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What is the QPA score of your Sealants & Adhesives?

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Ductmate Industries

At Ductmate Industries, we take ourĀ Quality,Ā Performance, andĀ Availability (QPA) score very seriously when we formulated our extensive line of HVAC Sealants & Adhesives.

Quality: Ductmate Industries uses only high quality polymers and raw materials to formulate its line of water-based sealants and adhesives, reducing fillers and thickeners that build up and cause excessive amounts of product to be applied. This results in a line of water based products that go on smooth and even, providing exceptional coverage, Ultimately reducing your overall material and labor costs.

Performance: The high performance characteristics of our formulas and polymers are also second to none. All of our Sealants and Adhesives are engineered to meet or exceed the most demanding industry codes and standards, yet are environmentally friendly, sustainable and LEED complaint. When you count on getting the job done right the first time, Ductmate sealants & adhesives is the number one choice.

Availability: With manpower, raw material and supply chain issues facing the construction industry, Ductmate Industry has the right solutions readily available to meet these challenges. Ductmate has an extensive line of Sealants and Adhesives products for virtually any HVAC applications.

If you want high Quality, Performance, and readily Available water-based duct sealant, anti-microbial coating, duct liner adhesive, and a wide range of other products for your HVAC project, you will find the solution you need, when you need it, at Ductmate Industries.

For more product information or technical assistance browse our full line of products now. To find an authorized Ductmate distributor near you, please see our Find a Distributor page. For any other questions please contact Ductmate Customer Service today at orders@ductmate.com or 1-800-245-3188.


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Our 2020 Sustainability Report Is Now Available

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Ductmate Industries

Our annual report is now available highlighting our corporate wide sustainability efforts including our Zero Waste and Energy/Water Conversations strategies.

The Year’s Overview – Ray Yeager, President and CEO

Dear stakeholder,

2020 was an incredible year by all accounts – incredibly difficult, but also incredibly successful in spite of all the challenges. Although our face-to-face interactions were hindered, our sustainability efforts still can be considered one of our greatest successes of the year.

DMI Companies is a leader of sustainable efforts throughout the country. Our new five-year strategic plan places ‘Sustainability’ at the forefront, allowing our long term vision to be focused on innovative products and sustainable solutions. Our new, overarching strategic objectives guide our organization to operate in a manner that both protects and promotes the well-being of our environment. The corporate initiatives include a continuous emphasis on encouraging all DMI employees to build a better, more sustainable world. Each of our employees make a difference.

In 2020, we were able to emphasize our commitment to environmental, social and community stewardship. Here are just a few examples of what our sustainability program accomplished:

  • Our Monongahela facility became Gold recertified through the TRUE program!
    • Our landfill diversion rate is now over 96%. I am proud of the Sustainability Team and all our employees for going the extra mile in 2020 to achieve this Top Tier Status.
  • Adopted ‘Environmentally Preferred Purchasing’ strategies.
    • The goal of this is to encourage source reductions through procurement. Our purchasing department was trained on how to find the most eco-friendly, responsibly-sourced products and services for all our company needs. We always aim to find less/non-hazardous and energy efficient solutions.
  • Monongahela’s “Rag Roll-out”:
    • Originally, our production staff utilized old pieces of clothing as rags. These rags were minimally absorbent and needed to be thrown into our dumpster once soiled. Now, we work with a local vendor to purchase efficient cotton rags which are collected once soiled, washed and resold. With this seemingly small change, we’ve been able to reduce our rag waste by 100%.
  • Sustainable practices have started spreading to Wagoner, Oklahoma.
    • All cardboard and shrink wrap waste will now be diverted from landfill, baled and sold to local commodity buyers. It is our hope that Wagoner will be our next certified zero-waste site by 2023!
  • Put Green Engineering strategies in motion:
    • In October, our engineering team designed and created a new semi-automated punch press for our Fire & Smoke department. Components were sourced from scrapped, discontinued or on-hand items which allowed us to cut costs and reduce waste during the construction process.
  • Made our headquarters in Charleroi, Pennsylvania as energy efficient as possible.
    • Built in 1889, our current headquarter building was once a bank, hotel, and housed numerous other operations. With retrofits and redesigns, the building is now Energy Star certified. We first achieved this feat in 2012 when the building was 123 years old. Now, it is considered one of the most energy efficient buildings of its time in the world!
  • Our Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implemented in 2020 with the roll-out of Industry 4.0 has allowed several of our production floors to go completely paperless.

