Eric Visselli: Looking at the importance of fans

This Eric Visselli blog discusses mechanical fans, their uses and their significance to many of today’s machines.

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Heat is an inevitable feature of almost any engine in existence today, and is a potential source of malfunction if left unchecked. This makes temperature control one of the key aspects of a mechanical system, and the fan one of the most useful machines ever invented.

Basically, a fan is a device or machine used to direct the flow of air to a specific direction. The beginnings of the fan go back to prehistory, but its mechanical version may be traced back to the Industrial Revolution. Since then, the fan has evolved to suit a variety of purposes.

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Eric Visselli has been the Chief Financial Officer of Auxiliary Power Systems, under Hamilton Sundstrand, since 2009. He holds a Master’s Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

While originally meant for human comfort, fans nowadays are commonly utilized to control machine temperature. Overheating can cause valuable materials and parts to melt, making sufficient ventilation very significant for a machine to function properly. This is especially true for sensitive machines like computers.

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Hamilton Sundstrand, a recognized leader in the aerospace industry, manufactures fans designed for use in aircrafts. The company makes a large range of electrical and shaft-driven fans for use as components in ventilation and cooling systems. Hamilton Sundstrand also manufactures fans valuable in inlet particle separators for helicopters. These separators protect the helicopter’s engine from dust and other particles that can cause it to malfunction.

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