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• Grow Your Retrofit Business With Cambridge HTHV Technology

  When it comes to providing retrofit heating solutions for older, outdated and inefficient heating products you should look no farther than Cambridge Engineering's High Temperature Heating and Ventilation (HTHV) products. Our products are an exceptional heating solution for warehouse, distribution and manufacturing facilities that are in need of a solution to provide better indoor comfort, reduce energy consumption and provide need ventilation during occupied hours even on the coldest of days. To learn more about HTHV technology can be used in retrofit opportunities watch this short video:  Stay tuned for more videos from Cambridge on how to use our products in retrofit opportunities. For more information visit us at www.cambridge-eng.com and fill out the contact us form.

• Is it “Heating & Ventilating Technology” or “Ventilating and Heating Technology?” That is the Question!

  As our clients navigate HVAC system design for high bay facilities such as distribution centers or industrial manufacturing plants, they are often asked to recommend a design that accomplishes 3 key deliverables. 1.) Meet variable ventilation requirements 2.) Meet heating requirements / (Consider air load and conductive load and comfort requirements) 3.) Evaluate redundancy to eliminate production and/or service interruptions As a manufacturer of high efficiency heating technologies (S-Series, SA-Series, Infrared) and ventilating technologies (M-Series, M-Series w/Cooling) we first seek understanding regarding how the building will be operated in order to recommend a heating platform, a ventilation platform, or both. While the core technologies are both 100% outside air, direct fired gas heaters, there are differences in system performance that will impact EE (energy efficiency), thermal comfort, and system installation cost. When there is a high level of CFM being exhausted due to processes inside a manufacturing facility, making up that building air loss with mechanical ventilation or inbound CFM is critical to balancing the air load of the building. Direct Fired Make-Up air systems with variable air ...

• Choosing the Right Heating System for your Facility

  Is the heating bill for your plant or warehouse too high? What about cold dock door areas and unbalanced temperatures? Is negative building pressure a problem? Do your employees complain about it being too cold making it harder for them to do their job? Do you have high maintenance costs from existing heating equipment? These are just a few common problems that result from selecting the wrong heating system, misplacing your heaters so they can’t reach their full potential or using obsolete technology. What factors determine the best space heating system? Everyone wants a heating & ventilating system that meets their unique requirements at the lowest total cost. Before selecting a heater, define the heating/ventilating requirements and understand all the cost factors that determine the true lowest total cost solution for a specific facility. BOILER SYSTEMS One of the oldest forms of heating, boilers have been in existence since about the 1800’s and are still a preferred system of heating in large industrial facilities where remote plants deliver steam and hot water to satellite locations to circulate through heat exchangers. These exchangers ...

• The Advantages of HTHV Heating for Industrial Facilities

  Industrial Heating with High Temperature Heating & Ventilating (HTHV) To heat an industrial facility, it is critical that the system is designed with worker safety and lowered operational costs and energy consumption top of mind.   HTHV is a technology classification created by the Department of Energy (DOE), producing a heating system capable of a discharge temperature greater than or equal to 150°F and a temperature rise greater than or equal to 140°F. HTHV heating systems are capable of effectively heating and ventilating both large commercial and industrial spaces, reducing energy consumption and increasing energy savings by 20-70% depending on the building, location, application, and installation. Most importantly, by using 100% outside air and direct-fired technologies, HTHV products provide a ventilation process that delivers superior indoor air quality for employees/building occupants. Direct-fired 100% outside air technologies Temperature stratification is a major issue in all high-bay industrial applications in the wintertime and must be addressed through the proper selection of destratification technologies. A study published by the Department of Energy titled Field Study of High Efficiency Gas Heaters looked at the energy savings accomplished with HTHV ...

• Economical, Efficient, and Cost Effective

  Patten CAT is a 4th generation Caterpillar sales and service organization that began back in 1933. Their relationship with Cambridge Engineering heating products started in 2005 when they purchased their first Cambridge S-Series unit to retrofit a less efficient heating system at their Oglesby, IL location. Fast forward 12 years later and Patten has over 25 Cambridge units heating 6 of their locations throughout the Chicagoland area. Oglesby, IL –  5 Cambridge s-series units Wauconda -  2 Cambridge S-Series units Rockford – 5 Cambridge S-Series units Hammond – 4 Cambridge S-Series units Joliet – 1 Cambridge S-Series unit Elmhurst – 7 Cambridge S-Series units and 1 Cambridge M-Series unit In the beginning the units were purchased to retrofit older less efficient heating units which were not as effective in heating their facilities. Today they have used the Cambridge units to not only retrofit their existing locations, with the latest retrofit qualify for NiCor gas energy efficiency rebate, but to heat their location in Wauconda, IL which was a new construction project. For Terry Flick, Patten’s facility manager, Cambridge is his go-to heating products for Patten facilities. ...

• Mr. Shingo, a LEAN Expert, has much to share with Cambridge

  For the second time in the past year, Cambridge has had the honor of hosting Mr. Ritsuo Shingo on his tour of a few American companies who are on their Lean journey of continuous improvement. Not only did he spend time speaking to Cambridge employees and our Lean tour guests, Mr. Shingo was able to “Go and Watch” (his advice to be an engaged observer, rather than “Go and See”) several companies around the St. Louis area including World Wide Technology, Koller-Craft, Ameren and The Gund Company. Hailing from the first family of SMED (Single Minutes Exchange of Die; a literal translation), Mr.Shingo and his father, Shigeo Shingo, have literally written the book(s) on how to dramatically reduce the amount of time needed to change a die system in manufacturing. SMED is proven to lower production costs because of less down time and to increase the ability to meet customer demand. Stay tuned for a follow-up blog on how Cambridge has started to utilize this practice to reduce overall testing time on a product line! The video below ...