Axial fans are generally used for cooling applications like the ones mentioned below: Process cooling in systems or machinery. Spot cooling of transformers and generators and industrial equipment. Ventilation in warehouses, factories, foundries, laundries, garages, equipment rooms, and engines. An axial fan is one in which the extracted air is forced to move parallel to the shaft about which the blades rotate. Centrifugal fans extract air at right angles to the intake of the fan, and spin the air outwards to the outlet by deflection and centrifugal force.
Centrifugal fans usually have lower flow rates, move lesser volumes of air, and have steadier flow than axial fans. Axial fans create low-pressure air, as the design of such fans allows these devices to distribute air somewhat evenly in a defined area. Radial fans, conversely, generate high-pressure air. In other words, they’ll create a steady flow of air that can be used to target a concentrated area.
Probably, the most used type of fans, axial fans are good at transporting large volumes of air from one point to another. The motor within the fan is rotating the blades. This motion creates a flow of air, which is parallel to the axial of the motor.
