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Flying High on Schwank's Infrared Efficiency a Schwank Case Study Schwank Case Study: Flying High on Schwank‘s Infrared Efficiency “The heating levels in our facilities are very comfortable and cope well with the chan- ges in weather that we experi- ence. We are very happy with The Company The Issue Schwank”. Air Nelson is a wholly owned sub- Energy efficiency, longevity, control- sidiary of Air New Zealand operating lability, quick reaction times and flexi- Mark Butchart, under the Air New Zealand brand. bility were all extremely important. Production Manager, The airline was started in 1976 and Planes coming in and out regularly Air Nelson began its first scheduled service in create high air changes due to the 1984 to connect to Wellington. The frequent door openings. Furthermore, network then grew to include Nelson, cold incoming airplanes act like ice Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch blocks making the environment very and other domestic destinations. challenging for conventional heating systems. To compensate for these In 1995 Air New Zealand purchased sudden “shock” heat losses and to Air Nelson, which now operates provide homogenous heat distribu- 23 Bombardier Q300s being the tion in the hangars was an imperative world’s largest operator of this type requirement for the Air New Zealand of aircraft. Air New Zealand recently technical department. invested 30 million dollars at Nel- son airport in order to expand on Air New Zealand’s appointed consult- its infrastructure to include modern ing engineers, Pacific Consultants maintenance facilities for its com- from Wellington, then had the task of muter airlines. Today also the entire specifying a system that was suit- ATR-72 aircraft fleet of Mount Cook able to meet the requirements for Airline, also part of the Air New Zea- both hangars. Working together with land network, is being serviced at the Schwank’s exclusive partners in New Nelson facilities. Zealand, Energy Products, Schwank gas fired radiant tube systems were selected for both facilities. Schwank Case Study: Flying High on Schwank‘s Infrared Efficiency The Implementation Results After choosing Schwank to supply The results - financial, operational the heating system for the Nelson and environmental - of installing the facilities, infraSchwank radiant tube high efficiency Schwank gas fired ra- heaters were installed to meet the diant heating systems have all been challenges as previously described. excellent and positive. The heaters were shipped effortlessly The systems are very flexible due to to New Zealand by Air New Zealand the various individual heating zones. Cargo and arrived in a fraction of The ground staff is delighted with the the normal delivery lead times at the excellent working conditions and the facility. All the heaters are arranged low annual running costs. The heat- in multiple heating zones within ing is instant and the design tempe- each hangar. As no natural gas is ratures are easily maintained within available on New Zealand’s South the working areas. The systems are Island, the heaters operate on LPG. serviced on an annual basis to keep The installation and commissioning the heaters working at their optimum was carried out by local approved and will ultimately prolong their work- gas engineers. Good comfort levels, ing life. multiple zone capabilities and high Other Schwank aviation references radiant efficiencies have resulted in include: United Airlines, Delta, UPS, low energy costs. EADS, WestJet, Air Berlin, Virgin Atlantic, Jet Aviation, Piper, Bombar- dier and US, Canadian and Chinese air forces. United Kingdom Ireland Australia New Zealand Schwank Ltd Eurogas Ltd Devex Systems Pty Limited Energy Products Int. Suite 21, 50 Churchill Unit 38B, Southern Cross 5/83 Bassett St 30 Gallagher Drive, Square Business Centre, Bus Pk, Boghall Road, Mona Vale NSW 2103 Hamilton West 3243, Kings Hill, West Malling, Bray, Co Wicklow Hamilton Kent ME19 4YU Tel. +44 (0) 208 641 3900 Tel. +353 1 286 8244 Tel. +61 02 9997 2811 Tel. +64 7 839 2705 Fax +44 (0) 208 641 2594 Fax +353 1 286 1729 Fax +61 02 9997 7852 Fax +64 7 834 4212 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.schwank.co.uk www.eurogas.ie www.schwank.com.au www.energy-products.co.nz.
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