Inadequate
ventilation is a serious hazard.
In most countries employers have a legal
obligation (duty of care) towards
their employees which requires that all
reasonable steps be taken to ensure that
employees are not exposed to unnecessary
hazards such as fumes, poisonous
chemicals or inflammable
gases.
Under EU rules the carriage of dangerous
goods by road is carefully regulated and
failure to comply with the law is a
criminal offence.
To
download a fact sheet on the rules
governing ventilation when dangerous
goods are transported click here.
In addition excess heat easily builds up
in vehicles putting the driver at
greater risk of fatigue or lapses in
concentration.
Combine this with the unpleasant effects
of stale air, odours, cigarette
smoke, and condensation all of which
create a severely degraded working
environment - discomfort or
ill-health for employees, the risk of
ruining valuable perishable goods and
the potential for damaging expensive
equipment.
Passive
non-powered ventilation devices such as
cowls and grilles can only be of limited
help, whilst forced air circulation
merely redistributes the problem.
The Flettner TCX-2™ and
Flettner 2000 ventilators combat these problems in a
way that is simple, economical and
highly effective.
Flettner ventilators
are generally specified for three major
reasons by vehicle owners:
(1) To extract
fumes or stale air from vehicles
(for driver and passenger comfort
and for health and safety reasons).
This applies especially to minibuses
and to vehicles carrying gas
cylinders, inflammable liquids or
chemicals.
(2) To minimise
condensation within vehicles. This
applies especially to situations
where vehicles are frequently
stationary or where wet overalls and
equipment have to be stored in the
vehicle. The installation of the
ventilators in this case
significantly reduces the damage to
equipment and the deterioration of
the vehicle’s interior through
water build up and mould.
(3) To reduce the
temperature of vehicles during
summer time for operator comfort and
for the protection of equipment or
perishable goods. (The daytime
interior temperature of unventilated
vans even in temperate latitudes during the summer
months is typically 100º F in the
sunshine or higher still whenever
the van is stationary).
The most popular
application for Flettner ventilators is
for light commercial vehicles.
However they are also employed across a
range of
specialist vehicle applications such as
ambulances, buses, minibuses, trailers
and vehicles carrying animals.
In addition Flettner
ventilators are fitted to fishing
vessels, leisure boats and stationary
sites such as caravans, portable work
units, greenhouses and remote cabins.
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