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Tech in Focus: Ventair Shipyard Kit

COPPUS Portable Ventilators is a part the operating conditions at their speci? c of the Curtiss-Wright Steam and Air So- yard (e.g. voltage, phase, cycle, non-haz- lutions (SAS) business unit, within its ardous, explosion proof or drill rig duty).

Electro-Mechanical Systems Division. Additionally, a multiple inlet adapter and

SAS is a newly established business duct may be included to allow users to unit for Curtiss-Wright, as a result of extract poor quality air, fumes and par- its April acquisition of Dresser-Rand’s ticulates from up to 16 different loca-

Government business unit (see box be- tions with a single ventilator. low). We spoke with Tyler Smith – Su- pervisor, COPPUS Portable Ventilators, When was the kit was developed and for insights on business prospects in the where it is deployed today?

commercial shipyard sector. The shipyard kit was developed more than 20 years ago to meet the needs of

Is the ventilator line the only product those within the shipbuilding industry. in the SAS business unit? Our clients, predominately in the naval

In addition to our ventilator product yards, were already very familiar with line, the SAS portfolio includes com- our Ventair but expressed a need for pressors, steam turbines, and steam sys- a blower or exhauster that was easy to tem valves. The primary applications for transport, easy to operate and that would these products are power and compres- not produce excessive noise in congest- sion for propulsion, pump drives, ship ed areas. The Ventair Shipyard Kit was service air, oxygen/nitrogen (O2N2) feed the solution. Today these units are em- air, generator drives, and de-ballasting. ployed for a variety of marine applica-

We also produce Terry steam turbines for tions in yards throughout the U.S. – in- nuclear power safety applications. cluding Groton CT, North Kingston RI, and Bath, ME.

What is the Ventair Shipyard kit?

The Ventair Shipyard Kit is an upgrade Looking in the commercial space, to our standard Ventair offerings. The where to you see opportunity?

Ventair is a high-pressure, high-? ow, The Ventair Shipyard Kit has proven centrifugal ventilator that can be used as to be successful in the Navy shipyard a blower or exhauster. The Ventair Ship- market and the same activities need to yard Kit offers the performance and reli- be carried out in the commercial ship- ability of the standard Ventair Portable yard market. Extraction of poor quality

Ventilator while incorporating enhance- air from a con? ned space and providing ments that expand its capabilities for fresh air ventilation is required at the a wide range of applications. The key shipyard and other onboard ship applica- features that set the Shipyard Kit apart tions. So for us, I think the opportunity from a standard Ventair is the fork lift lies in connecting with those like-mind- base, isolation pads, starter, and silencer. ed shipyards and whole heartedly sup-

Customers also have the option to select porting their efforts to supply the world their electrical con? guration based off with the next generation of ships.

Curtiss-Wright Completes Acquisition

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Earlier this year Curtiss-Wright Corporation completed the acquisition of the Dress-

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