Research and Development

With our expertise in air distribution and air control, we have unique capabilities.

  1. We understand the complete air distribution field including the air control requirements. With regards to dispensing of air, we have the ability to take advantage of knowing air flows, pressure drops and noise consequences; therefore understand, as a group, the environmental effect of air as dispersed and controlled by our products. To accomplish this properly, economically and with a concern for aesthetics is our goal.

     
  2. With our own laboratory in Houston, Texas, we are able to fully test our Air Distribution products as well as Control Dampers, Fire Dampers and Smoke Dampers with UL certification.
     
  3. Most Damper manufacturers do not have a Sound Laboratory. Most Air Distribution manufacturers do not have the ability to test large Control, Fire and Smoke Dampers. We can test our Damper products for noise criteria, which is not common data, and we can test any combination of Air Distribution and Air Control products for the best combined system effect.
     
  4. With what we believe to be the most extensive laboratory facility of its kind, we are able to work closely with the engineering community where customized product development and performance testing is required  unique Nailor flexibility.

Research, design, create and develop air distribution equipment for quality products...

Aesthetic appearance and functionalism are prime considerations in the design of every engineered product. Advanced theory is combined with practical field experience to assure maximum performance within rated capacities.

Consulting Engineers benefit in many ways from the fully staffed, well-equipped engineering facilities at Nailor. All equipment is tested full scale under actual operating conditions; not just theoretical assumptions.

Our engineering personnel draw on practice as well as engineering theory, and their experience is immediately available to help you with product application, system recommendations or on-the-spot field assistance.

The laboratory and what it has to offer...

  • Reverberant Sound Room
    Used for sound power level and noise criteria (NC) testing in accordance with ARI/ANSI/ASHRAE Standards.
     
  • Environmental Room
     Used for measuring Air Distribution throws, drop and Air Distribution Performance Index (ADPI) in accordance with ASHRAE Standards.
     
  • Low Flow Wind Tunnel
     12,000 cfm capacity at 8" w.g. static pressure.
     
  • High Flow Wind Tunnel
     30,000 cfm at 8" w.g. static pressure

    Both are used for testing of dampers, air terminals and air distribution products in order to measure pressure drops, torque requirements and control capabilities under dynamic conditions.

The Nailor Air Distribution Test Laboratory is adjacent to the company's manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas. The Laboratory was established for the purpose of developing and testing air distribution systems.
 

It has complete facilities for research, development and testing of air distribution equipment. Actual on-the-job conditions can be accurately simulated in the test chambers of the laboratory to better service Nailor clients in the air diffusion industry. Exhaustive tests help in the design of systems for specific buildings to accurately forecast the performance of the actual installation.

Today, new trends in building construction and design call for new methods of pre-testing equipment and system performance. High intensity lighting calls for changes in design of the air distribution equipment and the integration of air diffusion, light and acoustic ceiling components.

One cannot rely exclusively on theoretical consideration, but must determine equipment and system performance under laboratory conditions before the final installation is made.