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JS Humidifiers has supplied two Neptronic SKG gas-fired humidifiers to Gurit on the Isle of Wight. Gurit manufactures composite materials that are used in high-tech industries, including the production of high end vehicles, such as Formula 1 cars and the Airbus A380, and wind turbines. The gas-fired humidifiers assist in the curing process at the paint spray booths at the site.

The humidifiers supply up to 470kg of steam per hour to the paint spray booths in order to maintain at least 50%...
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Tim Scott, Sales & Marketing Director at JS Humidifiers, explains the questions that need to be asked when specifying humidification equipment.

Ensuring you specify the correct humidification system largely depends on being able to extract the right information from the end-user on how the system will be employed. However, it’s difficult to build-up enough experience to know the right questions to ask when projects involving humidifiers don’t occur that frequently in a HVAC consultant’s career.

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JS Humidifiers is offering facilities managers and building owners a chance to get their humidification systems inspected for Legionella-safe operation, free of charge.

Although outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease from humidifiers are very rare, there is still a risk where a humidifier may have been poorly installed or maintained, especially on older units which lack the water disinfection features and automated flush cycles found in modern systems.

JS is offering the free inspections...
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JS Humidifiers has enhanced its reputation for low energy humidifiers with the launch of the HumEvap MC3 evaporative humidifier. Energy consumption is 150 times lower than electric steam humidifiers with correspondingly massive reductions in CO2 emissions. The new humidifier also incorporates improved control and innovative hygiene features.

The HumEvap MC3 is located inside a duct or AHU and humidifies by passing the air through a wetted fibre matrix. It is suitable for any...
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JS Humidifiers is launching a new low capacity electrode boiler humidifier called the ElectroVap CMC. It has an output of up to 3kg of steam per hour and is ideal for use in any small commercial area that requires humidity control such as small print rooms, laboratories and bakery proving rooms.

The unit is wall-mounted and comes as an in-duct system with steam distribution lance or an in-room system with a top mounted fan unit for distributing the moisture directly into a room’s atmosphere.

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JS Humidifiers is offering facilities managers and building owners a free digital hygrometer so they can test the humidity in their buildings and see whether it is within the recommended levels.

The optimum level of humidity depends on the use of a building but for normal occupation the recommended humidity is generally accepted as being between 40-60%rH (relative humidity). If an environment drops below 40%rH it can cause the occupants to suffer from headaches, sore throats, eye and skin...
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Tim Scott, Sales & Marketing Director at JS Humidifiers, gives some tips on how to install humidifiers profitably.

Humidifier installations are like any other HVAC project in as much as it is all too easy to see your profits eroding when unforeseen problems occur. Errors anywhere in the process from product selection to hand-over can, at worst, result in the system having to be taken out and re-installed, damaging overheads, work schedules and relationships with clients.

Typically,...
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JS Humidifiers has recently developed its JetSpray compressed air and water humidifier to include many new features, such as a remote user interface, easy commissioning, advanced hygiene technology and an increased capacity from 300 to 600 litres per hour.

The JetSpray humidifier was initially launched by JS over 25 years ago and has been humidifying industries and air handling systems around the world ever since. It comprises of a control panel feeding compressed air and water to rows of...
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JS Humidifiers’ service department has become the first humidification engineering company in the UK to be accredited under both the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment scheme (CHAS) and the SAFEcontractor scheme. The schemes set out to assess a company’s health and safety procedures in order to provide an independent audit that enables other organizations to accept a contractor on-site without carrying out extensive health and safety assessments themselves.

Rob Luddington, Customer...
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JS Humidifiers is offering printers a free digital hygrometer so they can find out exactly what the humidity is around their printing presses and paper stores. Humidity in these areas should be maintained at above 50% relative humidity (%rH) to avoid paper curl, static build-up, web-breaks and mis-register.

In the colder winter months, internal humidity in printers’ facilities can be as low as 20%rH due to the fact that heating the colder air coming in from outside significantly lowers its...
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JS Humidifiers has recently supplied nine Neptronic SKE resistive steam humidifiers to the National Gallery in London. The humidifiers will provide in total up to 220kg of steam every hour to the atmosphere inside the Sainsbury Wing galleries and the main building, maintaining an optimum humidity around some of the world’s most valuable paintings.

Approximately 5 million people visit the National Gallery each year, which covers an area of more than 46,000 square metres, equivalent to six...
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Humidifiers bring many benefits to production environments, offices and shops, museums and galleries and the home, and are very rarely associated with Legionnaires’ disease. However, poorly designed systems which might be inadequately installed, commissioned or maintained can increase the risk of the disease and, in the UK, particular legislation requires us to be aware of the risk and manage it appropriately.

