FCSI The Americas

CaptiveAir Fan Fundamentals - From the Wright Brothers to Today (On-Demand)
2025-07-01 08:00 - 2025-07-28 17:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Know nothing about fans? Perfect! We’ll cover the most fundamental topics like pressure gradients and the fan laws to build your understanding of both Axial and Centrifugal fans. Don’t worry, we make it fun with lots of demonstrations and animations, while tying some of these concepts to the early days of aviation and even cows. Yes, cows.
Fans excel at one simple job: moving air. Yet, most people don’t really know how they do so, and that’s ok! But if you’re not most people and want to learn about these neat machines, you’re at the right place.
Presenter Information
Bill Grifﬁn, President of Engineering and Manufacturing – CaptiveAire Systems, Inc. He is the President of Engineering and Manufacturing with CaptiveAire Systems, the nation’s leading manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation systems. Bill began working in the HVAC industry at CaptiveAire in 1999, immediately after graduating from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Bill began as a draftsman with CaptiveAire and advanced within the company to overseeing all of manufacturing and
engineering. For over 20 years, his career has focused on the design, development, manufacturing and improvement of products. Bill is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania and holds 7 patents for products in the kitchen ventilation and HVAC industry.
German Tabor, Filmmaker – CaptiveAire Systems, Inc.
With a decade of experience in ﬁlm and video production, and a technical background in Aviation Maintenance encompassing hydraulic, pneumatic, climate control and electrical systems troubleshooting, German Tabor is uniquely positioned to create effective and compelling engineering fundamentals videos. All of German’s videos are thoroughly reviewed by CaptiveAire engineers to ensure accuracy and the correct application of theories and
calculations.
Prerequisite Knowledge: None.
Learning Objective 1:
Understand static and dynamic pressures, as well as their relationship (Bernoulli’s principle).
Learning Objective 2:
Understand and apply the basic fan laws.
Learning Objective 3:
Understand the working principle of axial fans including HVLS, Propeller, Tubeaxial and Vaneaxial.
Learning Objective 4:
Understand the working principle of centrifugal fans of different designs and utilizing various impeller wheels.
For online access, contact Mary Atwood mary.atwood@captiveaire.com

Fan Performance Curves- A Deep Dive (On-Demand)
2025-07-01 08:00 - 2025-07-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Fan Performance Curves – A Deep Dive – 1 Hour Credit
Course Description:
Let’s build a fan curve! We’ll start by collecting data on a real fan, and then use the fan laws to extrapolate all the require data. Then we’ll use the curves to size up fans and motors, and along the way we’ll look into eEiciency’s, safety margins, density, and even system eEect. We condensed a wealth of knowledge into 1 video that connects all the dots.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
None.
Presenter Information
Bill Grifﬁn, President of Engineering and Manufacturing – CaptiveAire Systems, Inc.
Bill Grifﬁn is the President of Engineering and Manufacturing with CaptiveAire Systems, the nation’s leading manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation systems. He began working in the HVAC industry at CaptiveAire in 1999, immediately after graduating from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Bill began as a draftsman with CaptiveAire and advanced within the company to overseeing all of manufacturing and engineering. For over 20 years, his career has focused on the design, development,
manufacturing and improvement of products. Bill is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania and holds 7 patents for products in the kitchen ventilation and HVAC industry.
German Tabor, Filmmaker – CaptiveAire Systems, Inc.
With a decade of experience in ﬁlm and video production, and a technical background in Aviation Maintenance encompassing hydraulic, pneumatic, climate control and electrical systems troubleshooting, German Tabor is uniquely positioned to create effective and compelling engineering fundamentals videos. All of German’s videos are thoroughly reviewed by CaptiveAire engineers to ensure accuracy and the correct application of theories and calculations.

Learning Objective 1:
Understand how a fan performance curve is built, from data acquisition to extrapolation and visualization.
Learning Objective 2:
Understand how to use fan performance curves to correctly size fans and motors.
Learning Objective 3:
Understand Fan Energy Index and the major factors aEecting eEiciency.
Learning Objective 4:
Understand external variables such as density and system eEect and how to account for them.
For Online Access, Contact Mary Atwood – mary.atwood@captiveair.com

Nuggett Ice Machine Training
2025-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Webinar
Provided by Manitowoc Training
1 CEU available
When to specify nuggett and flake ice machines, how to size for various applications, do’s and do not’s when selecting the machine loaction.
Contact Keith for a link to the webinar:
Keith.pennison@pentair.com
337-304-0188

Heat Illness, California Regulations and the Kitchen of the Future
2025-07-16 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Frontier Energy, 1075 Serpentine Lane, Suite B, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
Provided by California Energy Wise (CEW), PG&E, Frontier Energy – Food Tech Service Center
1.5 CEU available
This class covers two different commercial kitchen challenges: high heat environments and the many kitchen water wasters that can be readily fixed. The first half explains the newly adopted CalOSHA Indoor Heat Illness regulations. These regulations are meant to protect kitchen workers but, they also apply to equipment service professionals who might be working in those kitchens. Learn the details of these new regulations, how to help operators lower kitchen temperatures, and how to come into compliance with these laws. Likewise, new California laws require that all water utilities follow strict conservation guidelines in both dry and wet years – which could impact water costs. This class will provide training on how to spot and mitigate common water-wasting leaks and wasteful operating practices in kitchens and dishrooms.
Participants will be able to:

Appraise an employee’s indoor heat illness risk and communicate a plan to come into compliance with the CalOSHA Indoor Heat Illness regulations,
Explain how to reduce the ambient heat in a kitchen environment through equipment choice and ventilation optimization, and
Employ corrective techniques to reduce water waste in commercial kitchens and dishrooms.

Speakers:
Richard Young, Director of Education, Frontier Energy’s, Food Service Tech Center
To register, contact Kiana Caban, kcaban@frontierenergy.com or 925.866.2844
