Type K Exhausters

Designed to Meet the Exacting Standards of Industrial Service

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Type K Exhausters

Designed to Meet the Exacting Standards of Industrial Service

The AAF Type K Exhauster was developed to meet the severe requirements high static pressures, heavy dust concentrations, and frequently, highly corrosive conditions encountered in the application of AAF dust control equipment.

Design Advantages

3. New Impeller design Greatly reduces susceptibility to dynamic unbalance. The narrow AAF Type K Impeller reduces the lever length through which unbalance, caused by material accumulations, can act. 4. Heavy Duty Shaft and Bearings Insure longer unit life. Narrow wheel design also increases effectiveness of shaft and bearings by reducing length of wheel overhang.

2. Split Taper Hub Insures reduced maintenance cost on these heavy duty applications where periodic wheel replacement is anticipated.

1. High Efficiency Maintained over a wide range of operations, a highly desirable feature on local exhaust systems subject to wide variations in static pressures.

Narrow Wheel Design

5. Quick Opening Access Doors Allow fast and easy access for cleaning and inspection. 6. Completely Rotatable In 45 increments of discharge positions in the field.

7. Completely Reversible In the field to allow either clockwise or counter clockwise rotation. Flexibility offered by Items (6) and (7) means the AAF Type K Exhauster is never obsolete.

New thinking in industrial exhauster design is presented by the Type K Exhauster. AAF research engineers have always recognized that the narrower an exhauster wheel could be made, the less it would be affected by unbalance caused by material accumulation. It is also recognized that a narrow wheel design greatly increased the effectiveness of shafts and bearings by reducing the distance from the outer wheel periphery to the fixed point (bearing). Reduction of this distance proportionately decreases the force acting on the shaft and bearings allowing greater wheel loads to be handled.

Efficient and rugged Type K Exhauster wheels are designed for years of trouble free operation.

Available capacities range from 300 to 52,000 CFM at static pressures to 16 inches of water (and higher where tip speed allows ).

Type K Exhausters are available in fourteen sizes ranging from 7-inch to 42-inch inlet diameter. Corresponding wheel diameters range from 12.0" to 69".

Capacities

Construction Features

Arrangements

Standard AMCA Arrangements 1 and 9 are available. Arrangement 1 is predominantly used for the usual industrial exhaust system. Arrangement 9 should be considered where space is at a premium.

Housing Construction Heavy gage all-welded housings with unique winged rib design, used for many years in AAF Type W RotoClones, have been incorporated in the Type K Exhauster. This design reinforces the exhauster back plate to eliminate housing deflection and distortion under high operating pressures.

long life under the most severe operating conditions. Bearings are self-aligning with provisions for expansion included. Other bearing types can be furnished to meet special operating conditions where required. High Temperature Units Type K Exhausters of standard construction are suitable for operation with air temperatures up to 400F. For temperatures between 400F and 500F, units will be provided with shaft coolers and grease lubricated bearings. From 500F to 700F, units will be provided with shaft coolers and static oil lubricated bearings. For temperatures in excess of 700F, consult your nearest AAF field office for additional information.

Type K Exhauster, Arrangement 1.

Split Taper Hub The split taper hub puts an end to impellers freezing to shafts. The same principle is incorporated in this hub design as is used on split taper hubs for V-belt drives. This hub design has proved its merit in thousands of installations of AAF exhaust equipment operating under the most severe conditions of corrosion, abrasion, and temperature. This in an exclusive feature of the Type K Exhauster. Bearings Heavy duty ball or spherical roller grease bearings are standard on Type K Exhausters. Bearings have been selected for extra

Type K Exhauster, Arrangement 9 Is recommended where space is at a premium.

Shaft Assembly
Front Bearing Assembly Shaft

Scroll Back Sheet

Split Taper Bushing

Hub Cap

Key Split Taper Hub Disc Plate Set Screws

Type K Exhausters
Special Construction
Corrosion Resistant Coatings Can be furnished when required. Special Alloy Steels Type K Exhausters can be constructed of stainless steel, AR steel, or other special alloys. Spark Resistant Construction AMCA C construction is available to meet applications involving explosion hazards.

Accessories

Housing Drains Fan housing drains should be included in all exhausters where moisture may condense and accumulate at the low point in the fan housing or where rain may enter the fan discharge during shutdown.

Cooling Disc A cooling disc is recommended to protect bearings between 400F and 700F. Consult your nearest AAF field office to obtain information on the type of special construction required for temperatures in excess of 700F.

Flanged Inlet & Outlet Flanges for both the fan inlet and outlet can be furnished, on all Type K Exhausters, to make fan installation easier. Ductwork can be installed prior to receiving the fan, since no sleeve connections are required.

Shaft Seal Air leakage around the fan shaft is prevented by incorporating a shaft seal. Shaft seals are available for both high and low temperature applications.

High Temperature and Altitude Fan Selection

The Type K Exhauster capacity table and charts are based upon the exhauster handling standard air at 70F. 29.92" barometric pressure at 0.075 pounds per cubic foot. For any operating conditions other than standard, it is necessary to correct the horsepower requirements of the exhauster, adjust the RPM for its different density, and check the impeller RPM derating limits.

Safe Speed Deration for Temperature

Temperature F 50 70 100 200 300 Standard Wheel 1.00 1.00 1.00 .94 .90

Temperature F 400 500 600 650 700

Standard Wheel .86 .82 .79 .78 .76

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