TPI Corporation Fans, Heaters, & Coolers

TPI Corporation: What You Need to Know

Maintaining a comfortable temperature in every part of your business improves the overall customer experience; giving the same consideration to your outdoor spaces can create additional year-round seating and increase your revenue opportunities. TPI fans and heaters help business owners and operators turn areas that are exposed to the weather and unusable in the heat or cold into places where customers can sit down, relax, and enjoy themselves.

Installing TPI commercial fans on a rooftop bar keeps customers cool in the summer heat, while a covered patio equipped with an outdoor heater becomes a cozy place to hang out in crisp winter weather. From TPI drum fans to TPI heaters, you'll find a device capable of creating comfortable seating and waiting areas – no matter your design considerations, specific applications, and location.

Common Questions About TPI Fans

Where can my fans be installed?

TPI Corporation manufactures cooling and heating solutions that can be installed permanently on a wall or ceiling or placed in a location temporarily due to their portable designs. A portable unit might be mounted on wheels or simply be light enough to be moved from one location to another with a bit of manual labor. Below you’ll find a brief overview of where the TPI heaters and fans we offer can be used.

• Floor fans and drum fans: These types of TPI industrial fans sit on the floor and are a low-tech, economical way to improve the temperature in your space. Floor fans closely resemble fans you might use at home (and varieties mounted on pedestals are also available), while TPI drum fans have a more robust design and are often twice the size of a regular floor fan. They look as you might expect – like a drum – with blades inside the housing and wheels on one side so they can be moved throughout your facility as your needs change.

• Wall and ceiling fans: Similar in design to floor fans and drum fans, these are meant to be mounted to a wall or ceiling as a permanent fixture in your establishment. Wall and ceiling fans usually include a cord that stretches several feet to provide operators with some installation flexibility, though you should consider plug accessibility before beginning your installation.

• Evaporative coolers: Just as their name suggests, these machines cool an area with evaporative technology; like many other options, they are mounted on wheels and are meant to be portable rather than permanently installed. These TPI fans may require a bigger upfront investment than simpler options but are more efficient than traditional cooling systems. However, they are most effective in dry climates that have low humidity.

• Power misters: Less efficient and advanced than evaporative coolers, power misters have tanks that can hold several gallons of water and rely on fans to mist the water and cool those in the nearby vicinity.

• Air curtains: Because they are meant to regulate indoor environments and prevent pests and insects from wandering inside, air curtains should only be installed above doorways. However, in addition to main entrances, they may be installed above the walk-in cooler doors or above entrances to other rooms where temperature regulation is important. Air curtains may be heated or unheated.

• Infrared heaters: Infrared heaters are a versatile solution, capable of being installed indoors and outdoors. Those manufactured by TPI Corporation are several feet in length and provide heat to a particular radius – about 60 degrees – below it. These will hang down a couple of feet from the ceiling and include the hardware required to install them.

How does a TPI misting fan work?

Misting fans cool a section of your patio, rooftop, or sidewalk by adding a consistent misting of water alongside traditional fan cooling. These portable, self-contained misters are powered by electricity and include a 10-gallon tank, which is connected to the fan head with a thin tube and holds the water required to provide the intended area with a refreshing mist.

These units have three speed options to ensure operators can adjust the intensity of the fan as the temperatures change. When empty, they are light enough to be manually moved from one part of your business to another, though a full tank may make them unwieldy. TPI Corporation offers an option with a wheeled cart to ease the manual labor involved in transporting them.