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YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN FLOCK PERFORMANCE & ROI will enter through all of the cool incoming air will be sufficiently inlets.This includes not only heated by the warm air collecting at planned ceiling and sidewall the ceiling. Proper ventilation inlets, but it also includes and mixing techniques should be all of the used to minimize “unplanned” this stratification inlets; and keep the air in Air entering through properly such as: the house uniform designed sidewall inlets will shutters, sill in distribution. allow the air jet to attach to plate, tunnel the ceiling and travel along doors, and the ceiling until it makes it end wall to the center of the house. doors. Inlets control direction and velocity of the air entering the house, and therefore air mixing.
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HIGH BROILER FLOCK PERFORMANCE DEPENDS PREDOMINANTLY ON ACCURACY & EFFICIENCY OF VENTILATION SYSTEM
Every single area of the house that is not sealed up correctly will leak air into the house as an “unplanned” inlet.
Achieving optimal performance AN IDEAL POULTRY from a broiler flock depends on VENTILATION SYSTEM executing the BRINGS ALL OF ventilation as THE AIR INTO correctly and During minimum ventilation THE HOUSE efficiently as THROUGH periods, producers are possible. WALL INLETS concerned about moisture, During litter conditions, keeping the minimum Air entering through birds warm, and air quality ventilation properly designed in their poultry house. periods, sidewall inlets will producers are allow the air jet to concerned attach to the ceiling, about moisture, litter condition, travel along the ceiling until it makes keeping the birds warm, and air it to the center of the house, and quality. The more control producers gently move down toward the floor. - In This Issue have over air quality, air It is essential to maximize the travel temperature, and energy usage the distance along the ceiling so the more control they will have over their paycheck at the end of the grow-out.
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The concept of poultry minimum ventilation is utilizing a negative pressure system that creates a vacuum inside of the house. The pressure created is uniform throughout the entire house, so air
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FEATURED STORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 3 VENTILATION CHECKLIST . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3 WIND / SUN DEFLECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WALL INLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 7, 12 - 14 EUROPEAN CURVED INLETS . . . . . .5 - 7 ACTUATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ATTIC INLETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 12 360° AIRFLOW ATTIC INLETS . . .9 - 11 CEILING SIDEWALL INLET . . . . . . . . . . . .12 TJP TOPJET WALL INLETS . . . . . . . . . . . 13 SHUTTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DIRECTAIRE STIR FANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 THERMOSTAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 RED ROOSTER FLOORING . . . . . . 17 - 19
Proper Inlet System directs air along the ceiling to center of house before it drops to the floor level.
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