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EngineeringConference

2008AMCA

International

March 2-4, 2008Las Vegas, NV

Hotel and Travel InformationPlease make your own hotel reservations; AMCA International will not make hotel reservations. When calling to make reservations you MUST identify yourself as an attendee of the AMCA 2008 Spring Meeting.

The Orleans Hotel & Casino4500 W. Tropicana Ave.

Las Vegas NV 89103Telephone: 702-365-7111www.orleanscasino.com

Please call 1-800-675-3267 to reserve your room.*When calling you MUST identify yourself

as an attendee of theAMCA 2008 Spring Meeting

Rate: Saturday $130, Sunday - Wednesday $70 Check in: 4:00 pm

Guest Room/Hotel Information

Wireless High-Speed Internet Access available in all rooms.

* Air conditioning * Alarm clock * Coffee maker * Iron and ironing board * Hair dryer * Multiple televisions * Cable TV * In-room

movies * Business center *

Hotel room reservation cutoff date is January 30, 2008

Airport: McCarran International Airport (LAS)

Sunday, March 2, 2008

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reception/Dinner

Monday, March 3, 2008

7:30 am - 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:05 am - 8:20 am Opening Remarks 8:20 am - 9:20 am Impeller Fatigue Assessment Using an S-N Approach 9:30 am - 10:30 am Fan Performance and Time 10:30 am - 11:30 am Comparison of Fan Field Testing Methods 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Speaker- “What Green Means to the Air Movement and Control Industry” 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm The Thrust of ANSI/AMCA 230-07 2:15 pm- 3:15 pm Induced Flow Fans, MOT, CRP - How We Got There 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Vibration Measurement Systems and Guidelines for Centrifugal Fans - A Field Perspective 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm System Effects of Damper Location Next to a Louver and After an Elbow 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception - Meet with Speakers

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

7:30 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:50 am Air Control Division Update 8:50 am - 9:50 am Patents, Copyrights and Trade Secrets: Intellectual Property of Air Movement Technology 10:00 am - 11:00 am Pressure Against Flowrate - Is the Square Law True? 11:00 am - Noon Analytical Model for Axial Fan Performance Rating Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Treatment of Tonal Sound in the Development of Fan Sound Ratings

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm ANSI/AMCA 210/ASHRAE 51: Changes and Their Impact Panel. 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm AMCA International Headquar- ters Laboratory - New and Improved, a Status Report 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Wrap - Up

2008 Engineering Conference Schedule

Monday, March 3, 2008 Opening Remarks - Host AMCA’s Engineering Standards Committee Chair, John Magill, Howden Buffalo, Inc.

Impeller Fatigue Assessment Using an S-N Approach Sam Orr, Howden Technology Weld fatigue; an examination of the present and future methods of predicting weld fatigue life of fan impellers using FEA.

Fan Performance and Time John Cermak, Acme Engineering and Manufacturing A discussion of data acquisition systems and digitized sampling of signals to obtain meaningful data to represent both air and sound performance.

Comparison of Fan Field Testing Methods Vern Martin, Flowcare Engineering, Inc. A direct comparison of AMCA 803 and ASME PTC 11 methods of flow measurement will be presented for two double inlet induced draft fans at a coal fired power plant.

The Thrust of ANSI/AMCA 230-07 Dick Aynsley, Big Ass Fan Co. The new ANSI/AMCA 230-07 rates circulating fans by the thrust force they develop. Tests indicated that the equation for calculating flow rate from fan thrust significantly overestimated the flow rate of circulating fans.

Induced Flow Fans, MOT, CRP - How We Got There? Bob Valbracht, Loren Cook Co. A review of the new test standard and Certified Ratings Program for Induced Flow Fans.

Vibration Measurement Systems and Guidelines for Centrifugal Fans - A Field Perspective Bob Shannon, Howden Buffalo, Inc. A discussion of field vibration measurements, recommended transducers systems (disadvantages and advantages), and typical guidelines for practical, in-situ applications.

System Effects of Damper Location Next to a Louver and After an Elbow Bob Van Becelaere, Ruskin Company This presentation will cover the pressure drop required with a louver damper combination, where the damper is located at different points away from the louver.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 AMCA International’s Air Control Division Update Dane Carey, NCA Manufacturing

Patents, Copyrights and Trade Secrets: Intellectual Property of Air Movement Technology Stephen Mick, Robinson Industries, Inc. This presentation will review developments in the air movement field as described in utility patents and discusses intellectual property issues that affect the fan industry. It presents examples of industrial fan inventions to lay a foundation for a discussion of intellectual property principles.

Pressure Against Flowrate - Is the Square Law true? W.T.W Cory, Cory Consultancy For many years we have lived with the statement that the system resistance is proportional to the flowrate squared; i.e., that it is a quadratic relation- ship. While this is always true for small changes in the flow, its shortcomings are beginning to be realized in an era of inverters and other methods of wide ranging speed control.

Analytical Model for Axial Fan Performance Rating Rad Ganesh and Daniel Khalitov, Twin City Fan Companies Ltd. This paper covers research into methods to reduce the testing requirements where the sizes are not geometrically similar and multiple variables are changed.

Treatment of Tonal Sound in the Develop- ment of Fan Sound Ratings Tim Mathson, Greenheck Fan Co. This paper will discuss proper use of AMCA 301 based on test data as well as possible future enhancements to this standard.

ANSI/AMCA 210/ASHRAE 51: Changes and Their Impact (a panel discussion) John Cermak, Mark Stevens, Tim Mathson

AMCA International Headquarters Laboratory - New and Improved, a Status Report Mark Stevens, AMCA International, Inc.

PresentersThe Engineering Conference will be

accredited for 12 Professional Development Hours (PDH)

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Meeting cancellations received on/before February 10, 2008 will be charged $100.00 cancellation fee. No refunds for cancellations received after February 10, 2008. AMCA International reserves the right to cancel the meeting if there is not adequate participation.

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