Chapter 7 of the International Building Code (IBC)1 requires life safety dampers to protect duct and air transfer openings within building separations — fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, ...

Pneumatic furnace damper drives may be more common, but electro-hydraulic actuators provide several advantages to the more traditional control scheme. One fossil-fired plant in Taiwan achieved more ...

The new damper control catalog details the manufacturer's damper design and construction features and damper options and accessories. The benefits of the variable symmetric blade design (VSB), which ...

Updated certification positions Sertus smoke control damper among the few solutions able to meet the full performance intent of the latest residential fire safety standard. The updated certification ...

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New guidance on the fire testing, classification, application and installation of smoke control dampers has been published by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP). The new Volume 2 of ...

THIS column provides information about the use of outdoor air dampers in hot and humid climates and during hot and humid seasons in temperate climates in commercial buildings. Terms used in this ...

While the world debates the appropriateness of famed race team and sports car purveyor Ferrari’s introduction of a crossover SUV model with the Purosangue (“pure blood”), engineers can marvel at the ...