AJ Manufacturing’s Stainless Steel Return Air Grilles Provide Significant Options for Superior Functionality and Facility Design
Return air grilles are vital for a complete air distribution system, even when much of the attention appears to go to fan filter units, supply grilles, HEPA and ULPA filters, and other products responsible for bringing filtered air into clean rooms and critical environments.
However, without return air grilles, contaminated air can’t be filtered back through an HVAC system before it is returned through supply vents. While AJ Manufacturing does offer supply vents with HEPA and ULPA filter compartments, our return air grilles and the ducts behind them do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to removing unwanted air from a space.
Return air grilles also help to balance air pressure. When you select a return air grille from the many varieties available from AJ Manufacturing, you can select your preference for how porous the grille needs to be to tackle the volume of air your environment experiences.
Unexpectedly, return air grilles play an essential role in augmenting your brand and providing an environment that looks clean, orderly, and even stylish. Stainless steel return air grilles also cover up ductwork for a seamless look that doesn’t involve staring down a cavernous duct. With this product, you can integrate design features into every aspect of your building. All in all, return air grilles are as versatile and significant to the air distribution process as more commonly considered HVAC products.
When you order air distribution products from AJ Manufacturing, you will discover return air grilles with robust standard features, as well as customizations relevant to a wide variety of industries. To build on basic grille technology, we also offer hinged air return filter grilles and fire-rated door grilles.
AJ Manufacturing’s Return Air Grilles: What Comes Standard?
AJ Manufacturing continue to innovate and break new ground to support indoor air quality in the fields of medicine, science, and technology. In fact, we’ve dedicated an entire facility to products that revolutionize the fan filter unit system for these industries. However, we recognize the importance of continually advancing the performance of our stainless steel return air grilles, supply grilles, and more.
Return air grilles from AJ Manufacturing have specific features that come standard to benefit your facility’s indoor air quality, depending on the grille you choose. We offer perforated grilles for moving air slowly and evenly into the return ducts, louvered grilles for maximum duct coverage, and grilles with adjustable blades to guide air in a desired direction.
Standard features, depending on your specific grille selection, may include:
- High-performance stainless steel construction
- Attractive satin polish finish
- Countersunk screw holes to limit visibility
- Strategic blade spacing contingent on design requirements
- Free areas for air-volume control
- Stainless sheet metal screws
If your facility needs hinged air return filter grilles, these products provide ease of access for repair, cleaning, and filter installation. AJ Manufacturing offers 14 hinged return air grilles with a variety of standard features that go beyond what our traditional return air grilles provide. Learn more about hinged grilles in this comprehensive guide to these AJ products.
AJ Manufacturing also produces fire-rated door grilles with “no-vision no-light” capabilities, as well additional products with fire rating for up to 90 minutes. Our door grilles are specified for certain wall openings to ensure a proper fit for your facility.
Customizations to Our Return Air Grilles
While the standard features on our return air grille products offer enough performance capability for many facilities, we also offer customizations to ensure these key HVAC components are useful in every industry.
Our return air grille customizations, depending on the specific grille you choose, include:
- Type 316 stainless steel (anti-corrosion)
- Powder coating for antimicrobial protection
- Custom blade spacing for specific air flow specifications or duct visibility
While our standard features provide outstanding air distribution performance and quality design, additional customizations are sometimes required for your facility – and we’re here to help.
Return Air Grilles: Features for Every Industry
At the recent AHR Expo, which features professionals including engineers, architects, and manufacturers from across the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries (HVAC/R) our team couldn’t help but notice the great deal of attention paid to indoor air quality (IAQ). If your facility is considering an IAQ initiative by installing a state-of-the-art HVAC system or making upgrades and improvements to an existing system, consider the more than 40 years of experience we bring to the table as designers of high-performing air distribution products.
AJ Manufacturing provides signature HVAC products – including return air grilles, hinged air filter grilles, and fire rated door grilles – for every industry that is committed to indoor air quality. Get in touch with us today by phone at (816) 231-5522 or contact us online. We look forward to delivering efficient, excellent standard and custom products to meet your facility’s needs.