Steel & Aluminum

The steel and aluminum industry is a fundamental part of global manufacturing, construction, transportation, and infrastructure. These metals are essential for producing automobiles, buildings, machinery, consumer goods, and aerospace components.

 

Industrial fans play a crucial role in the steel and aluminum industry, facilitating ventilation, cooling, heat treatment, fume extraction, and pollution control in high-temperature and heavy-duty environments. These fans are designed to withstand extreme conditions, including high temperatures, abrasive dust, corrosive gases, and heavy particulate loads.

Key Applications:

Combustion Air & Furnace Operations

Cooling & Heat Dissipation

Fume & Dust Collection

Material Handling

High-Temperature Air Recirculation

Environmental & Emissions Control

With expertise in both ferrous and non-ferrous metal production applications, Robinson provides custom-engineered solutions to the metal industry to meet existing and emerging process fan requirements. Robinson’s technical team can recommend furnace recirculation solutions that meet the specifications of any installation.

Steel & Aluminum Fan Repair

Is your fan broken or needs repair ASAP!? Contact us now for 24/7 emergency fan service.

Steel and Aluminum
Fan Design

Robinson’s industry-leading custom engineering will consider customer specifications and design equipment that maximizes performance without sacrificing quality. Design considerations include: high-temperature applications, corrosion from acidic and metallic gases, high dust and particulate loads, and energy consumption concerns.

Steel and Aluminum
Fan Repair

Are you experiencing vibration instability on your fan equipment? Are you noticing cracking in your fan casing? Are you experiencing overheating of your bearings resulting in shaft compromise?

Radial Bladed Fan

Types Of Fans
Used In Steel and Aluminum

Centrifugal Fans

High-Temperature & Abrasion-Resistant Fans

Steel & Aluminum Manufacturing
Case Studies
An aluminum customer experienced vibration instability on their ingot preheat furnace recirculation fans. Robinson field technicians diagnosed the cause of instability as vibration interaction “beating” between adjacent fans operating at nearly identical speeds within the furnace. The center fan’s speed was reduced, which broke the beat pattern and stabilized the operation.
Steel & Aluminum Manufacturing
Case Studies
A customer with an extensively worn 92” baghouse induced draft fan housing experienced side wall collapse under pressure, which allowed one of the inlet cones to be forced into the fan while. This resulted in total fan failure. Robinson designed, manufactured, and installed new equipment, including a fan housing, wheel, and dampers. The until was completely reassembled and brought back to “online” status.
Steel & Aluminum Manufacturing
Case Studies
A customer with a booster fan carrying a high volume of abrasive particulate in the gas stream experienced erosion at the casing cut-off point and its surrounding scroll area. Robinson designed, manufactured, and installed a new pie-shaped cut-off area that could easily be changed out with a space. Due to the extra removable part in the housing, the customer is now able to change this piece in a one-day planned outage.
Steel & Aluminum Manufacturing
Case Studies
A steel customer had been experiencing severe vibration and cracking of the casing on their competitor-supplied coke oven battery scrubber booster fans when operated at reduced flow conditions. Robinson service diagnosed a rotating stall condition, which is an aerodynamic instability that can occur with certain fan & damper combinations at reduced flow. A variable speed controller was installed, which allowed regulation of the flow rate by fan speed. The fan now operates smoothly at all process flow rates. Additionally, the customer received ~$200k in energy savings with this method of control.
Steel & Aluminum Manufacturing
Case Studies
A customer experienced fan failure of their Boiler House I.D. fan due to faulty roller bearings, which resulted in an overheated and bent shaft. Due to the system architecture, removing the wheel through the original housing was extremely challenging and time-consuming. Robinson Service redesigned the system architecture to remove the wheel and shaft with minimal disruption to the existing architecture. Robinson manufactured a new wheel and shaft and reinstalled at site within 4 days of outage.

Steel & Aluminum Industrial Fan Services

Robinson values our market-leading technical expertise as well as our outstanding customer service. We maintain these values in the services we offer to meet all of your industrial fan-related needs.

We work with

the biggest and best in the world

Industries We Power
Each industry has its own unique set of challenges. We are experts in application and system requirements and can help design, manufacture, install, and maintain your fan equipment to maximize performance and efficiency.

Why Robinson?

130

Over 130 years
of history

A sixth-generation
family-owned business,
Robinson offers unmatched
experience

fan

Technical
Expertise &
Customization

Unlike competitors that rely on
standard fan lines, Robinson
customizes every solution to
meet specific customer needs

Top Notch
Customer Service

We are committed to
quality and long-term
relationships

Rapid
Response 24/7

24/7 emergency breakdown
services and a dedicated
Rapid Repair team for a quick turnaround

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