We remain an active participate in every community in which we operate; albeit in 2020 most of our interaction was virtual.Ā  In 2021 we will again venture outside our doors to help our communities to thrive.Ā  Expect to see our amazing staff members help put our communities back together.By thinking and acting sustainably, we will continue to deliver excellent customer service and produce strong financial results and position the company for a strong future.Ā  The future is here!Ā  If you have any questions or comments about this subject or any other topic, please feel free to correspond with me at ryeager@dmicompanies.com.

Sustainability Strategy – Paxton Bucheral, Sustainability and Environmental Compliance Manger

In last year’s annual report, we made the announcement that our Monongahela facility became silver-certified through the Total Resource Use & Efficiency (TRUE) program, administered by GBCI. The TRUE Zero Waste certification program is an assessor-based program that rates how well facilities perform in minimizing their non-hazardous, solid wastes and maximizing their efficiency in the use of resources by awarding credits when certain milestones are achieved. I am pleased to announce that as of October 2020, our Monongahela facility has been recertified with the TRUE Gold Zero-Waste certification, reaching a waste diversion rate of 96.68%.

We committed to improving our diversion rate to over 97% in our 2019 annual report. Originally, we believed that it would take several years to achieve that goal but with everyone’s combined efforts, we were able to complete it within 10 months. Much of our recertification effort stemmed from the Procurement Department’s commitment to source reduction. In 2020, we challenged our vendors to redesign their packaging on the materials we buy and sought to buy the majority of our products locally, where applicable. Our buyers all received training on how to put EPA-based Environmentally Preferred Purchasing strategies to use.

Going forward, the TRUE program will be used to help us define, pursue, and maximize our zero-waste goals while reducing our carbon footprint and supporting community health. Our focus will be to continue pushing our sustainable strategies into each of DMI’s facilities. Continued implementation of this program offers a platform for perpetual improvement that leads to advanced certification levels and aligns with DMI’s sustainable core concepts: people, planet, and profit.

Our current waste program is providing a sustained benefit to the bottom line as we were able to avoid$92,000 worth of expenses in 2020. The list below summarizes some of our recycling and reduction efforts during the calendar year:

  • 2,379 tons of metal recycled
  • 92 tons of wood recycled
  • 40 tons (combined) of cardboard & plastic film recycled 18 tons of totes and drums recycled
  • 78 tons of pallets reused
  • 81 tons of steel pallets returned to vendor

Although 2020 was a challenging year for companies and commodity markets alike, our Monongahela location was able to divert 2,717 total tons of waste from landfill – a 96.68% diversion rate. We are committed to increasing this quantity year over year and incorporating our sustainability program throughout every single DMI facility across the country.

Energy and Water Conservation

EnergyĀ conservation continues to be a top priority at all DMI facilities. In 2020, we took advantage of multiple energy rebates to improve our infrastructure while simultaneously reducing energy consumption and costs. Solar panels, LED lighting, skylights and energy-efficient air compressors are a few examples of our continued initiatives.Ā  Continued on the next page are our combined energy statistics in 2020:

  • Electricity consumption: +0.25%
  • Water consumption: +3.87%
  • Natural Gas consumption: -39.57%

With the vast majority of our office personnel working remotely or on staggered shifts, we were able to keep the buildings at a lower temperature throughout the cold months which led to a huge reduction of our natural gas usage. Although we were lucky that our production did not slow across 2020, it did cause us to see a slight increase in our electric usage. Throughout the year, we discovered several faulty toilets and sinks whose leaks caused an increase in our annual water usage.

Our headquarter building in Charleroi, Pennsylvania maintains an Energy Star score of 75, allowing the 130 year old building to be eligible for an Energy Star certification. All our facilities are outfitted with LED lighting, motion sensors and water-efficient fixtures. We will work towards addressing our water and electric usage to assure that we can maintain the greatest efficiency possible.