This article provides information on Legionnaires’ disease and humidifiers, the...
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JS Humidifiers has launched online purchasing of electrode boiler and resistive steam humidifier packages. Contractors and building services engineers can now select and buy the humidifiers, with everything they need to supply steam to a duct or room, via JS’ ecommerce website www.airandwatercentre.com and obtain free, next day delivery.

As a promotional launch offer, JS is...
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JS Humidifiers has supplied 19 Neptronic SKE humidifiers, capable of producing over 1,160kg of steam per hour, to humidify two of the world’s largest oil and gas platforms currently under construction for Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. Both rigs are eventually destined for the sea off the East coast of Russia.

The humidifiers were part of a project undertaken with York Novenco, specialist AHU manufacturers for the offshore oil and gas industry, and AMEC, to supply a bespoke plug...
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JS Humidifiers has recently supplied and installed a JetSpray humidification system to Pinetum, the UK’s leading pine furniture manufacturer based in Wiltshire. 116 nozzles, which combine compressed air and water to produce a fine atomising spray, are now humidifying the company’s timber store, machine shop and assembly areas, maintaining the humidity at 60% relative humidity.

525 litres of water are pumped into the atmosphere every hour around Pinetum’s production facility, ensuring that...
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JS Humidifiers is launching the Armstrong Live Steam humidifier. It is an extremely high specification unit offered at a very competitive price. Features include a high running pressure of up to 4 bar, massive output capacity two to three times competitors’ models, lower installation costs and very quiet, super-dry steam delivery.

Live steam humidifiers are ideal for situations where there is an existing...
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Rik Prowen, Operations Director at JS Humidifiers, examines the effects of indoor dry air, the causes and how to eradicate the problem.

Headaches, sore throats, sore eyes, skin irritation and contact lens discomfort are all symptoms of a dry indoor environment. Unfortunately we are not well equipped to notice a dry atmosphere in the same way as we notice being unusually cold or warm. Because of this we commonly fail to associate discomfort or health problems we experience at work and...
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Rik Prowen Operations Director at JS Humidifiers takes a looks at the economy of using gas-fired humidification.

Humidifiers can be the most expensive piece of equipment in an air-handling unit, so it is no surprise that contractors and AHU manufacturers often look to install humidifiers with a low capital cost in order to keep within budgets. These are very often electrode boiler humidifiers, which use electricity to boil water and release steam into an AHU, duct or directly into...
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JS Humidifiers is launching the World’s most compact gas-fired steam humidifier, the Neptronic SKG. A unit with a 100kg/h output of steam has a footprint of just 610mm by 560mm making it ideal for cramped plant rooms.

The running costs for the Neptronic SKG are 85% cheaper than electric steam humidifiers, resulting in a payback of around 12 months when replacing existing electrode boiler units.

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JS Humidifiers has recently supplied two Neptronic SKE resistive steam humidifiers to the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company to meet the close control humidity requirements required in its litho printing and transfer area.

Jim Buckley, Works Engineer for Royal Crown Derby, commented, “We were experiencing problems with dry air, especially during the winter months. The low humidity levels...
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The Micro-Environment Control System (MECS) from JS Humidifiers, which supplies air at any temperature or humidity between 15-45^oC (±0.1^oC) and 30-98%rH (±1%rH), is now available with an on-board computer.

MECS can deliver up to 200 litres of air per second creating precise micro-climates for critical manufacturing or testing processes, like pharmaceutical or medical...
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The ElectroVap MC electrode boiler humidifier from JS Humidifiers can now be used in a master/slave system with up to 11 units chained together providing up to a massive 990kg/h of steam to an air handling system.

All 11 units within the chain are fully proportional with the humidifiers providing equal output and taking equal wear, making predicting and managing maintenance much easier.

The ElectroVap...
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Tony Fleming has been appointed Technical Director at JS Humidifiers, from his previous position as Design and Manufacturing Manager.

Tony began his career at JS as a student in 1994 whilst studying Mechanical Engineering at Portsmouth University. Tony’s accomplishments at JS include the development of the patented HumiPac, the first ceiling mounted humidifier and the HumEvap MC2, an advanced evaporative humidifier.

In his new position Tony will be responsible for Design and Manufacturing...
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David Marshall-George has been appointed UK Sales Manager at JS Humidifiers, from his previous position of five years as the UK Sales Manager at Eaton-Williams’ Vapac.

