantly reduces buildup. The Texas cement plant now has a reliable fan that is strong enough to handle extreme stress.
Throughout the last decade, Robinson built on its perspective and presence. The company's sales territories now include Central and South America. In addition, the company is marketing in the Far East and has designed and built fans for China's burgeoning steel industry.
Robinson Fans fabricated a 152-inch diameter rotor in 2004 as part of an induced draft fan on a sintering application for Nanjing, China-based Meishan Steel Company's sinter plant. | |
