All You Need to Know about Air Curtains

You may experience a blast of air when you walk through the door of a supermarket, warehouse, or a store on a cold day. One side has the cold temperatures but when you walk into the building you experience a defining line from where the air is warmer. The space present in the middle, the blast of air that you felt is what does not let the cold get in and does not let the heat go out. And if it is a hot day, you can still feel all of this in reverse. All of this is executed by an air curtain. These machines are perfect for usage in restaurants, retail shops, and many other places and are ideal for entrances that have doors that are opening and closing constantly. For commercial establishments with radiators and ACs air curtains form a barrier that keeps the temperature indoors comfortable.

Air curtains, also known as air screens and air doors, are actually self-contained units which form an invisible barrier by blowing air with high-speed between two spaces. They actually double up as invisible doors. Between the two spaces, they maintain different temperatures and reduce the loss of cooled or heated air.

Air curtains are known to find many other uses, such as keeping out smoke, fumes, insects, odors, dirt, and dust. They help in letting a business keep their doors open without having to worry about what may get in.

The Working

As it is mounted on the air-conditioned/heated side of the doorway, the air curtain takes the conditioned air in and sends it down to the floor with force. Doing so forms an invisible barrier of air. This air is then recirculated.

Advantages of Air Curtains

Here are some of the advantages you get when you install air curtains:

· Helps control the climate inside

· Insect and pest control

· Energy saving by controlling air transfer

· An effective means of keeping dust, fumes, flying insects out of a particular environment

· Helps in maintaining a space around the door that can be used

· Elimination of fog and ice in cold storage areas

· Rise in productivity because of stable temperatures

· Even helps decrease absenteeism among employees

· Doorway doubles up as a shop window and lets people check out the inside of the shop

· When the door is open, it acts as an invitation for customers

· Free access for people using trolleys, baby strollers, etc.

Areas Where Air Curtains Find Use

Commercial spaces like workshops, garages, stores, or warehouses that require safeguarding from contamination and demand climate control are the places that commonly use air curtains. Moreover, air curtains find use in facilities like restaurants, cold storage areas, and drive-up windows. These facilities highly benefit from the installation of air curtains.

Schools and hospitals may also use air curtains for keeping areas contaminant-free and climate-controlled. On the other hand, an auto body shop may use it to keep dust, debris, and pests out of the workspace.

In places like retail shops, restaurants, and other that are enclosed by walls, air curtains help ACs and heaters maintain a set temperature, in turn, helping save energy costs.

So, ensure a clean, comfortable, and hygienic environment for your customers without impacting your utility bills with Mitsubishi Electric India’s range of reliable and highly efficient AC curtains that effectively protect your space from temperature changes, pollutants, insects, and more.