Workforce Development – Katie Hager, Workforce Development Manger

We can all agree 2020 had its fair share of challenges! Despite them all, our workforce persevered and we have quite a few note-worthy accomplishments:

DMI’s Wagoner facility is poised for great things.Ā  When DMI relocated its Tulsa, OK facility to Wagoner, OK in 2017, the plan was to, gradually, build the manufacturing operations of this much larger space to, somewhat, mirror Monongahela operations.Ā  This would allow key product lines to be moved or duplicated in a strategic location that would facilitate market expansion and growth across all SBUs.Ā  In fact, Wagoner is the only DMI location that manufactures products for all five SBUs.Ā  DMI also had a goal of having enough production in Wagoner to support employing 40 people within five years.Ā  Well, in 2020 Wagoner exceeded that goal early.Ā  They now have enough production to support over 40 jobs.Ā  Throughout 2020, and despite the challenges of the pandemic, teams from across DMI worked together to design and install the ATI Insulated Register Box (IRB) and GSI Pipe lines in Wagoner.Ā  This included training employees on standard operating procedures, quality control and scheduling, to name a few.Ā  The addition of these lines added five new employees and improved sales and distribution capabilities.

Bruce Ellsworth and David Verbanick of DMI Monongahela were the first graduates of DMI’s Maintenance Technician (MT) program.Ā  During their 15-month program, they worked with the DMI Maintenance, Production and Engineering teams to assimilate what they learned in their classroom training into DMI’s increasing culture of automation.Ā  In December 2020, they earned their certificates in Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics from Westmoreland County Community College and assumed their new roles.Ā Ā Ā  As Maintenance Technicians, David and Bruce will be responsible for the overall efficiency of our robotics and automated systems which is a vital component of DMI’s Industry 4.0 and IT/OT initiatives.

Our workforce showed great resolve and resiliency.Ā  When other businesses shut down and left millions of people without jobs, benefits and hope, DMI was able to continue making our products because they were essential to people’s everyday lives.Ā  A number of our products were used in the construction of temporary hospitals to help treat COVID-19 patients when hospitals were overrun.Ā  We even converted one of our lines to manufacture metal nose strips for N95 masks.Ā  We donated over a half million of these strips to help overcome the mask shortage so that medical personnel and first responders could continue to safely care for the sick.Ā  To make this happen, the entire DMI team learned new ways of doing business whether it was adjusting to alternate procedures, learning new skills or leveraging technology.Ā  Throughout these challenging circumstances, our workforce showed up in a big way to ensure DMI could do its part to contribute to the fight against COVID-19, continue to serve our customers’ needs and remain a leader in our industry.

Our People – Melissa Lourimore, Human Resources Manger

Nelson Mandela said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

The year 2020 and the global COVID-19 pandemic was one for the record books! Its challenges often felt impossible but through hard work and ingenuity, we never gave up and kept our doors open to keep our workforce employed, and our customer needs met.

In 2020, the world confirmed what we always knew; DMI Companies is an “essential business.” During the shutdown orders, we remained open and made products that enabled other essential businesses to function. DMI products were included in temporary hospitals erected to aid with the care of COVID-19 patients. Our employees did not face the challenges of losing their income or benefits that millions of other American workers faced due to the pandemic. Quite honestly, we could not find enough workers to do all the work we had available in our facilities.

As CDC, federal, state and local government guidance became available, the COVID Task Force reviewed and adapted to develop protocols necessary to keep our employees safe. Increased cleaning of high-touch areas, mandatory face mask usage, reworking of work stations to encourage social distancing and temperature checks of all employees are just a few examples of those protocols. All the extra handwashing kept other common illnesses away too!

The pandemic created a historic deployment of remote work and digital access across all areas of our business, and we are stronger because of it. Business travel abruptly halted, and it forced us to enrich the customer experience through video conferencing and virtual trainings. Many of our staff worked remotely for the first time. We overcame equipment shortages and learning curves. It may not become the new normal, but it has become another tool in our toolbox.

It was often difficult, but in the end, we did the impossible and made it through 2020 intact – poised to be even stronger in the future. We missed being together in person and hope the vaccines will allow us to gather again in the near future. Our Ownership, Board of Directors and Senior Management were proud of our employee’s courage to face the challenges of 2020 during such a difficult period of uncertainty.

