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Cooling tower fans driven by less

The story of Baldor’s new adjustable-speed, direct-drive cooling tower motor and drive system began in the Fort Worth, Texas, home of cooling tower manufacturer Tower Engineering Inc. (TEI, www.tei-usa.com). TEI is a 27-year manufacturer of long-term performance, high-efficiency, field-erected water cooling towers. Company president Rod Applegate’s lifelong dream was to develop a “one moving part” mechanical drive system for use in water cooling towers.

Saturday 4 July, 2009 12:40 AM

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