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As a company that prides itself on listening to feedback from the field and developing solutions to meet industry demands, Lochinvar® is proud to unveil the reengineered SHIELD™ commercial water heater. Originally introduced in 2008, SHIELD features a unique design that allows for thermal efficiency of up to 96 percent without the risk of lime scale buildup inside the tank. The updated SHIELD line now includes three additional models, extending the offering from 125,000 Btu/hr to 500,000 Btu/hr, and an extensive list of upgrades that are all designed to improve performance, accessibility and – ultimately – customer satisfaction. Extended Models The three new models include the introduction of the 125,000 Btu/hr unit, which offers storage of 65 gallons, and two new ASME versions of existing sizes. Both the 150,000 Btu/hr and the 200,000 Btu/hr models are now available in ASME construction, as well as the original standard construction. ...
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FERGUS, Ont. - A.O. Smith Corp. is closing a hot water heater factory in Ontario as part of its plan to consolidate production in North America. The move is expected to affect 350 workers. "The water heater industry is extremely competitive and has been burdened with overcapacity for a number of years," said Kevin Wheeler, president and general manager of North American water heating in a release. "In addition, we have been facing a challenging economic environment as a Canadian manufacturer." (more)
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Taco’s commercial MPT (Multi-Purpose Tank) product line incorporates features of Taco's buffer tank, 5900 and standard in-line air separator lines within a single product. This product line offers tank sizes ranging in volume between 50 and 1050 gallons across 16 model sizes with nozzle connections varying between 2 and 10 inch as standard. Each unit includes four flanged nozzles, a 2 inch full port blow down valve and a factory installed air vent. The MPT tank series is designed, constructed, tested and stamped to the requirements of Section VIII Division 1 of the ASME code. Each tank is designed for 125 psi at 240° F. The MPTs are available in un-insulated, Armaflex wrapped, or wound fiberglass insulation configurations. Optional ¾” temperature/pressure sensing ports are available on each nozzle. All MPT tanks are registered with the National Board and U1 papers are supplied if requested at the time of order ...
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Xylem, a leading global technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has announced the updated 2013 Goulds Water Technology Factory School training schedule. Located in Seneca Falls, NY, the Factory School offers four different classes that cover the breadth of the Goulds Water Technology product line and related systems and are available for customers (distributors, dealers, engineers, and OEMs) with at least one year of industry experience. These educational offerings are designed to provide the students with extensive, hands-on experience in the state-of-the-art Campbell Education Center where they train on actual installations and gain valuable troubleshooting skills. The three-day classes are tailored to various job functions and areas of expertise and encompass a wide range of critical topics including: Residential Water System Product Application & Troubleshooting School: Covers residential water systems (focusing on jet and submersible pumps, pressure tanks, and variable speed drive application) Variable Speed ...
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Lochinvar has selected the latest monthly winners of the VIP Installation Showcase and the VIP Drawing. Mark Fryer of Young Services in Carbondale, Colorado, was named the February VIP Installation Showcase winner, and Brian Copelli of Advanced Hydronics in Denver, Colorado, was randomly selected in the monthly drawing. Both winners have solidified their spots on the Nashville Experience trip this June, which includes tickets to the world’s largest country music festival. An Impressive Installation Mark Fryer’s entry in the VIP Installation Showcase, which received more than 100 votes, described downsizing an existing 30-year old boiler system that consisted of two 1.2 million Btu/hr boilers tied to two 1,500 gallon storage tanks and two 2.5 million Btu/hr boilers. After critically sizing the boilers through a heat loss analysis, Fryer and his team determined that they could downsize the system considerably while still providing redundancy for the building. To achieve a more ...
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The ENERGY STAR®-rated NRC661 makes choosing a high-efficiency, tankless water heater for the home more affordable than ever, especially when replacing a storage-tank-type unit.Featuring the same energy-saving condensing technology as the rest of the Noritz eco-TOUGH™ Series of gas-fired residential tankless water heaters, the NRC661 has an Energy Factor of 0.91 for natural gas and 0.93 for LP. These ratings are nearly 10 points higher than that of a comparably sized, conventional tankless unit, and approximately 30 points higher than a standard, tank-type gas-fired water heater. Half-inch gas connection: But the bigger news is that the market’s smallest condensing tankless water heater can deliver 6.6 gallons per minute, with a maximum input of 120,000 BTU per hour (BTUh), using a half-inch gas line up to 120 feet in length. A new, more accurate interpretation of the National Fuel Gas Code permits the use of the smaller-diameter gas piping for ...
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Xylem’s Paul Ruzicka, chief mechanical engineer and James Roberts, chief product engineer were recently honored by the Hydraulic Institute for their technical leadership and contributions in the creation of new ANSI/HI Standards for pumps. The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), recruits technically qualified individuals from North American companies that are directly and materially affected by the standard to participate in the review process. ANSI/HI standards are reliable, widely accepted references for anyone involved in the pump industry. Those involved can include users, consultants, engineers, contractors, construction firms, pump manufacturers, and pump software developers and systems integrators. HI periodically introduces new standards based on industry needs. Ruzicka, an active HI committee chair, has been an active member of the Institute for 21 years and was recognized for his work on two standards. The first was Rotodynamic Pumps Guideline for NPSH Margin, ...
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Overheated collectors are now a thing of the past! This week, SolarLogic, LLC, was awarded a U.S. patent for a solar thermal collector that cools itself in any climate. The new solar collector design can be used to heat domestic hot water, radiant floors and other liquid-filled heating systems, pools, and spas, and can even be used to cool a building at night. This patent, SolarLogic’s fifth, represents a great move forward for the solar thermal industry.Two of the significant challenges of solar heating system design over the past 40 years have been managing excess heat produced by solar collectors when it is not needed (typically summer), and preventing solar collectors from overheating in case of failure of other components like pumps or electronic controls. Overheating damages the working fluid and system components, and can result in costly repairs and non-functioning systems.In the past, standard designs addressed this issue by ...
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Lochinvar is pleased to introduce a comprehensive online training resource at LochinvarU.com. The new online portal is an extension of Lochinvar University, an industry-renowned education program that offers on-site instruction at a state-of-the-art training facility located at company headquarters in Lebanon, Tennessee. The free courses and training materials now available at LochinvarU.com are designed to offer in-depth information about Lochinvar’s high-efficiency products for service providers, design engineers, building maintenance personnel and any other interested individuals. By taking advantage of the newly offered online training, participants can learn at their own pace and on their own schedule from any location.LochinvarU.com offers various interactive control simulators and product line courses in “Information Only” versions, as well as classes that include knowledge tests following the content to meet training requirements. When a participant successfully completes a knowledge test (s), they earn a certificate of completion while also fulfilling requirement to keep their company ...
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View Video: Meet SaTo, the hygienic toilet pan that provides safer sanitation Almost half the world lacks a safe way to go to the bathroom. And almost half of North Americans surveyed have no idea that lack of sanitation facilities causes 2,000 deaths per day, mainly among children. In regions of the world where water is scarce and sewer infrastructure doesn't exist, open pit latrines allow disease to spread through direct and indirect contact with human waste. American Standard, the leading toilet manufacturer in North America, has launched a campaign to increase awareness of this crisis and to stimulate action that protects the health of all people through well-engineered plumbing solutions American Standard engineers have invented SaTo (pronounced SAH-toh, derived from “Safe Toilet”), a cost effective hygienic latrine pan that uses an ingeniously simple mechanical seal and water seal to reduce disease transmission by closing off pit latrines from ...
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