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Air Blow Fans, winner of the Innovation Concepts Award in the category for medium enterprises,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by nature, this fan is as fast as a whale in the water<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The word \u201cunique\u201d is one that\u2019s bandied around a lot but Gavin Ratner can use it with absolute confidence. The MD of Air Blow Fans knows the company\u2019s new industrial-strength fan design is one-of-a-kind because any similarity to its predecessor would land it in very hot water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe sold the intellectual property to a Canadian company and any hint of copying would see us being sued,\u201d says Gavin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So, on returning to South Africa four years ago, Air Blow Fans started designing a new fan completely from scratch. \u201cThe concept is so unique and different than a client in Ghana phoned to ask me what was wrong with it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The client was worried about the strange \u201cbumps\u201d on the blades of the new product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin explained that the bumps were there on purpose and had been inspired by similar protuberances on the fins of whales \u2013 a nature-inspired technique known as biomimicry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bumps help with the flow of water over the whale\u2019s fins so that they glide more efficiently through the ocean. We applied biomimicry, fluid mechanics and every other computational model you can think of to ensure performance meets expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fan design also benefited from new codes, new processes and the collective expertise of five full-time R&D team members, including a technical director with a PhD in turbo machinery and an aeronautical engineering with a master\u2019s in aeronautics. Such skills are not for show: the fans we\u2019re talking about here could be compared to a low-pressure jet engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aeronautically dynamic and nature-inspired, the new fan system \u201cperforms better than anything else that\u2019s available and is more efficient at all levels\u201d, says Gavin, including noise (less not more), speed (much faster) and monitoring maintenance capabilities (proactive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can save clients significant amounts of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a client who previously had to shut down the whole plant in order to shut the fan down so that it could cool down and be cleaned, balanced and started up again. This system predicts when something is out of balance on the fan and corrects it on the fly,\u201d says Gavin, adding that it has already saved this client two shutdowns that would have cost millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis concept has taken a long time and cost a lot in investment in R&D, and we are introducing it to the market slowly because we don\u2019t want to oversell and overpromise,\u201d he says. \u201cIf we are not completely happy with the design of one of our fans, I would rather phone the client and say we won\u2019t deliver. This is not a short-term game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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