Description and introduction about air curtain door

You can see air curtains in many places like restaurants, malls, air hangars, waiting rooms, customer entryways, and office entrances, generally, these air-conditioned places where technical or due to the inconvenience of substantial influx and efflux of public it’s not feasible to close the doors. Otherwise, some large buildings with different working sections also install air curtains, though they are generally used on exterior entrances. Please read more information by the following link. https://www.airtecnics.com/technology/what-is-an-air-curtain

In such cases, these air curtains work as a barrier between the outside and inside air and hence prevent intermingling of air and thus preventing air infiltration and thus causing temperature differences. They can work with heaters or air conditioners as per the requirement. The air curtains generally employed are downward-facing ones. Upward-facing or side-facing options are also available.
People also use air curtains to avoid cold drafts by mixing warm air from air curtains with heating functions in cold countries. The fan is powerful enough to generate a jet of air that can reach the ground.

Also, due to their high air turbulence against the ground, they help ward off flies, mosquitoes, and other insects. An air curtain door also can form an invisible isolation wall to prevent dust and odors from outdoors.

Air curtains are energy-saving products, they can help reduce power expenditure by improving air conditioner or air heater efficiency. An Air curtain door has a small power consumption and can create an effective air wall to isolate air between indoors and outdoors. Some air curtains also use DC motors, which have smaller power consumption.
Industrial and commercial applications may vary with requirements.

The Air curtain is NOT an air conditioner. An Air curtain door is a powerful fan that forces a high-speed air stream over the entrance to isolate the interior and exterior air environment. It consumes less energy than an air conditioner. People install air curtains widely at the entrance doors/gates of supermarkets, theaters, hotels, food storage warehouses, residential, etc. It keeps the flying insects out and keeps conditioned air inside, reducing energy costs.

We all know that air curtain plays important role in energy saving. it can help reduce electricity consumption. Because it can guard conditioned air indoors from possible air escaping through entrances. However few people know how to choose the right air curtains for their buildings. And now I’d like to share some information on this point. Hope this could help you as you choose air curtains.

There are some factors for air curtain choice as follows:

• 1. At first, function refers that what you expect from an air curtain.

To keep cool air indoors during hot summer, suggest you choose an ambient air curtain;

In order to keep warm air indoors during winter, suggest you choose an air curtain with a heating function.

• 2. Then the height of the entrance is also a key factor in choosing air curtains.

• 3. Width of the entrance is also an important factor in choosing air curtains. It’s necessary to measure and make sure of the entrance width. Then choose an air curtain of which maximum length that is a little bit bigger than the length entrance so that the air curtain can work effectively to guard indoor air. If the width of the entrance is bigger than the air curtain’s maximum length, there are some places that can’t be covered under the effective working range of the air curtain. If the air curtain length is much bigger than the width of the entrance, the air curtain’s effective working range covers places that do not need isolation, which is a waste of energy. If a single air curtain can not cover the entrance completely, you can buy multiple air curtain units and line them up and make sure the total length of the air curtains is a little bit bigger than the width of the entrance.

4. Installation places are also important for choosing air curtains.

Apply in a library, air curtains with less working noise are suggested.

Installed in coastal places, you’d better choose an air curtain with anti-corrosive housing, moreover, to choose an air curtain with specially designed motor for coastal and other tough and corrosive places.

• Use an air curtain inside the cold room. Suggest choosing an air curtain with a motor that can work well even in very low temperatures inside cold rooms.
  • Install on a glass door, suggest you choose a vertical air curtain or recessed air curtain on the ceiling. (For example https://airtechz.com/product/r-series-air-curtain/)

• Operate in places with explosive substances, and suggest carefully choosing a special air curtain with an anti-explosive design.

• 5. Air curtain housing material is the other factor that also matters. Housing materials include regular steel, aluminum alloy, ABS plastic, and EPP material. Regular steel housing is suggested for most regular place installations. Aluminum alloy, ABS plastic, and EPP housing are suggested for corrosive, place installations.

• 6. Moreover control system is also important for customers during operating it. And it has multiple options, including the most popular infrared remote controller, mechanical control buttons, and automatic door sensor control system. Because each place has different installation conditions. So multiple control methods are necessary.

• A remote controller is very convenient for users to control as the air curtain is installed at a high position and one can not reach the control buttons on the housing.
• Mechanical control buttons are very classic and simple in design; it has very stable control and a long lifespan. But sometimes it is hard to touch it as the air curtain is hung at a high position above the door.
• The automatic door sensor control system makes the air curtain start to work and stop working according to the door opening and close. It needs an extra accessory to work with the air curtain.

• 7. At last, aesthetics is another factor in air curtain choice. Beauty appreciation is also important for a shop, restaurant, etc. Different air curtain colors and outer casing designs were chosen need to match perfectly with the surrounding decoration theme, the color of the shops, or other installation places. The following picture is an example.

Finally, thanks for your attention, and hope the above information may help you in choosing your target air curtains.

25^th August 2022