Manufacturing will always be an essential part of any thriving community. We each play an important role in our success. 2020 made us resilient, more flexible, and able to think outside the box in a way we never thought possible.

Financial Growth and Stability – Dan Bruno, Chief Financial Officer

DMI Companies takes pride in being a socially responsible corporate citizen, and recognizes the importance of sustainability in that role. We believe that there can most often be great harmony between environmental, ecological and economical sustainability, and we always strive to act in ways that ensure those harmonies. Our continued growth and financial success will never compromise our commitment to the sustainability of future generations!

To download a PDF version of this reportĀ CLICK HERE.

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PolyArmor™ Now Available in 3″ Thickness

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Ductmate Industries

Demanding Mega-Tech HVAC System? Don’t Sweat It!

When mega tech companies have demanding HVAC systems, they look for a high-performance insulation that won’t sweat under the pressure of extreme temperature variations – they look to PolyArmor™ from Ductmate Industries. Now this high-performance, user-friendly, polyester line of insulations has been expanded to address the latest code requirements with its New R12 – 3ā€ Thick PolyArmor Insulation. Ā The new 3ā€ PolyArmor embodies all of the high-performance characteristics that have made PolyArmor the specified Insulation for some of the biggest tech companies. Despite its thickness, PolyArmor is still a user friendly, light weight, non-irritating insulation, designed to reduce energy costs and cold tracking in some of the most demanding, extreme HVAC conditions at a very competitive price. When you need an insulation that addresses the most challenging environmental and critical conditions like hospitals, schools, universities, and tech data centers, Don’t Sweat It! Choose PolyArmor from Ductmate Industries.

  • New IECC and ASHRAE codes are now requiring an R-12 thermal value for climate zones 5-8 (Northeast, Midwest (north of Kansas City), Rocky Mountains, and the Northwest)
  • Meets all 3ā€ duct liner thermal resistance requirements and provides excellent sound absorption
  • Fiberglass free alternative, user friendly, and hypoallergenic polyester material
  • Extremely durable FSK facing and does not promote or support growth of mold or mildew
  • Made of 25% recycled Zero VOC material for increased sustainability
  • Job Specific orders only available in 50’ Rolls and widths of, 47.5ā€, 48ā€, 56.25ā€, 59ā€, & 60ā€
  • Use with Zero VOCs water-based adhesive & 2.75ā€ insulated cap weld pins

R-Value, Thickness, and Width

WidthR-12
3" x 50'
47.5"PA475F3W50
48"PA48F3W50
56.25"PA5625F3W50
59"PA59F3W50
60"PA60F3W50

 

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Ray Yeager Appointed Co-Chair – CEOs for Sustainability

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Ductmate Industries

We are proud to announce that DMI Companies President and CEO Ray Yeager has been appointed to Co-Chair of CEOs for Sustainability. Ray is looking forward to sharing our successful sustainability practices with other companies so they can experience the same benefits as DMI. Ā One of the first projects that Ray will be involved with is the Leading Forward initiative – ā€œa call to action for businesses in the Pittsburgh region to commit to a sustainable economic recoveryā€. Ray will be a great asset to this project and to his new role!

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No Lost Days Record Continues

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Ductmate Industries

Our facility in Lodi, CA has now gone 5 consecutive years without having an employee miss work due to injury.Ā Ā  This is an extremely difficult challenge for any industry of any size, and we are so proud to share this accomplishment.Ā  Safety is a true team effort.Ā  It involves compliance from all employees, enforcement from supervisors, and continuous suggestions for improvement to minimize potential hazards.Ā  Lodi has done a great job in all of these areas. Keep up the great work, team!

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From Silver to Gold – TRUE Zero Waste Certification

true zero certification

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Ductmate Industries

2020 was a difficult year for businesses and individuals alike; however, it ended up being the best year to date for DMI’s sustainability program. Our Monongahela, PA facility ended the year with a landfill diversion rate of over 97% and became recertified through TRUE at a Gold level! Monongahela achieved 11 additional TRUE credits in 2020, which helped to bolster our higher recertification.
In 2020, the Monongahela facility recycled 2,698 tons of materials, ranging from metals to mix bags. Together, Monongahela and Charleroi composted nearly 1,200 lbs. of food scraps and recycled 500 lbs. of universal/electronic waste. More than 15 printer ink cartridges were diverted from the landfill, as well.

