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Machinery Room Signage

April 17th, 2018

What signage is required for an ammonia refrigeration machinery room? This question is often made to be more complicated than necessary. This blog post will clarify the three (3) categories of signage required for machinery rooms, as well as give examples for best practices. Machinery Room Door According to Chapter 6 of ANSI/IIAR 2-2014 [1], […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 13, 2018

April 13th, 2018

Low-charge ammonia innovations keep rolling in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Frick Continues Rollout of Low-Charge Central System – Frick Industrial Refrigeration has continued the rollout of its low-charge ammonia central system (LCCS) at a second location, a cold-storage facility in Canada, said Joseph Pillis. Frick “tweaked the system” to better accommodate low ambient […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 6, 2018

April 6th, 2018

A small town’s economy suffers due to an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of: •  Ammonia Week in Review  • Figure Skaters, Hockey Players Sidelined with Gander Arena Closure  – “It’s a huge event for restaurants, hoteliers, all local businesses, and I’m sure restaurants have ordered excess inventory to supply all the people, which is not happening […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 30, 2018

March 30th, 2018

Astronauts stop an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Ammonia Leak Occurs on the International Space Station  – The flight control system noticed a small leakage of ammonia and was able to identify where it is located. Astronauts will address a leak, as well as other tasks, during extravehicular activities scheduled for […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 23, 2018

March 23rd, 2018

Low-charge ammonia systems are all the rage in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…. Vilter Unveils First Low-Charge Packed System at IIAR – The plug-and-play Modular Rooftop Unit (MRU) is one of a slew of low-charge ammonia systems featured at the IIAR Conference – a sign of the mounting interest in this technology in the industrial sector. […]