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Linacoustic RC (Reinforced Coating) is a flexible glass duct liner, manufactured using resilient glass fibers bonded with a thermosetting resin. The smooth airstream surface is protected with a durable glass-mat facing that is coated with an EPA-registered antimicrobial agent, Permacote.

According to Webster dictionary one of the definitions of “galvanized” is “the process of shocking or stimulating a muscle into action”. The definition we know is the second one listed: “to coat iron or steel with a protective layer of zinc”.

One of the most manual tasks in Duct Shops is the process of laying out, measuring, and manually cutting Liner Fittings to their corresponding metal Fitting. Add to that the excessive waste accumulated from measuring mistakes and poor cut optimization and you’ve identified the most inefficient of any of the Duct Shops processes.

K-Flex Titan is a closed-cell, flexible, elastomeric foam insulation with a flexible co-extruded jacketing. It can be applied to either K-FLEX® NBR/PVC or EPDM (TITAN HT) tubular insulation. It is a polymeric jacketed material that offers excellent flexibility, abrasion and weather resistance, making it ideal for outdoor applications. The product is made in K-FLEX USA’s ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facility, in North Carolina.

Panasonic Inline Exhaust fans are a customizable, all-in-one whole house precision ventilation solution ideal for use in the bathroom, laundry room, sun room, basement or garage.

Duro Dyne’s Mach 3 Pinspotter has a more efficient transformer and a wider mouth design than their FG-1 or Mach 1 or Mach 2 models. The transformer design will weld pins to 18ga galvanized steel , an improvement over the FG-1 models which welded to steel only as heavy as 20 ga and even at that would not get a good weld except on 22 and lighter.

Currently, Rectangular Duct is connected this way:

1. Use a drift pin to line up the holes
2. Manually insert a Carriage Bolt through one side and a Nut on the other side
3. Tighten with a ratchet

Hot-dipped galvanized steel is the process of dipping fabricated steel into a kettle or vat containing molten zinc. The process is inherently simple, which provides a distinct advantage over other corrosion protection methods.

Hanging Strap for Flex Duct — Duro Dyne Nova Strap and Vinyl Duro Strap

There’s a shortage of labor in the commercial construction market; this has elevated the need to reduce as much job site labor as possible. For the HVAC contractor, one of these job site tasks is the sealing of the Snaplock Pipe .

The hammer over edge is referred to by some contractors as the tail of the female Pittsburgh seam. It is the flange that is folded over itself when the Pittsburgh Lock is formed.

The speed to make Elbows, Offsets, Reducers, even Ends caps just improved with Spiral Helix’s Combi T machine, a faster process without having change dies for diameters but more importantly, not having to change dies from Gore Flanging to Gore Connecting.. 5″ thru 50″ diameter, 18 ga Galvanized capacity.