The efforts and diligence of the entire DMI team made this possible and we’re so thankful for all of you. Let’s see if we can surpass our numbers again in 2021!
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Get To Know Your Water-Based Duct Sealants

water based duct sealant

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Ductmate Industries

Technical Data Sheets – From Confusion to Clarity

Technical Data Sheets (TDS) related to water-based duct sealants can be just as intimidating as synonyms for the first word in the acronym, erudite or abstruse. These data sheets are provided to give specifics about the performance of each product for better product selection. However, the list of standards (NFPA 90A and 90B or ASTM C794), complex acronyms (TVOC Emissions CDPH Standard Method v1.1), and scientific units (cps or PLI) could leave the average person confused and allowing price to be the leading factor during selection. The truth is that engineers provide this information because they are truly dedicated to the product they worked very hard to develop, and would like to share all of the technical information possible explaining the positive attributes of the sealant itself. Ductmate understands that this information is not the easiest to grasp, and therefore, this article aims to describe a few key test specifications that may not be so obvious to understand at first glance.

Solid Content is one of the most misunderstood specifications most duct sealant manufacturers report on their technical data sheets. In most cases, more is better (unless you are playing golf). Solid content is a lot like your ideal golf game. Water-based duct sealants start out with a polymer that is the backbone of any formulation. These polymers are between 50-55% solids (the other 45-50% is water). To get the solid content to reach ā€œtypicalā€ levels of 60-80% for the average sealant, 100% solid fillers are added. These fillers will reduce the water content in the formulation leading to quicker dry times and reduced cost, but most fillers provide little performance characteristics and will eventually lead to negative returns when added at an elevated level.

For the sealant to maintain other critical performance characteristics like flexibility and adhesion, there must be enough polymer in the formulation to hold all of the filler together. Envision a ball pit or a sandbox. In either case, it would be very difficult to cover the entire surface area of the particles without reducing the amount of those particles present. Ideally, a combination of large particles and smaller particles lends to better packing of the fillers.

This allows for the dried sealant to be a strong, flexible coating that will hold up to the harsh conditions a duct system may go through during its lifetime (vibrations, expansion/contraction as air begins to fill the duct, or transferring between cold and hot conditions). Sealants that contain too much filler, or only one size of filler, could result in cracking and poor adhesion. Just think, if there is not enough polymer to surround all of the filler present, how will there be enough to bind to the steel or hold all of the particles together during movement? Flexibility and adhesion are perhaps the two most important characteristics of any duct sealant. These characteristics can be accidentally ignored when choosing a duct sealant based on a high solid content.

Tricks of the Statistics: Solid Content can be linked to performance characteristics like Flexibility and Adhesion, but they are also typically proportional to other common specifications on a technical data sheet. For instance, when the solid content is in the 70-80% range, the density (how many lbs. are in a one-gallon pail) is also typically higher. This could lead to higher shipping costs. Viscosity is also typically affected at high solid content levels. The higher the solid content, the thicker the sealant tends to be. If the product is too thick, the sealant will be harder to brush. In this case, excess sealant is often used driving up the cost of the job.

Below is a table breaking down some key technical data and how each relates directly to a Ductmate Water-Based Sealant. We hope this chart can help end users select which sealant is right for their own use. For example, if you want a product with great adhesion to steel, is easily spreadable, LEED compliant, and matches the color of steel = EVERseal. If you want a product that adheres very well to multiple substrates, is great for outdoor use, can be used in high pressure systems, and is LEED compliant = PROseal. If you want a premium product that is also sprayable = PROseal Spray.

