Facilities
COVENT headquarters, research facilities and manufacturing are located in St-Bruno, near Montreal, Canada.
Plant for North America
Plant for South America
Key aspects of the facilities include:
50 ton capacity balancing machine
- Three balancing machines including one of the largest dynamic balancing machines in the industry with a 50 ton capacity. Balancing is available to ANSI S2.19 level G6.3 and level G2.5
- 600 Amps underwater CNC plasma air cutting machine
- All necessary machinery for heavy plate manufacturing
- ALL rotor manufacturing is done in our COVENT owned shop. This ensures high quality and adherence to company standards
Finite Element Analysis of Fan Blade
Engineering & Testing Facilities
COVENT designs all of its fans and blowers in house. A variety of analyses are available and often used in the design process by our engineers:
- Finite Element Stress Analysis (FEA)
- Frequency Spectrum Analysis (FSA)
- Lateral Critical Speed Analysis (LCS)
- Torsional Analysis (TA)
Aerodynamic performance is measured in the test laboratory equipped with an AMCA specification test chamber. Our testing facilities are also equipped for full scale performance tests and mechanical run tests with a variable speed drive.
Full scale performance test of an FD fan used in refinery service
Model testing with AMCA chamber