'Industry’s first' airflow monitoring kit

David Luna, Vice President, Marketing, Orion Fans, commented: “Orion has strengthened our product offering with a cost-effective airflow monitoring system that provides a simple, economical alternative for indicating decreasing airflow in AC or DC fan/blower applications. The AFM kit is an affordable solution to monitor the airflow of fans or blowers versus comparable systems that sell for four to five times more. This system is also good for MRO applications since it is easily retrofitted into existing systems.”

The AFM kit operates an optical LED and/or audible alarm, which can be controlled with included switch, when airflow falls below 8.2ft/s due to fan filter clogs, foreign objects coming in contact with the fan blade, or fan failure.

Field retrofittable for AC or DC fan/blower applications, the AFM kit protects components like power supplies, PoE midspans, and displays in sensitive equipment including servers, telecomms switches, medical equipment and kiosks.

Placed on the output or input side of the fan, the AFM kit’s sensor module mounts perpendicular to airflow via a clip, clamp or integration into a fan guard. It measures positive airflow by mounting in the front of the fan or negative airflow when mounting to the intake side of the fan. It provides a long operating life of more than 100,000 cycles, is IP20-rated and NEMA 1 certified to protect against dust and indirect splashing.

The small size AFM kit’s sensor module is only 34x17.5x7.5mm. The RoHS-compliant AFM kit operates over a temperature range from -20°C to +50°C.

AFM kit start at $70.00 in small volumes.