Ductmate SealantsAdhesion to MetalAdhesion to Flexible Duct ConnectorsFlexibilityOutdoor ApplicationsBrush DragSag Resistance<15" Water GaugeLEED CompliantFiber TextureSprayableColor Match to Galvanized Steel
PROseal

•••

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•••

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•••

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YesNoNo

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FIBERseal

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YesYesNo

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EVERseal

•••

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YesNoNo

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EZseal

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YesYesNo

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PROseal Spray

•••

•••

•••

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n/a

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YesNoYes

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••• = Excellent
•• = Above Average
• = Standard

For more information, please visit our Water-Based Sealant page or to download Technical Data Sheets for any of our products, please browse our Technical Resources page.

 

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Ductmate 45 Industrial Duct Connector On The Fast Track In LA!

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Ductmate Industries

Contractors Turn to Ductmate’s Industrial Duct Connector for City of L.A. Transit Station Project.

The Los Angeles County California Metro is amongst the nation’s largest and premier transportation agencies, and it serves as transportation planner, coordinator, designer, builder, and operator for one of the country’s largest, most densely populated and developed counties. More than 9.6 million people – nearly one-third of California’s residents – live, work, and play within their 1,433-square-mile service area. Beginning in 2014, the LA Metro began an ambitious project to extend their existing Crenshaw/LAX transit line to better serve the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, El Segundo, and portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County. Ā This would extend the existing Metro E Line at Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards in Los Angeles and merge it with the Metro C (Green) Line at the Aviation/LAX Station on Aviation Boulevard and Interstate 105 in the City of El Segundo.

The new state of the art Metro Rail extension would offer an alternative transportation option to congested roadways and provide significant environmental benefits, economic development, and employment opportunities throughout Los Angeles County. Riders will be able to make easy connections within the entire Metro Rail system, municipal bus lines, and other regional transportation services. Equally important, it will dramatically reduce travel times, inefficiencies, and lower transportation costs while improving the quality of life for commuters and residents as well as benefiting the surrounding environment. The ability to foresee such an innovative concept, let alone engineer such a monumental and technically complex project that would ultimately result in such a vast number of socioeconomic solutions, is hard to put into words.

It was the underground stations where Metro had a particularly challenging objective. Tunneling under countless buildings and congested streets overhead in a seismically active area, engineers and contractors had to bring in fresh air for the passengers waiting to board. At this point, the HVAC Contracting Companies of Limbach and Superior Duct were tasked with sourcing and installing the critical air systems needed. With ductwork exceeding 45 square feet in 20’ sections, the contractors had to be extremely selective in the connection system they would use on the job. It would be imperative they complete their work in a timely fashion to ensure the project kept moving and on schedule. Because of the unique belowground operation, the HVAC system has to withstand very rigorous operating standards, as well as meet the engineering standards for catastrophic events such as an earthquake. The ductwork would have to tolerate up to 14ā€ positive and negative pressure and operating temperatures exceeding 480 degrees.

“Because we have so many types of construction, it requires so many types of specialties. The construction managers all have to have different types of training, and coordinating that to make sure we have the right resources at the project at the right time based on what’s going on – that’s a complexity for us, and something we have to manage.”

– Stephanie Leslie | Deputy Executive Officer, Construction

One of the key points the contractors have stressed as a primary reason for turning to Ductmate Industries, and making the switch from companion angle frames to Ductmate 45 Industrial Rectangular Duct Connector System on this project, is the universal acceptance of the Ductmate Brand, the product’s performance, and the engineering and technical support behind the product.

The Ductmate 35 and Ductmate 45 Rectangular Duct Connector Systems both were designed and engineered to increase the overall performance (airtight and structural integrity) of commercial and industrial HVAC systems, and are the most independently tested and widely used connector systems in the world. Ductmate Industries’ engineering department built industrial sections of duct using the DM 45 connector system and tested it well beyond the performance requirements of the LA Metro project to confirm and support testing completed to achieve approval for this project. The Ductmate Connection system has been through rigorous shaker testing and simulations specifically for critical projects in earthquake prone regions. Also, because of the extremely high temperature requirements of this project, a specialized silicone sealant was used between the flange faces at each 20’ duct joint. The silicone sealant worked perfectly with the Ductmate 45 System and achieved optimal results for this high temperature application.

