Factory
Heating Solutions
Efficient factory heating is critical for maintaining a safe, productive, and comfortable working environment. We design and supply tailored heating systems that protect employees, safeguard machinery, preserve temperature-sensitive materials, and keep operations running smoothly all year round.
THE CHALLENGE
Why Factory Heating is Complex
Factories combine high ceilings, large open floor areas, frequent door openings for goods and vehicles, heat-generating machinery, and varied working zones into a single building. Staff may be working at fixed stations, moving across the floor, or operating in areas with very different temperature requirements. The heating system needs to deliver consistent comfort across the entire space while accounting for these competing demands, all without wasting energy or disrupting production.
Mixed-Use Zones
Production lines, packing areas, storage zones, and office spaces all under one roof, each with different heating needs and occupancy patterns.
Door Openings & Draughts
Frequent loading bay and access door usage allows cold air in and warm air out, creating draughts and temperature drops across the production floor.
Heat Stratification
Warm air rises to roof level, leaving cold air at floor level where staff work. High ceilings make this worse, forcing heaters to work harder for longer.
Air Quality & Dust
Manufacturing processes can generate dust, fumes, and airborne particles. The heating system must work alongside ventilation to maintain safe, healthy air quality.
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The most effective approach for factories typically combines warm air heating (for fast, even heat distribution across open floors), radiant heating (for zone heating and areas where air movement must be minimised), LPHW systems (for buildings with a central boiler), destratification (to recover heat trapped at ceiling level), ventilation (to maintain air quality), and air curtains (to protect doorways from heat loss).
Radiant Heating
Radiant heaters deliver direct infrared heat to people and equipment without warming the surrounding air first. This makes them particularly effective for high-bay factory areas, zone-specific heating, and environments where air movement must be kept to a minimum. They heat specific areas without the cost and energy waste of heating the entire building.
Warm Air
Warm air heaters rapidly distribute heat across wide spaces, making them one of the most popular factory heating options. Available in gas-fired, oil-fired, and electric models, they deliver fast, even heat distribution across open-plan factory floors. Condensing models achieve efficiencies of up to 108%, significantly reducing energy consumption and running costs.
Air Curtains
Factories with loading bays and access doors lose significant heat every time they are opened. Air curtains create an invisible barrier of air across the doorway, preventing cold air from rushing in and warm air from escaping. This reduces heat loss, cuts the energy needed to recover temperature after each door opening, and keeps draughts off the production floor.
Destratification
Destratification fans are essential companions to warm air heating in factories. Hot air naturally rises and accumulates at ceiling level, forcing heaters to work harder and run longer. By continuously recirculating this trapped warm air back down to floor level, destratification fans significantly reduce running costs and extend the working life of your heating equipment.
Ventilation
Manufacturing processes can generate dust, fumes, and airborne contaminants that affect air quality and worker health. Ventilation systems supply fresh air and extract stale air to maintain a safe, healthy working environment. The Flowair OXeN provides ductless ventilation with heat recovery, so fresh air does not come at the expense of your heating bill.
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