A 50,000 m² smart manufacturing wing has been completed, increasing annual production capacity by 40% and shortening delivery times for centrifugal fans and combined air handling units supplied to global projects. The expansion adds automated lines alongside the existing 80,000 m² site.
What the Expansion Adds
The new wing concentrates the higher-volume product families, centrifugal fans of the 4-72, 4-79, 9-19, and 9-26 series and the combined air handling unit range, on dedicated lines with automated cutting, forming, and assembly stations. Moving repeatable work onto consistent cells reduces variation between units and frees the original shops for larger or more complex builds that do not suit a fixed line.
Smart manufacturing here means tracked work orders, in-process inspection at key stations, and a tighter link between the order system and the shop floor. The aim is not robots for their own sake but a steadier flow from raw sheet steel to tested fan, so a confirmed order moves through without waiting on a bottleneck that stalls every other job behind it.
The existing site already covered 80,000 m²; the additional 50,000 m² brings total covered manufacturing space to 130,000 m². That headroom lets the factory hold strategic stock of popular models, which is what turns a quoted lead time into a reliable one, because the unit can ship from inventory rather than start from coil.
The wing also gives space for the performance testing laboratory to sample more units, because extra floor capacity means output is not throttled by the test bay. Verified performance data is what international projects increasingly ask for, so testing scale matters as much as build scale.
Capacity and Output Parameters
The table sets out the headline figures from the expansion, the numbers a procurement team can hold the supplier to.
| Item | Specification | Note |
|---|---|---|
| New floor area | 50,000 m2 | smart manufacturing wing |
| Capacity gain | +40% annual | centrifugal fans and AHU |
| Existing site | 80,000 m2 | now complemented |
| Focus products | 4-72, 4-79, 9-19, 9-26, AHU | high-volume lines |
| Lead time | target 7 working days | for stocked models |
Greater capacity also supports the in-house performance testing laboratory, because more units can be sampled and verified before shipment without stalling the line. Verified performance data is what international projects increasingly ask for, and the wing protects the ability to provide it.
The 40% figure is annual nominal capacity on the focused lines; the practical benefit is that peak orders no longer queue, so a large project does not push a small one's delivery out by weeks. That smoothing is the real value of the space.
What Buyers Should Check
Procurement teams evaluating a supplier's capacity claims should look at the following, because floor area alone proves nothing without the flow to use it.
- Ask for the real lead time: capacity only helps if the quoted delivery is backed by stock and floor space.
- Confirm the lines: find out which product families the new wing actually builds.
- Check testing scope: more output should not mean less verification per unit.
- Review traceability: tracked work orders make warranty and service simpler later.
- Plan logistics: a bigger factory still needs a clear export and packing plan.
Why Capacity Matters for Projects
For a contractor on a fixed programme, a fan that arrives two weeks late can hold up commissioning of an entire building. Extra capacity and stock turn a best-effort promise into a dependable schedule, which is why the expansion was aimed at the highest-demand products rather than the most complex ones.
The combination of more floor space and a performance testing laboratory supports the factory's direct-supply model to 50+ countries, because export buyers need both volume and proof, and the wing serves both at once.
Capacity is also resilience: when one line is down for tooling, the others absorb the load, so a single fault no longer becomes a delivery event for every customer.
Capacity added by concrete and steel is only as good as the people and the system running it, so the expansion should be read alongside training and process discipline. New lines need operators who understand the build sequence and inspectors who apply the same check at unit ten thousand as at unit one, which is why tracked work orders matter as much as the floor area. A factory that grows its square metres without growing its consistency simply makes more of the same variation, faster. The better story is a wing where the extra space is paired with in-process inspection and a testing bay that samples more of the output, so the 40% gain lands as 40% more verified units rather than 40% more items to rework. The wing therefore lifts both volume and consistency only when the people are brought along with the machines, and that pairing is the detail worth checking on a site visit before believing the capacity number.
Keruite engineers respond to selection enquiries within 24 hours, backed by the factory's own performance testing laboratory and more than 30 years of fan manufacturing experience.