David has 15 years technical sales experience in the HVAC industry and completed a postgraduate diploma in management at the University of Leicester in 2001.

His new appointment will further develop the JS Humidifiers UK sales team with the implementation of short and long-term strategic plans to build on JS’s success...
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JS Humidifiers is giving away free A3 psychrometric desk charts. The laminated charts will enable building services engineers to write on and wipe off psychrometric calculations, working out humidity loadings over and over again on the same long lasting chart.

The psychrometric chart is used to size humidification systems by plotting required moisture levels against given temperatures. Once these measurements have been plotted the engineer can work out what size humidifier is required to...
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JS Humidifiers is launching a new, economical mobile evaporative humidifier for areas up to 1,050m3. The HumEvap Mobile can evaporate up to 48 litres of water in 24 hours and can be plumbed-in for convenience or filled manually. At around 50% less capital cost than its nearest competitor, the HumEvap Mobile is a reliable and cost effective solution to in-room humidification.

Unlike in-room steam humidifiers, which boil water, the HumEvap Mobile works on the principal of evaporation resulting...
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JS Humidifiers is launching a new type of humidifier service contract at the Maintec ’05 exhibition at the NEC, on stand B24, from 1st to 3rd March. The TotalCare Humidifier Plan provides a flexible schedule of service visits throughout the year as well as regular monitoring by a specialist humidifier engineer. Routine inspections ensure that optimum performance is maintained and any work anticipated well in advance, enabling facilities managers to fit and forget their humidifiers.

This new...
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A report from the TUC warns that the combination of dry central heating and the bugs and germs associated with the winter season is costing the UK economy over £200 million in staff absenteeism.

Rik Prowen, Operation Director at JS Humidifiers, comments, “A dry office environment can be disastrous to workers’ health in the winter. Heating systems drive down the relative humidity, causing the air to suck moisture from any available source – including the nose, throat, eyes, skin and hair of...
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A Neptronic SKE humidifier, from JS Humidifiers, is maintaining the humidity in the testing facilities of leading underwear manufacturer, Triumph International. Triumph design a wide range of ladies underwear at its plant in Swindon and needed to control the humidity in its laboratories to adhere to the strict testing conditions demanded by its clients.

Triumph required very close control of humidity and had to maintain the level at 67%rH (relative humidity) +/- 2%rH. The Neptronic SKE was...
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Rik Prowen, Operation Director at JS Humidifiers, explains the importance of humidity control in the automotive paintshop environment.

By maintaining the correct humidity in sand decks and paint spray booths productivity through these areas can be increased by as much as 10%, with more cars being passed first time after inspection.

Sanding Decks and Inspection Stations
The main objectives in humidifying a sand deck are to suppress dust and reduce the static attraction...
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JS Humidifiers is launching a new humidifier service and maintenance division based in Ireland solely dedicated to servicing its Irish customers.

To celebrate this launch JS is offering free, no-obligation, humidifier site surveys throughout June and July to any company in the Republic or Northern Ireland. A specialist humidifier engineer will visit the site, check humidifier performance, provide health and safety recommendations, give advice on lower energy or lower maintenance humidifier...
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JS Humidifiers is launching two electrode boiler humidifier packages for contractors. The ELMC Plus package includes all the elements a contractor needs to supply 5 or 10kg of steam directly to a room’s atmosphere or a duct.

The ELMC Plus Direct Air package incorporates an ElectroVap humidifier with integral controller, a fan unit for dispersing the steam in a room, and a humidity sensor to control steam output to the desired level.

The ELMC Plus In-Duct package incorporates an ElectroVap...
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JS Humidifiers has recently supplied a Neptronic SKE resistive steam humidifier to humidify the Organ Chamber at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Organ is one of the most important instruments of its kind in the world standing at over 70ft tall and weighing in at 150 tonnes.

The installation is part of a major refurbishment of the Organ, designed by Father Willis in 1866. Since 2002, the soundboards, casework and all 9,755 pipes have been either replaced or restored and an additional...
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JS Humidifiers is launching a new damage resistant humidifier cylinder for its range of electrode boiler humidifiers, the ElectroVap MC. It is made from a new type of high density polypropylene that will withstand severe handling and mistreatment.

This means that the small percentage of units that arrive on site with damage from transit will be eliminated and mistreatment on site will not result in the inconvenience of having to order a replacement cylinder.

The new cylinder also has...
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