Howden Variax
Howden Variax provides custom engineered axial flow fans to North America from its Raleigh, North Carolina office.
Our main product is the Variax® variable pitch axial flow fan for power generation applications. Manufacturing is carried out globally in Howden’s specialized facilities. All of our products are custom engineered to international standards and to customer requirements.
Working with our parent company, Howden Denmark, our team of experienced professional mechanical, structural and aerodynamic engineers is fully familiar with modern design techniques including finite element analysis and computer aided design. Howden Denmark is certified to ISO
9001 and has a dedicated R&D department continually developing axial fan products both mechanically and aerodynamically.
A fully equipped aerodynamic laboratory, built according to AMCA 210, is available in Denmark for scale-model aerodynamic testing of fans. Howden Denmark also has equipment for stress, acoustic and vibration measurements. On-site performance testing of equipment is conducted to internationally recognized standards using portable equipment.
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Products
Howden Variax supplies Variax® variable pitch axial flow fans.
Parts & Services
Howden Buffalo Inc., which specialises in aftermarket services in North America, provides spare parts for all Variax® fans supplied over the last 50 years.
Industries
Variax® variable pitch axial flow fans are primarily used in the power generation industry. They are used as boiler fans, i.e. forced draught (FD), induced draught (ID), primary air (PA) fans and booster fans for flue gas desulphurization (FGD) applications.