In addition to the high-performance characteristics of the Ductmate system, possibly the most compelling reason the product was selected was the inherent cost savings associated with the Ductmate 45 system versus companion angle flanges. The fabrication of connections for HVAC systems utilizing companion angle is an egregiously labor-intensive process. Although project specifications can vary from project to project, in general companion angle is hard to cut, requires countless number of holes to be drilled, must be painted to prevent rust, requires certified welders to join angle together and to attach to the duct wall, and then attached with equally countless number of nuts and bolts.Ā  Ductmate 45 is a self-sealing slide-on connector system where no welding is needed to achieve an airtight seal. Its 4 -bolt design with optional bolt-on or snap-on cleat (which replaces countless nuts and bolts) makes ease of installation and airtight integrity simple, thus it has become the clear choice over labor-intensive companion angle.

Learn How To Install The Ductmate Flange Connector System

Ductmate Industries has always been viewed as the industry leader within the commercial and industrial HVAC industry. Needless to say, due to the performance characteristics and being vastly more labor-saving, the Ductmate 45 System was approved and used over the initially specified companion angle. Once approved, the contractor drew upon Bay Insulation/CWCI for just-in-time delivery and service to ensure a seamless supply of Ductmate 45 components.

It is a unique project like the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Stations where the versatility and quality of Ductmate products and its engineering staff truly shine. For over 40 years, Ductmate has been partnering with companies in the commercial and industrial HVAC space to solve challenging and unique mechanical problems in every conceivable alloy. Ductmate products have been installed in virtually every type of commercial and industrial HVAC system imaginable including transportation hubs, Ā data centers, waste-water treatment plants, processing plants, and countless other project types for companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Disney, to name a few.Ā  Upon the project’s expected completion in 2021, the LA Transit line will be one of the most advanced, efficient, safest, and environmentally friendly transit systems in the world, consisting of 3 underground terminal stations and miles of below and above grade track.Ā  Ductmate Industries is proud to assist in making this project a success.

Crenshaw/LAX Metro Update Video | The Ductmate 45 Flange Connection System Can Be Seen Throughout

Sources:
Crenshaw/LAX Metro Website

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Smacna Edge Conference 2020

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Ductmate Industries

The SMACNA Edge Conference

A Virtual Education Forum
October 13-15, 2020

The SMACNA Edge Conference: A Virtual Education Forum is our industry’s premier digital event offering attendees the opportunity to learn, network and interact with service providers and suppliers.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • More than four hours of educational sessions per day.
  • A virtual product show filled with demos, presentations and representatives ready to answer your questions.
  • The opportunity to catch up with peers, friends and colleagues.

The SMACNA Edge Conference is open to everyone, members and non-members alike. Members have the option to attend individually for $100 per seat, or you can choose to buy All-Company Access for $250 and all your employees can attend as well.

Ductmate will have a virtual booth that you can visit for some general product and company information.

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Clean HVAC Preventative Measures, And Ductmate Solutions You Can Clearly See

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Ductmate Industries

The Fight For Indoor Air Quality Has Never Been More Critical – And Ductmate Products Offer A Clear Advantage

Originally designed for use in hospitals, Ductmate’s Observation doors allow you to be vigilant over your air filtration system. Now more than ever, we must ensure our work environments are protected against harmful, air-born substances. The SandwichĀ® Observation Doors are constructed from precision stamped steel and high impact safety glass to be used in all pressure classes, including high-pressure duct systems. The patented Ductmate SandwichĀ® Observation Access Door design eliminates bending metal tabs, leaking frames, and worrying about scratched or worn glass; therefore, leaving you with the peace of mind all preventative measures have been considered.

Typical In-Duct UV Light System With Ductmate Sandwich Observation Doors

“As facilities are beginning to reopen, many companies are looking to add UV technology to help address concerns over air quality, reassuring building occupants they are doing the most they can to ensure safety in the workplace.”

– Aaron Engel, VP For Business Development, Fresh-Air UV

Below is a breakdown on all the advanced feature that Ductmate Sandwich Observation Doors offer over a basic viewport door.

Please visit the specific product page for more detailed information on each door.

16×12 Observation Door

AHU Observation Door

Single Pane Observation Door

Promotional pricing for all our Observation Doors is currently available please contact us today for more information or click here to find a Ductmate Distributor near you.

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